Walmart Seeks Spanish-Speaking Labor Buster

[lakhota]

Now Hiring: Walmart Seeks Spanish-Speaking Labor Buster To Maintain A ‘Union-Free Workplace’

As of April 2011, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stands at around 9 percent, as millions of Americans are seeking work in any position they can find.

One company that is hiring is Walmart, “one of the largest private employers in the U.S.” The company recently posted a job listing online for a director of “Labor Relations.” The job description requires helping the company’s human resources department maintain a “union-free” workplace. Under “Additional Preferred Qualifications,” the company seeks fluency in Spanish:



Walmart is a company notorious for breaking up labor unions and has taken swift action to prevent its workers from organizing. In 2000, “when a small meatcutting department successfully organized a union at a Walmart store in Texas, Wal-Mart responded a week later by announcing the phase-out of its meatcutting departments entirely.” When a branch in Quebec, Canada, voted to unionize, the company immediately shut down the store.

thinkprogress.org/2011/05/12/wal-mart-union-buster/

[marshabar1]

When you become a Walmart associate, you can take advantage of a variety of great benefits for you and your family, including:
Health & Wellness Benefits

* Consumer-directed health plans including Health Reimbursement Accounts (HRA) plans and a High-deductible plan with an Health Savings Account (HSA). Plans include:
o No lifetime maximum
o 100% coverage for eligible preventive care when you use a network provider
o Coverage for dependents up to age 26
o No pre-existing condition limits for anyone under age 19
o 80% coverage for eligible network services after you meet your total annual deductible
o $4 co-pay on more than 2,000 eligible generic drugs
o Ask Mayo Clinic Nurse Line - speak to a registered nurse 24/7
o Life with Baby Maternity Program - your own personal support network before, during and after pregnancy
o Quit Tobacco program
* Dental Insurance
* Resources For Living® -- confidential counseling and health information service free to all associates 24/7
* Company-paid life insurance
* Optional and dependent life insurance
* Accidental death & dismemberment insurance (AD&D)
* Critical illness and accident insurance
* Short- and long-term disability insurance
* Business Travel Accident Insurance
* Illness protection (sick time)
* Associate Eyewear Program

Financial Benefits

* Matching contributions to your 401(k) up to 6%
* Associate Stock Purchase Plan with a company match of 15% up to the first $1,800 purchased each Plan year
* Associate Discount Card for Walmart associates, spouses and dependents for 10% discount on regular priced general merchandise and fresh produce purchased at a Walmart store.
* Sam’s Club memberships for Sam’s Club associates
* Discounts travel, entertainment and more
* Retirement account rollover
* Military differential pay
* Paid time-off including: holidays, vacation, personal, bereavement and jury duty

jobsearch.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=jobsearch&cdn=careers&tm=12&f=00&su=p284.9.336.ip_p554.18.336.ip_&tt=11&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//walmartstores.com/Careers/7750.aspx

Commie pinkos need not apply.

[lakhota]

Marshabar, you sound like a Walmart associate...

[Mad Dawg Wiccan]

Lak, you sound like an uninformed liberal.

[lakhota]

May 12, 2011 21:44:13 GMT -5 Mad Dawg Wiccan said:

Lak, you sound like an uninformed liberal.

Well, at least you're half right...

[Mad Dawg Wiccan]

May 12, 2011 21:59:47 GMT -5 @lakhota said:

May 12, 2011 21:44:13 GMT -5 Mad Dawg Wiccan said:

Lak, you sound like an uninformed liberal.

Well, at least you're half right...

Nope, I'm 100% correct.

If working for WalMart is so terrible, why are there about 100 applications for every open position?

<<Marshabar, you sound like a Walmart associate...>>

You say that like it's a bad thing. Much better to be sucking off the teat of the working people and be on welfare, I'm sure.

[lakhota]

May 12, 2011 22:10:12 GMT -5 Mad Dawg Wiccan said:

May 12, 2011 21:59:47 GMT -5 @lakhota said:

Well, at least you're half right...

Nope, I'm 100% correct.

If working for WalMart is so terrible, why are there about 100 applications for every open position?

<<Marshabar, you sound like a Walmart associate...>>

You say that like it's a bad thing. Much better to be sucking off the teat of the working people and be on welfare, I'm sure.

Mad Dawg, lighten up a little. Where did I bash or make working at Walmart seem like a bad thing.

BTW, the OP isn't about the workers - it's about the management.

[ty]

So in order to get the position, you need to speak Spanish now. I guess America is becoming the New Mexico.

Inglis pweeze, Inglis...

[marshabar1]

May 12, 2011 22:45:11 GMT -5 @ty said:

So in order to get the position, you need to speak Spanish now. I guess America is becoming the New Mexico.

Inglis pweeze, Inglis...

I pwefoo Ingwish, otay?

[burnsattornincan]

When a branch in Quebec, Canada, voted to unionize, the company immediately shut down the store.

Too funny. I drive by that place almost every weekend in the summer on my way to the lake. They use the parking lot as a test ground for motorcycle driver applicants. You just got to love it. Another Walmart closer to my main residence has been open for quite a while now. The message was received well it seems.

[lakhota]

May 13, 2011 0:34:26 GMT -5 burnsattornincan said:

When a branch in Quebec, Canada, voted to unionize, the company immediately shut down the store.

Too funny. I drive by that place almost every weekend in the summer on my way to the lake. They use the parking lot as a test ground for motorcycle driver applicants. You just got to love it. Another Walmart closer to my main residence has been open for quite a while now. The message was received well it seems.

burns, you're just tooo easy. Sooo, you know exactly which Walmart location was closed down? Damn...

Here's a list of the Quebec, Canada Walmart locations. Which one was it. I stopped counting at about 54 locations...

www.allstays.com/c/walmart-quebec-locations.htm

[marshabar1]

BTW, Mad Dawg, thanks! ;D

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

May 12, 2011 21:44:13 GMT -5 Mad Dawg Wiccan said:

Lak, you sound like an uninformed liberal.

Um, that's a little redundant... ;D

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

My guess is that the op is likely made up. Can't find it on snopes- but I also can't find it on any credible media source.

[EVT1]

You find it suspect a corporation that large would use a union buster?

[EVT1]

Would the job ad from Wal-Mart be credible?

Job ID: 22497BR

Company Summary
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) serves customers and members more than 208 million times per week at more than 8,600 retail units under 59 different banners in 15 countries. With fiscal year 2010 sales of $405 billion, Wal-Mart employs more than 2 million associates worldwide.

Position Description
Assess vulnerability to union messaging in market.
Monitor impact of change initiatives.
Advises HR and Operations leadership in positive employee relations practices that support continued union-free workplace and business mission in a complex labor environment.
Leads company response to local and market organizing campaigns.
Coordinates continuous labor education for supervisors to ensure compliance with labor laws.
Assists in developing associate relations strategies and initiatives aligned with business initiatives, including but not limited to urban market entry plans.

Minimum Qualifications
Bachelors degree or 5-7 years relevant Labor Relations experience.
Solid knowledge of and ability to interpret current employment and labor laws.
Computer competence: Microsoft Office Suite, including PowerPoint or comparable computer software.
Strong presentation skills; must possess strong written and interpersonal communication skills.
Knowledge of Walmart or comparable retail operations.

Additional Preferred Qualifications
***Fluent in Spanish

Experience managing collective bargaining agreements.
Experience managing grievance processes and labor disputes.
Experience providing supervision or HR Labor support for a multi unit format.
Experience providing HR/Labor support for acquisitions or new business formats.
Direct or collaborative experience with public affairs/corporate communications.
Experience managing union organizing campaigns and leading the company's response efforts.

22497BR

jobs.walmartstores.com/santa-ana/human-resources_recruiting/director-labor-relations-wm-jobs

Your research skills are severely lacking.

[lakhota]

May 13, 2011 20:35:53 GMT -5 AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP said:

My guess is that the op is likely made up. Can't find it on snopes- but I also can't find it on any credible media source.

Dear Gawd. Well, try this: Click on the link in the OP, which will then take you to the Think Progress article, which includes live links to the sources. For your convenience, I have included them below:

jobs.walmartstores.com/santa-ana/human-resources_recruiting/director-labor-relations-wm-jobs

money.cnn.com/2005/02/09/news/international/walmart_canada/

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

May 13, 2011 0:34:26 GMT -5 burnsattornincan said:

When a branch in Quebec, Canada, voted to unionize, the company immediately shut down the store.

Too funny. I drive by that place almost every weekend in the summer on my way to the lake. They use the parking lot as a test ground for motorcycle driver applicants. You just got to love it. Another Walmart closer to my main residence has been open for quite a while now. The message was received well it seems.

Good for Wal-Mart. I would shoot fireworks off in that parking lot every night on the anniversary of the store closing.

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

May 13, 2011 20:55:03 GMT -5 EVT1 said:

Would the job ad from Wal-Mart be credible?

Job ID: 22497BR

Company Summary
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) serves customers and members more than 208 million times per week at more than 8,600 retail units under 59 different banners in 15 countries. With fiscal year 2010 sales of $405 billion, Wal-Mart employs more than 2 million associates worldwide.

Position Description
Assess vulnerability to union messaging in market.
Monitor impact of change initiatives.
Advises HR and Operations leadership in positive employee relations practices that support continued union-free workplace and business mission in a complex labor environment.
Leads company response to local and market organizing campaigns.
Coordinates continuous labor education for supervisors to ensure compliance with labor laws.
Assists in developing associate relations strategies and initiatives aligned with business initiatives, including but not limited to urban market entry plans.

Minimum Qualifications
Bachelors degree or 5-7 years relevant Labor Relations experience.
Solid knowledge of and ability to interpret current employment and labor laws.
Computer competence: Microsoft Office Suite, including PowerPoint or comparable computer software.
Strong presentation skills; must possess strong written and interpersonal communication skills.
Knowledge of Walmart or comparable retail operations.

Additional Preferred Qualifications
***Fluent in Spanish

Experience managing collective bargaining agreements.
Experience managing grievance processes and labor disputes.
Experience providing supervision or HR Labor support for a multi unit format.
Experience providing HR/Labor support for acquisitions or new business formats.
Direct or collaborative experience with public affairs/corporate communications.
Experience managing union organizing campaigns and leading the company's response efforts.

22497BR

jobs.walmartstores.com/santa-ana/human-resources_recruiting/director-labor-relations-wm-jobs

Your research skills are severely lacking.

I don't know-- I just had you look it up for me. Knew one of you would.

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

I'm not surprised that they'd do it-- I am surprised they are so blatant. They don't sugar coat it at all: commies need not apply.

[lakhota]

They don't sugar coat it at all: commies need not apply.

Amen! Keep them commies out!

Under fire in the United States for its employment practices, the world's largest retailer announced last year that it was overhauling its practices on pay, promotions, diversity and how cashiers are notified of their breaks. In 2003, Wal-Mart was accused of hiring illegal immigrants through a contractor and underpaying those employees.

money.cnn.com/2005/02/09/news/international/walmart_canada/

[EVT1]

All of those flag pins ARE made in China.