U.S. groups file election complaint against Wal-Mart


	U.S. groups file election complaint against Wal-Mart

katsteevns

8-14-2008 8:51 PM

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8-14-2008 9:42 PM

LoPhatt

There are so many indicators that Corporate America is choosing this nation's direction.

8-14-2008 10:18 PM

papananook

That's a done deal, LoPhatt. This is just a small part of the way Korps do it....with intimidation and misinformation.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8b9f07b6-2cf7-4f56-beff-67f303e20f2c/37BA705D-68EC-467D-A0A3-1A012085435E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1445934420080814?sp=true" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1445934420080814?sp=true" style="font-size: 11px;">www.reuters.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1445934420080814?sp=true"><H1>U.S. groups file election complaint against Wal-Mart</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1445934420080814?sp=true"><DIV class="timestampHeader">Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:23pm EDT</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1445934420080814?sp=true"><P>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Labor groups on Thursday asked federal regulators to look into whether Wal-Mart Stores Inc broke the law during company meetings with store managers where it warned about the consequences of a proposed labor law backed by Democrats.<SPAN id="midArticle_byline"></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1445934420080814?sp=true"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.reuters.com/img/DEDDF0CD-E643-41B1-A518-1DB0753DCE94" alt="Photo" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1445934420080814?sp=true"><P>At issue is whether Wal-Mart's discussion of the law, which would make it easier for workers to unionize, amounted to an effort to dissuade employees from voting for Democratic presidential candidate <A title="More on Barack Obama's campaign for the 2008 Election" href="http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/barackobama">Barack Obama</A>. Wal-Mart denies that it tried to influence voting.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1445934420080814?sp=true"><P>At some meetings, "they outright said if you vote for <A title="More on Barack Obama's campaign for the 2008 Election" href="http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/barackobama">Barack Obama</A> this law is going to pass, your wages would go down, you could lose your job," said Meghan Scott. 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