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Q: Corporate Felony Convictions ( Answered 4 out of 5 stars,   0 Comments )
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Subject: Corporate Felony Convictions
Category: Reference, Education and News > Consumer Information
Asked by: totallygloria-ga
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Posted: 30 Jun 2002 13:30 PDT
Expires: 30 Jul 2002 13:30 PDT
Question ID: 35237
How many, and the details of, labor citations has Walmart recieved
from the National Labor Relations Board, from the 1990 to the present?
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Subject: Re: Corporate Felony Convictions
Answered By: readersguide-ga on 01 Jul 2002 20:12 PDT
Rated:4 out of 5 stars
 
According to the National Labor Relations Board website
(http://www.nlrb.gov) there was only one decision against the Walmart
Corporation, and this particular case was against Sam's Club in 1996.

[322 NLRB No. 2] Sam's Club, Division of Walmart Corporation and Robin
Zaas. Case 7-CA- 36934 available at:
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=nlrb&docid=f:3222.pdf

In brief, Zaas was denied a raise because of her "protected concerted
activities" (union activities). The findings ordered Sam's Club to
stop threatening employees who were engaging in union activities and
to stop using Zaas' activities as an excuse to deny her proper
remuneration and raises for her work. They also had to give her the
raises she deserved and pay her retroactively. Finally they had to
post and/or notify all employees of their right "to organize, to form,
join, or assist any union, to bargain collectively through
representatives of their own choice, to act together for other mutual
aid or protection, to choose not to engage in any of these protected
concerted activities." A full copy of the NLRB notice can be found on
page 3 of the pdf file.

I located this case from the NLRB's Decision Search page at:
http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrbsrch.html

SEARCH STRATEGY:
I started at the National Labor Relations Board website
http://www.nlrb.gov from the main page, I selected "Decisions" and
then "Search Instructions" on the form on that page, I typed
"Walmart".

I hope that this answers your question. If you need further
clarification, please let me know.

Regards,
readersguide-ga

Clarification of Answer by readersguide-ga on 01 Jul 2002 20:43 PDT
Oddly enough, after completing this answer, I found this information
sitting in my email inbox.

UNION BLUES AT WAL-MART
John Dicker, The Nation
Wal-Mart may hold the "world's largest corporation" title, but
chances are its underlings aren't cheering the company's attempts
to quash union organizing.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=13490

I figured I would pass it along to you as additional information
related to Walmart and their union-busting attempts.

Regards,
readersguide-ga
totallygloria-ga rated this answer:4 out of 5 stars
I really appreciate readersguide-ga coming back to comment even though
I hadn't responded yet. Thank you.

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