Walmart spent $$$ to make a nine-minute advertisement video that it was so ashamed of they decided it must never be seen by the general public. Now you can watch the leaked video here! (The best stuff starts at about 2:22)
Watch the video to see what Walmart has to offer you as a new “associate”, and why, in your great new job at Walmart, you should be careful never to be taken in by dishonest tactics used by unions that may try to trick you into
- Paying union membership dues
- Joining in collective efforts to increase pay or improve working conditions
- Putting your signature (!) on union voting cards
In addition to numerous complaints to the National Labor Relations Board (and a pending civil suit) by employees subjected to intimidation sessions and retaliatory actions conducted by Walmart managers against “associates” thought to be engaging in pro-union activities (which is their legally protected right), Walmart has produced this indoctrination video to remind employees that in the big happy Walmart family “we just don’t think we need a union” (and you don’t think so either…Right? RIGHT?!)
Meanwhile, right-wing Jade Helmers distract public attention about Walmart closing 15 stores (Walmart claims for plumbing problems) by hyping made up concerns that they will be used for blacksite detention facilities, when in fact Walmart’s selection of stores for closures all seem to brazenly coincide with union organizing activities.
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