Delhi UNI stands for Union Network International and is what institutional labor refers to as a “GUF” or global union federation. UNI was having its world executive council meeting at the Asoka Hotel in Delhi as well as the founding convention of UNICOME (India) where our campaign was represented, so we made a …
Category: WalMart
Death and Taxes for Wal-Mart
Delhi A startling piece ran recently in the Wall Street Journal that essentially heralded the end to the “Wal-Mart era” in retail. The front-page piece went right at the core of the Wal-Mart problem: the business model. The evidence was precise. Same store sales were falling, revealing a teetering pyramid game where Wal-Mart …
Better Wal-Mart Health
New Orleans Watch the sky! Pigs are flying! Wal-Mart announced actual improvements in its health care offering for its associates. The improvements included a grant of $100-500 to lower health costs while reducing premiums in some cases as low as $5 per month. The company claimed they would also get rid of hospital deductibles …