Wal-Mart Can’t Ban Union Recruiting
From Associated Press
The Arkansas Supreme Court overturned a trespassing decision that barred a labor union from soliciting for members at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores nationwide.
The court ruled that the world’s largest retailer failed to show irreparable harm from solicitations by members of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.
Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said it was still examining the order.
Wal-Mart, which has waged battles against unions across the country, filed suit in 1999 after the UFCW sent representatives to about 300 Supercenters around the nation. Wal-Mart alleged that organizers were trespassing and harassing workers, among other things.
Wal-Mart shares fell 77 cents to $54.96 on the New York Stock Exchange.
