Walmart: Vote for Obama and you could lose your job!

[Joanne98]

US Groups File Election Complaint Against Wal-Mart
CHICAGO - Labor groups on Thursday asked federal regulators to look into whether Wal-Mart Stores Inc broke the law during company meetings with store managers where it warned about the consequences of a proposed labor law backed by Democrats.

At issue is whether Wal-Mart’s discussion of the law, which would make it easier for workers to unionize, amounted to an effort to dissuade employees from voting for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Wal-Mart denies that it tried to influence voting.

WakeUpWalmart.com said it filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission in conjunction with the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and other groups.

A spokeswoman for WakeUpWalmart.com said the group has heard from about two dozen Wal-Mart workers in recent weeks regarding comments made by managers about the legislation. A Wall Street Journal story earlier this month disclosed some of the meetings’ details.

At some meetings, “they outright said if you vote for Barack Obama this law is going to pass, your wages would go down, you could lose your job,” said Meghan Scott. She added that the comments varied in their directness.

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/08/14/10996/

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

1. I don't understand, "your wages would go down"

I thought walmart already had the lowest wages.

walmart's big, it would LOVE to use slave labor to stock their shelfs ... but they know if they did that then nobody would buy there stuff.

[Joanne98]

4. LOL

[C_U_L8R]

2. Vote for John Bomb Bomb McCain and you could lose everything

[katmondoo]

3. So just don't tell

Isn't voting a secret. Why does wal-mart even have to know who you support and who you vote for.