UFCW To Walmart- We Hate You – Join Us
On May 20, 2011 All News | Dirty tactics Comments Off Tags: Brenda Speaks, RespectDC, Thomas McNutt, UFCW 400, Walmart“A wolf in sheep’s clothing.”
That’s what the UFCW thinks of Walmart, according to Thomas P. McNutt, president of Local 400 of the United Food and Commercial Workers.
But of course the UFCW Local 400 has something to lose when it comes to having new jobs in the area—it represents “employees of area Giant, Safeway and Shoppers Food Warehouse stores.” Rather than asking the Walmart employees to join the UFCW family the union attacks and belittles them.
McNutt himself spells it out in a blog post on the UFCW 400 blog:
“For we are family,” he said. “One big family. Just like family, we’ve got to have each other’s backs. We’ve got to treat an attack on one like it’s an attack on all. And we’ve got to always put our family first.”
This “Family First” policy consists of pitting certain employees against other employees. Walmart is expanding its’ company stores across new areas in Washington, D.C. and other major cities, and the UFCW is opposed to these new jobs at a time where unemployment is all the way up to 9.5% in D.C. Local UFCW chapters have launched campaigns aimed at stopping the consumer giant from establishing stores, with corresponding job opportunities, in new areas.
So what exactly is UFCW claiming Walmart will do?
Read More
“A wolf in sheep’s clothing.” That’s what the UFCW thinks of Walmart, according to Thomas P. McNutt, president of Local 400 of the United Food and Commercial Workers. But of course the UFCW Local 400 has something to lose when it comes to having new jobs in the area—it represents “employees of area Giant, Safeway…
Read More