tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post3031075592462158666..comments2024-01-17T00:45:37.075-08:00Comments on Bud Meyers: Walmart is a Burden to TaxpayersBud Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-23778688565090727122015-12-15T08:15:50.545-08:002015-12-15T08:15:50.545-08:00UPDATE: DEC. 15, 2015
Wal-Mart claims the "O...UPDATE: DEC. 15, 2015<br /><br />Wal-Mart claims the "OUR Walmart" campaign violated an NLRB protective order by giving documents to Bloomberg Businessweek detailing how the retailer prepared for Black Friday strikes and rallies in 2012. <br /><br />Wal-Mart hired a division of the defense contractor Lockheed Martin to monitor activist activity online and was in contact with the FBI about the protests, the report showed. <br /><br />OUR Walmart, which is now unaffiliated with the United Food and Commercial Workers union, accessed the documents during an unfair labor practices proceeding at the NLRB. In its motion, Wal-Mart blames the leak on both OUR Walmart and UFCW and asks the NLRB to bar the groups from using the documents in future board proceedings. <br /><br />Wal-Mart says its surveillance activities were aboveboard; OUR Walmart and UFCW say the retailer's latest arguments are meritless.<br /><br />More from Businessweek's Josh Eidelson here: http://bloom.bg/1Qjf1JA<br /><br />Read Wal-Mart's NLRB filing here: http://bit.ly/1O5HBgZBud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.com