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Background note on Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart management handbook on union busting (PDF file)

More information about the struggle for Wal-Mart
workers' rights in the United States:

UFCW
United Food and Commercial Workers Union

Other sites:

walmartswaronworkers

AFL-CIO page on Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart workers 
in Las Vegas

Wal-Mart workers in Lansing, Michigan

Wal-Mart workers 
in Florida

www.walmartyrs.org

www.walmartwatch.org

http://www.walmart
survivor.com

http://www.wal-mart
litigation.com

Maquila Solidarity Wal-Mart Campaign

Company sites:

Wal-Mart

Walmart.com

RetailersMarketXchange

As of Sept. 30, 2000, the company had 1,742 Wal-Mart stores, 835 Supercenters, 469 SAM'S Clubs and 13 Neighborhood Markets in the United States. Internationally, the company operated units in Argentina (11), Brazil (18), Canada (168), China (8), Germany (95), Korea (5) Mexico (481), Puerto Rico (15), and the United Kingdom (240). Wal-Mart employs more than 885,000 workers in the United States and 255,000 internationally.

 
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List of Wal-Mart Pages
1998 to 30.6.2003

23.06.2003

• Wal-Mart was ordered to recognise UFCW Local and to negotiate with it

• Multinational retailers enter Japan - UNI welcomes organising efforts

26.05.2003

• Former Miss America was interrupted by police - women's rally supported discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart

• Canadian labour board slaps Wal-Mart for illegally stopping workers from joining union

• Wal-Mart is eavesdropping on its workers. Download the UFCW flyer. (Colour PDF)

• Wal-Mart is eavesdropping on its workers. Download the UFCW flyer. 
  (b/w PDF)

• Wal-Mart is not welcome in Europe, UNI-Europa Commerce  conference says

10.05.2003

• Wal-Mart pages in Working America, a UFCW magazine (PDF)

04.05.2003

• Will Wal-Mart face largest ever discrimination lawsuit?

06.03.2003

• US Representative writes to UFCW - Wal-Mart is bad for workers and communities

• Wal-Mart snatches domain name to block union talk

18.02.2003

• Wal-Mart sued for discrimination of women in promotions and wages

06.02.2003

• Wal-Mart asked workers to spy on colleagues, faces trial for anti-union campaign

04.02.2003

• Wal-Mart was kicked off Fortune's list of best companies to work for

24.01.2003

• US workers continue campaign for union rights and better conditions at Wal-Mart

23.01.2003

• Bookmakers give Wal-Mart the best odds - Tesco enters the scene as battle for Safeway raises

15.01.2003

• It's Morrison, Sainsbury's or Wal-Mart - Tesco will not bid for Safeway?

• Wal-Mart builds up in Japan

14.01.2003

• Wal-Mart enters race for Safeway - Morrisons would be better for the workers

• Wal-Mart in trouble with Labour Relations Board: Illegal surveillance, threats and intimidation of workers

06.01.2003

• Wal-Mart pays 200,000 US Dollars to end discrimination lawsuit

• Wal-Mart becomes largest shareholder, on its way to take over Japanese Seiyu

• "Its plain ole kidnapping" - US newspaper comments on unpaid overtime at Wal-Mart

23.11.2002

• Day of Action- Thousands rallied on behalf of Wal-Mart workers

• Wal-Mart puts profits ahead of customers health, opposes Pennsylvania food safety legislation

22.11.2002

• UFCW Local 130 called for Wal-Mart to live up to American values

• National day of action turned the spotlight on Wal-Mart's bad labour practices

20.11.2002

• Major success for ver.di as Wal-Mart recognises German collective agreements

19.11.2002

• Wal-Mart faces activist coalition on issues from wages to parking lot security

18.11.2002

• Action Day in the US on 21 November - Wal-Mart faces growing challenges

• Told co-worker about union, was fired - judge orders Wal-Mart to take worker back and to pay wage losses

14.11.2002

• Germany's High Court rules that Wal_Mart's price war violates competition rules

13.11.2002

• Public Affairs Television - transcript of Bill Moyers program segment on Wal-Mart (link)

10.11.2002

• Class action lawsuit accuses Wal-Mart of stealing time from loss prevention agents
  

• 95,000 Wal-Mart workers may become involved in class action lawsuit in Michigan
  

• Day of action on 21 November will focus on Wal-Mart

25.10.2002

• Union struggle leads to results, Inglewood City in California says no to Wal-Mart

22.10.2002

• Wal-Mart shows its real face in Germany - 'no collective agreement or union involvement'

28.09.2002

• US labour movement launches people's campaign for justice at Wal-Mart

17.09.2002

• Wal-Mart plans to sell cheap Chinese clothes in Japan's Seiyu stores

• Wal-Mart's union busting operator named by authorities for threatening workers

• Wal-Mart must pay woman worker for sexual harassment

09.09.2002

• Did Wal-Mart violate election rules - Senate candidate on magazine cover

08.09.2002

• Wal-Mart managers tell about intimidation, threats and illegal dismissals on new video

02.09.2002

• Wal-Mart in court for saving money at workers cost, health plan refused to pay birth control pills

01.09.2002

• German trade union organising brochure for Wal-Wart workers (PDF)

31.08.2002

• Low-wage employers like Wal-Mart bring new challenges, also churches need to respond

29.08.2002

• Wal-Mart plans 40 supercenters in California - it will cost thousands of good jobs, union says

• UFCW president Doug Dority calls for nationwide campaign in the United States to give Wal-Mart workers a voice

20.08.2002

• Leading multinationals compete with countries on world list of largest entities

16.08.2002

• Wal-Mart will double its size, report says - when will competition authorities finally react?

30.07.2002

• UFCW Local in Canada files charges against Wal-Mart

29.07.2002

• Wal-Mart workers in Germany strike for collective agreement

03.07.2002

• Wal-Mart's German problems - trouble with the union and business is not good

• Wal-Mart workers from 28 US states take company to court - had to work overtime without pay

09.06.2002

• Wal-Mart violates human rights, condemned for dismissal on racial grounds

25.05.2002

• UNI-Europa Commerce and EuroCommerce launch European social dialogue on corporate social responsibility

09.05.2002

• Wal-Mart faces new workers rights charges in Alaska and Idaho

• Wal-Mart workers stand up for their rights, new court cases in Texas and California

26.04.2002

• Wal-Mart bosses get huge pay increases

• Wal-Mart tests sale of used cars

24.04.2002

• Wal-Mart wants to lay off workers in Germany, Ver.di says no and demands collective agreement

• Once again in trouble with the law, Wal-Mart faces federal charges for more than 45 incidents of illegal conduct

23.04.2002

• It is all about organising, Sydney Commercial Workers Summit said

08.04.2002

• Toy production for Wal-Mart - violent security guards attack Chinese workers

02.04.2002

• Biggest yes, but perhaps the worst employer, Wal-Mart now tops Fortune 500

25.03.2002

• Sam Walton Made Us a Promise - link to Fortune article on Wal-Mart

15.03.2002

• Wal-Mart buys stake in Japanese Seiyu - "goods will not sell here" analyst says

08.03.2002

• American study shows that unionised women earn more in retail trade

23.02.2002

• Once again Wal-Mart tries to stop workers from joining the UFCW

• Oklahoma workers take Wal-Mart to court, say company forced them to work without pay

13.02.2002

• Wal-Mart is mentioned in connection with workers' rights abuses in Guatemalan maquilas

12.02.2002

• Wal-Mart's first 'real' superstore in Germany is not successful

11.02.2002

• US report says Wal-Mart and Toys"R"Us sell toys made under atrocious conditions in China

04.02.2002

• Is Wal-Mart paying for its arrogance against consumers and workers - German problems continue

13.01.2002

• Kmart's share prices crash, opens door to US for Carrefour, Casino, Tesco?

10.01.2002

• Kmart in trouble, but most commentators don't believe in bankruptcy

29.11.2001
Ver.di says that Euro introduction can be too tough for shop workers (Wal-Mart works council writes to management)
Wal-Mart violates federal law, prevents fair union elections

28.11.2001
Wal-Mart's union busting campaigns are lead by Bentonville headquarters

16.11.2001
Wal-Mart shop stewards discussed with UNI and UFCW at seminar in Germany

08.11.2001
Wal-Mart will open five stores in Beijing

04.11.2001
U.S. Senate rejected Wal-Mart attempt to hinder unions from informing workers
Wal-Mart in court again, for union busting and unfair labour practices
Wal-Mart to cut 1,350 workplaces in Germany?

03.10.2001
All company structures involved - Wal-Mart breaks US union busting records
US labour board says Wal-Mart threatened to cut bonus to block organising

26.09.2001
Wal-Mart breaks labour laws to stop US workers from organising
Wal-Mart workers in Las Vegas will vote on union representation

24.09.2001
Will Wal-Mart buy Mycal- Japanese newspaper says take-over is imminent
Wal-Mart had to allow workers wear flag badges

15.09.2001
Is Wal-Mart preparing to buy the Marks & Spencer stores in France?

12.09.2001
Wal-Mart sued once again, for forcing work on unpaid overtime

21.08.2001
Super-rich retailers - five Waltons in world top ten, Aldi owners number five

20.08.2001
Japan's Mycal seeks cooperation with Wal-Mart, Carrefour?

13.08.2001
Wal-Mart sued for gender discrimination, wants case to be moved to Arkansas

09.08.2001
New lawsuits hit Wal-Mart, on discrimination and overtime without pay

30.07.2001
Wal-Mart fires head office staff

19.07.2001
Carrefour sells three Spanish hypermarkets

16.07.2001
In US lawsuits, Wal-Mart workers demand respect and fair treatment

18.06.2001
John Sweeney and Bill Connor discuss Wal-Mart in Nyon

16.06.2001
Tesco escalates British price war
Germany's Spar plans major reconstruction, job losses can be expected

09.06.2001
Wal-Mart workers brainwashed to work overtime without pay

20.05.2001
Wal-Mart in the news: Alliance with Casino in France? In US, socially responsible investment fund pull out. Downhill continues in Germany.

11.05.2001
Metro continues its global expansion, focus on Asia, Central and Eastern Europe

23.04.2001
Wal-Mart slows down its German expansion
Not low wages for all - some make it rich in retailing. Robson Walton is the wealthiest person in the world.

19.04.2001
Corporate greed vs. public good - where America shops (link to AFL-CIO page on Wal-Mart)

05.04.2001
Wal-Mart workers in the US meet resistance when trying to join union, in Europe problems abound for the retailer

29.03.2001
Wal-Mart continues to lose money in Germany, responds by escalating price war

16.03.2001
Ahold, Vendex and Lafayette say they will not be Metro's Kaufhof partners

15.03.2001
In Brazil, discount chains continue to grow
Metro says no to Wal-Mart and Carrefour, seeks partner for Kaufhof

08.03.2001
Multinational retailers enter Korea, bring labour relations problems

05.03.2001
Speculations in Spain- Wal-Mart to buy hypermarkets from Carrefour
Jusco passes Ito-Yokado as Japan's number one retailer
Wal-Mart and Amazon plan alliance?

01.03.2001
Wal-Mart will enter the Philippines market

27.02.2001
Wal-Mart interested in Carrefour hypermarkets in Spain

26.02.2001
Uni Apro Commerce targets multinationals

12.02.2001
Wal-Mart Asda goes into jewelry business

09.02.2001
Wal-Mart steps up investment pace in Canada

08.02.2001
E-Commerce and employment on the Uni Apro Commerce agenda

31.01.2001
Rumours about mega-merger between Wal-Mart and Carrefour - but highly improbable

29.01.2001
Aldi opens shop in Australia, will Wal-Mart follow?

15.01.2001
Wal-Mart fires union activists, says he was eating banana while paying for it
Wal-Mart to build new distribution centres in the UK

05.01.2001
Top Wal-Mart manager charged with violations of workers' rights in the United States
Are they serious - Retailing analysts question Wal-Mart's UK press releases

03.01.2001
Wal-Mart workers want better conditions - UFCW continues its organising drive
Wal-Mart to Japan in 2002
Wal-Mart Asda builds new stores in the United Kingdom
E-commerce lays off workers but multi-channel retailers fare better

20.12.2000
Metro CEO Körber says that Wal-Mart will not succeed in Germany

17.12.2000
Wal-Mart failed to pay benefits to injured workers, Washington State government took over claims programme

03.12.2000
Lawmakers in Argentina may stop Wal-Mart's expansion

22.11.2000
Los Angeles zoning authorities want to protect supermarkets against Wal-Mart

08.11.2000
Wal-Mart Asda expands its home shopping service

06.11.2000
Wal-Mart tries to engage staff members in its fight against trade unions
Wal-Mart interested in Jeronimo Martins?

29.10.2000
Wal-Mart faces federal charges in the United States on illegal campaigning tactics

25.10.2000
Wal-Mart is charged with illegal firing of senior employees
Labor Board rejects Wal-Mart's move to deny Arizona workers a vote for union

05.10.2000
Uni Commerce supports German efforts to sign agreement with Wal-Mart

04.10.2000
Wal-Mart will open 100 new superstores
German commerce is worried over Wal-Mart's price war

11.09.2000
German authorities say Wal-Mart sells below cost, must raise prices

08.09.2000
Wal-Mart's director for Europe leaves

31.08.2000
Is Wal-Mart becoming too big? Arkansas retailer is larger than the next three put together
Wal-Mart opens eleventh supercenter in Argentina

30.08.2000
The impact of GATS on retail and wholesale trade: Multinationals are pressing for global de-regulation

29.08.2000
Wal-Mart steps up German price war, wants to soften competitors before taking over

25.08.2000
Wal-Mart's appeal rejected- Labour Relations Board certifies Jacksonville vote to join UFCW
Wal-Mart effect in the United States: Pricing hits hard at competitors

19.08.2000
In Pennsylvania, Wal-Mart tries once again to stop workers from organising

16.08.2000
Uni Commerce report on activities and future priorities August 2000
Uni Commerce background document- Workers' rights in global commerce
Link to pdf file in German with a HBV leaflet about the Wal-Mart strike

10.08.2000
UFCW on Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart positions itself in European e-commerce
Wal-Mart sets up Asian distribution centre in the Philippines

09.08.2000
Wal-Mart Asda will trade 24 hours a day at 86 stores

03.08.2000
Price wars in Europe will cost thousands of jobs
Metro denies deal with Wal-Mart, Tesco denies collecting funds for Real
Multinational supermarkets and hard discounters will soon proliferate Brazil

31.07.2000
Rumours persist about deal between Wal-Mart and Metro

28.07.2000
Tesco is seeking money to buy Real?

27.07.2000
Wal-Mart's home town judge partial when he tried to stop UFCW

25.07.2000
Wal-Mart Asda to open new supercentres in Britain

24.07.2000
Metro denies takeover, top director is replaced

21.07.2000
Wal-Mart workers on strike in Germany
Uni World Executive Board Resolution on Wal-Mart strike in Germany, English
Uni World Executive Board Resolution on Wal-Mart strike in Germany, German
Price war also in Argentina - Wal-Mart and Carrefour refuse good practices

20.07.2000
Wal-Mart continues its price war in Britain and Germany, unions warn of job and wage losses

19.07.2000
German press insists that Wal-Mart is discussing a take-over of Metro
Wal-Mart tries once again to stop union election
Wal-Mart buys garments from Burma, ties to drug baron reported in press

13.07.2000
Wal-Mart is preparing to take over Metro?

30.05.2000
Carrefour must sell stores in France, Uni says Wal-Mart should be disqualified

28.05.2000
Court in Arkansas dissolves Wal-Mart injunction to deny basic workers' rights

08.05.2000
We are proud that we stood up, say Jacksonville workers as Wal-Mart shows its ugly face

01.05.2000
New organising victory for UFCW: U.S. Labour Board rejects Wal-Mart's move to deny representation

07.04.2000
Wal-Mart established its own e-business exchange

18.03.2000
Workers win again at Wal-Mart - New organising victory for UFCW

10.03.2000
Wal-Mart makes bigger than expected losses in Germany
Wal-Mart was fined for child labour violations in Maine

07.03.2000
Wal-Mart is not doing well in Germany

06.03.2000
Wal-Mart moves to cut skilled meatcutter jobs

29.02.2000
Update on multinationals: Wal-Mart stock down

21.02.2000
UNION YES! Texas workers unionize first Wal-Mart in the United States

21.01.2000
Companies prepare themselves for Wal-Mart's next move - Turmoil in European commerce

FIET Commerce pages

5.11.1999
Wal-Mart is a threat to wages and working conditions in global commerce

2.8.1999
Euro-FIET writes to the European Commission, raises questions about Wal-Mart

1.6.1999
FIET Commerce Global Wal-Mart Campaign - world's largest retailer targeted

24.6.1999
FIET General Secretary- Tony Blair should not be carried away by Wal-Mart

29.4.1998
Brazilian_unions_stage_demonstration_against_WalMart

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