The United Food and Commercial Workers won a key court battle against retail giant Wal-Mart when the Arkansas Supreme Court threw out a prior lower-court ruling banning union organizers from going onto company property.
The 6-1 decision on July 3 overturned a 1999 injunction by state Circuit Court Judge Jim D. Spears.
Spears' injunction, granted at Wal-Mart's request, banned UFCW organizers from coming to ask workers to support the union and to distribute literature.
Spears' ban covered the entire country, not just Arkansas. It came after the Bentonville, Ark.-based retail giant alleged that UFCW organizers trespassed and harassed workers at 300 Wal-Mart, Sam's Clubs and Neighborhood Market stores nationwide.
The state's high court sent the issue back to Spears for a new ruling, and on July 7, Spears said he was waiting to hear what UFCW and Wal-Mart want.
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What the union wants, spokesman Greg Denier says, is the status quo before Spears' 1999 order. That lets UFCW organize.
"If Wal-Mart asks to put in a new injunction, we'll object," Denier adds.
Spears' ruling hurt UFCW's organizing drive at Wal-Mart, the nation's largest employer. The company, which is known for rampant labor law breaking in its campaign against UFCW, employs 1.1 million workers in the United States and is the world's largest employer.
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Wal-Mart's wages and prices are so low and its size is so large that it forces other retailers to compete by slashing workers, their pay and benefits, or both, the union said.
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Wal-Mart has also had to pay out millions of dollars in states where judges found it forced workers to toil "off the clock" without overtime pay. It faces a national class action suit from female workers who present evidence of employment and promotion discrimination. Only 15 percent of all Wal-Mart workers have health benefits, with many of the rest forced to turn to public agencies.
UFCW stresses all these issues and more in its organizing drive, but has been stymied by Spears' ruling. "In many areas, workers are not aware of their rights," Denier said.
This article was written by Press Associates, Inc., news service. Used by permission.
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The United Food and Commercial Workers won a key court battle against retail giant Wal-Mart when the Arkansas Supreme Court threw out a prior lower-court ruling banning union organizers from going onto company property.
The 6-1 decision on July 3 overturned a 1999 injunction by state Circuit Court Judge Jim D. Spears.
Spears’ injunction, granted at Wal-Mart’s request, banned UFCW organizers from coming to ask workers to support the union and to distribute literature.
Spears’ ban covered the entire country, not just Arkansas. It came after the Bentonville, Ark.-based retail giant alleged that UFCW organizers trespassed and harassed workers at 300 Wal-Mart, Sam’s Clubs and Neighborhood Market stores nationwide.
The state’s high court sent the issue back to Spears for a new ruling, and on July 7, Spears said he was waiting to hear what UFCW and Wal-Mart want.
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What the union wants, spokesman Greg Denier says, is the status quo before Spears’ 1999 order. That lets UFCW organize.
“If Wal-Mart asks to put in a new injunction, we’ll object,” Denier adds.
Spears’ ruling hurt UFCW’s organizing drive at Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest employer. The company, which is known for rampant labor law breaking in its campaign against UFCW, employs 1.1 million workers in the United States and is the world’s largest employer.
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Wal-Mart’s wages and prices are so low and its size is so large that it forces other retailers to compete by slashing workers, their pay and benefits, or both, the union said.
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Wal-Mart has also had to pay out millions of dollars in states where judges found it forced workers to toil “off the clock” without overtime pay. It faces a national class action suit from female workers who present evidence of employment and promotion discrimination. Only 15 percent of all Wal-Mart workers have health benefits, with many of the rest forced to turn to public agencies.
UFCW stresses all these issues and more in its organizing drive, but has been stymied by Spears’ ruling. “In many areas, workers are not aware of their rights,” Denier said.
This article was written by Press Associates, Inc., news service. Used by permission.
For more information
Visit the UFCW website, Wal-Mart workers find a voice