Wal-Mart Pro-Union Workers Are Making Headway - President Obama Supports Them

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.laborradio.org/node/11008

By Doug Cunningham

Wal-Mart workers in a North Miami Beach store have collected nearly enough signed union cards to petition for an election. The store could become the first in the U.S. to organize. A Wal-Mart in St. Hyacinthe, Quebec already has a union contract. Cheryl Guzman works at the Wal-Mart in North Miami Beach. She says being able to afford health care is a big issue among Wal-Mart workers who want the UFCW to represent them.

: “I have three boys. I had to get Florida Kids Care to cover their medical, because it’s either you eat or you have medical coverage. You understand what I’m saying?"

In 2007 then-Senator Obama told the UFCW.