Wal-Mart Nailed

Kudos to the coalition filing an FEC complaint against Wal-Mart for coercing their employees. At best this ends up with a pittance of a fine, but anything that puts their illegal practices in a national spotlight is positive. Plus, the intimidation that Wal-Mart is engaged in with respect to the Presidential election is the same intimidation they routinely engage in during union elections. They threaten to shut down stores, fire union activists, tell employees that their jobs are at stake, and generally do whatever they can to keep unions out. Coordinating with low-level managers on what Presidential candidate to vote for is a symptom of the same disease.

Speaking of which, what's with George McGovern sucking up to the corporate crowd and rejecting the Employee Free Choice Act? I know that labor torpedoed him in the 1972 elections, but surely he understands the importance of unions as an anti-poverty instrument. Apparently, this is nothing new for him; he's been tied in to anti-union lobbyists for a number of years now. Sad.

UPDATE: American Rights At Work has a full report.