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Saving Hawaii

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16. Stiff Federal Fines? It's pocket money.

Reply to former-republican (Reply #4)

Wed Nov 21, 2012, 09:19 PM

Nov 2012

Companies do this and get nailed with the fines all the time. Wal-Mart is hardly an exception. Sad thing to say, but the NLRB is very much a paper tiger. There are rules that companies break all the time during union campaigns and they get little slaps on the wrist for it because that's all that can be done.

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Explain something to me about Walmart and unions [View all] former-republican Nov 2012 OP

My take on it is, employee's have been intimidated and are frightened. They have been teddy51 Nov 2012 #1

They have. Deep13 Nov 2012 #2

I know , I think they first need 30% to sign off in order to have a vote former-republican Nov 2012 #4

Well, Federal fines if they can prove their case before the NLRB. Deep13 Nov 2012 #8

Stiff Federal Fines? It's pocket money. Saving Hawaii Nov 2012 #16

Walmart threatens to fire any worker who says the word "union" out loud... prairierose Nov 2012 #3

Highly illegal former-republican Nov 2012 #5

From Wal-Mart? I dunno. Saving Hawaii Nov 2012 #17

Don't know it for a fact, but I've read in the past that Walmart never owns the buildings they're in Booster Nov 2012 #6

Walmart has so many fines against it from the NLBR nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #7

So what do they do with the employee that has been fired ? settle out of court former-republican Nov 2012 #9

The cases take so long...that some of those employees nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #10

There are remedies available under that process Major Nikon Nov 2012 #11

By the way, very good question nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #12

Does anyone know if this bill is still viable? former-republican Nov 2012 #13

EFCA, that is the reason a lot in labor nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #15

Before you start working there they subject you to anti-Union video's & propaganda JaneyVee Nov 2012 #14