Wal-Mart goes political
Wal-Mart is encouraging all their employees to vote, and also informing them of Democratic candidates who oppose Wal-Mart.
The voting power of Wal-Mart’s huge U.S. work force has become the latest target in the retailer’s battle with union critics as labor activists launch a drive to reach Wal-Mart workers ahead of midterm elections next month.
The union campaign, to be announced Thursday, comes after Wal-Mart entered the political fray this summer with a letter to workers in Iowa naming politicians who had attacked the company. It says it will issue similar letters in the future.
Wal-Mart also launched a first company-wide effort last month to get its more than 1.3 million workers to register to vote.
Both sides are not endorsing any specific candidates and both say they are being nonpartisan.
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