March 17, 2005

NLRB Hearing on March 25th

The UFCW has convinced the NLRB to conduct a hearing on whether WM intimidated workers during the recent Loveland union vote:

After workers at the Wal-Mart Tire & Lube Express in Loveland rejected unionization 17-1 in a vote February 25, a spokesman for United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 said the union would ask the NLRB to dismiss the results. Local 7 spokesman Dave Minshall had said no union member was allowed to observe the election and that Wal-Mart added employees to the unit to dilute the strength of the union supporters.

"The claims made by the UFCW are simply not true, and we are confident that the (NLRB) regional office will find no evidence of these allegations," said Christi Davis Gallagher, a spokeswoman for Bentonville, AR-based Wal-Mart.

A hearing was scheduled for March 25 at the NLRB office in Denver.

"After a preliminary investigation I have concluded that the [union's] objections raise substantial and material issues of fact, including credibility resolutions, which can best be resolved at a hearing," NLRB regional director Allan Benson said.

This should be interesting.

Posted by Kevin on March, 17 2005 at 12:30 PM

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dave wrote:

management is trained and instructed to treat
suspect employees differently than those not
suspected of union activity.....

WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL
QUESTIONS OR INQUIRES ABOUT POLICY YOU ARE TRAINED AND SO
INSTRUCTED TO IDENTIFY SUCH BEHAVIOR AS DEFIANT OR NEGITIVE.

SOMEONE WHO MAY BE DISGRUNTLED CONCERNING ISSUES OF PAY,
BENEFITS, ETC, ARE NOT JOINERS OF THE WAL-MART FAMILY.
PRE WORK LABOR RELATIONS pg4

YOU HAVE A BLANKET POLICY AND PRE-DISPOSITION ON ACTION TO
BE TAKEN IF AN EMPLOYEE REQUESTS THEIR RIGHTS. WHETHER THE
LAWS CHANGE OR NOT YOU HAVE A SET POLICY. YOU BY COMPANY
POLICY TREAT AN EMPLOYEE DIFFERENT IN A DISIPLNARY SITUATION
THAN YOU DO IF A REQUEST IS NOT MADE. YOU BY POLICY INSTRUCTION
SEPARATE AND LABEL FOR SPECIAL ACTION PROCEEDURE
PRE WORK LABOR RELATIONS pg9

THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT WHERE I WAS EMPLOYED IS AN AREA
OF SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO ANYONE THAT EXIBITS BEHAVIOR THAT
IS IDENTIFIED BY THE COMPANY AS HARMFUL IE: ORGANIZING, SEPARATE
BARGAINING UNITS, VULNERABILITY, AND FEAR OF FAILING TO CONVINCE
THE NLRB.
PRE WORK LABOR RELATIONS pg10

YOU MUST COMBAT EMPLOYEES THAT YOU HAVE LABLED BY THEIR BEHAVIOR
AS SALTS ACTIVITIES TO WATCH FOR INCLUDE CUSTOMER COMMENTS, TOWN
MEETINGS, ARTICLES, MEDIA ADDS, AND NEGITIVE PUBLICITY. THIS ACTIVITY
ACKNOWLEDGES THE PRESENCE OF A SALT.
PRE WORK LABOR RELATIONS pg 11

WHEN EMPLOYEES ARE OBSERVED IN CIRCULATING THEIR CONCERNS WITH
A PETITION OR EMPLOYEES COMMUNICATING AND INFORMING OTHER CO-
-WORKERS CAUSING ORDER OR ORGANIZATION. DO NOT RISK DOUBT. THIS
IS HARMFUL TO WAL-MART. CALL THE HOTLINE.
PRE WORK LABOR RELATIONS pg12


ALWAYS BE PROACTIVE!!!! AVOID WHAT HAS BEEN DEFINED AS UNION ACTIVITY.
PRE WORK LABOR RELATIONS pg12

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