Tex., where 10 of them no longer work. In many ways, Wal-Mart employees are ripe for unionization. Their benefits are inferior. They pay more in health insurance than union members. They get paid for only 28 hours, their standard workweek, and there's very little overtime.
Workers have plenty of grievances, but they risk getting fired if they complain.
Wal-Mart goes to extraordinary lengths to indoctrinate its employees against unions. Newly-hired people are required to watch a video that explains why the company opposes and won't tolerate unions. The company moves swiftly at the first sign of an organizing effort. At the same time, Wal-Mart retains some of the paternalistic practices of founder Sam Walton, who died in 1992. To thwart an organizing drive, the company may hand out wage increases and promise to pay more attention to workers' complaints.