Why Wal-Mart May Respond to Black Friday Strike Threats, Adjust Wage Structure: Economist
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 14:00 PM EDT
MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL When journalists visit the media relations page on Wal-Mart’s (NYSE:WMT) website they're asked to select from a drop-down menu the category that best describes the nature of their questions. But there’s one option that’s not on the list: Labor relations. One can assume that’s going to change very soon. Two weeks ago on October 4 88 Wal-Mart employees at various Wal-Mart stores staged the company’s first ever job walk-out in the firm’s history. Even though the workers didn’t have union protection their concerted efforts were legal. (See Why Wal-Mart Won’t Fire Striking Workers -- and What That ...