17 Wal-Mart Workers Take Steps to Unionize
From Associated Press
Seventeen workers at a Wal-Mart Tire & Lube Express in Loveland, Colo., have taken the first step to unionize at the world’s largest retailer.
The National Labor Relations Board planned a hearing Thursday to consider the workers’ request to be represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7.
“With approximately 400 associates in that particular facility, we feel that more than 17 associates should have a say on such an important matter,” said Christi Gallagher, a spokeswoman for Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Shares of Wal-Mart dropped $1.09 to $52.06 on the New York Stock Exchange.
