How to Organize
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Talk to Your Co-workers
Forming a union is all about bringing your co-workers together and using your strength in numbers to win improvements.
Start talking to your co-workers about the improvements they would like to see, like higher wages, better benefits, and a say in your working conditions. Let them know that there’s a way to win those improvements: thousands of Walmart workers are now joining together all across the nation to form a union. Our best chance of winning improvements is with a big national effort and our store should be a part of it.
Be sure to Know Your Rights. All workers in America have the right to form a union.
Don’t be intimidated!
Pull Together a Meeting
Once you have a few people interested in joining together, call a meeting to bring them together at someone’s home or a local restaurant. Discuss the issues that you care about and make some commitments to each other to reach out to other co-workers to build your “organizing committee.”Download the Membership Card and Distribute
Download and print out the membership card and make copies so you can distribute to your co-workers.Create a List of Associates at Your Store and an Outreach Plan
Make a list of every non-manager at your store and make a plan to talk to them about joining the union. Figure out who has the best relationships and should be the ones to reach out to certain people. Decide who is definitely against the union and avoid wasting your time with those folks. Try to reach a majority of associates and have them fill out the card.Call the Walmart Workers for Change Campaign
Call 1-866-784-3141 and talk to experienced organizers about how to be a part of the national campaign, and connect with Walmart associates at other stores.Call and write to your members of Congress
Urge them to pass the Employee Free Choice Act, legislation that will make it simple and easy to form a union and establish stiff penalties for employers who intimidate and harass their employees who want to form a union.
