Anti-Union Life at Target

[Swede]

According to the New York Times coverage:


In a statement, the president of U.F.C.W. Local 1500, Bruce W. Both, said that the workers at the Valley Stream store had endured a “campaign of threats, intimidation and illegal acts by Target management.” As a result, he called on the National Labor Relations Board to direct a new election and order Target to cease its “illegal activity.”
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“Target did everything they could to deny these workers a chance at the American dream,” said Mr. Both, of the union local.
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The union filed a complaint with the labor board last month asserting that Target had unlawfully prohibited employees from wearing pro-union buttons and from discussing working conditions on online sites. It also said Target had unlawfully threatened employees with dismissal if they spoke about the union.

In meetings and fliers, Target officials told employees that a union could not guarantee better pay or benefits and that the organization only wanted their dues. In a move that worried numerous workers, the company said there were no guarantees that the store would remain open if the workers unionized.

http://dissentmagazine.org/atw.php?id=478

[dana_b]

1. reading the article

and then watching the video - it is amazing to me how much blatant b.s. Target has put in there. Calling the workers "A big happy family" and then using actors in their films instead of real workers. Yuck.

It looks like Home Depot is pulling the same crap.

[taught_me_patience]

2. Target is a POS corp

and I laugh at all the anti wal-mart hate here at DU. I work at a major supplier of Target and Walmart and can say, without a doubt, Target is the worst corporation to deal with.

[MyshkinCommaPrince]

3. Not surprised.

I once worked at Target and they made us watch a video in which Pen & Teller told us about how unions were simply bad for everyone. I've never trusted Target or Penn and Teller since then.