I worked at Sam's for many years. I have seen all the benefits of working for Walmart slowly go away year after year. It used to be 4 associates of the month now gone. You could hold department meetings and club use $25 of goodies. Safety bbqs every month for 0 accident days free. Time and half to work Sundays now even the extra $1 is gone. If you were the safety coordinator you would make 50 cents an hour extra. Summer picnics and Christmas parties all gone. Every reason why people would want to work for Sam has been taking away. People outside of the company coming in and making changes to look good for wallstreet. It's time for all Walmart and Sam's Club associates to organize with SEIU and get some say in all of the changes that happen every year. There are going to be some that are against it and I used to until I joined one. There are some cons to it but the pros out weigh the cons big time. Look into and judge for yourself. No more receiving associate I need you to be a runner up front since the club mgr wants to cut hours for their bonus.
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First, trying to unionize Sam’s/Walmart is futile. Employees are too broke and too scared to withstand a strike.
Second, if Walmart doesn’t treat their employees like c-ap, Amazon will. And Amazon will put Walmart out of business.
If you really want change, you need to vote for pro-labor candidates and get the laws changed. If you’re not willing to do that, stop jawing.
People they might close some under performing stores but they will not close all stores. Put some associates from Walmart and Sam's club on the board of the union so they can oversee the process. Start a Facebook page to start it up and watch how fast things will change for the better.
They would close before allowing Unions to take over.
Unions s---. I'm not paying some oxygen thief to sit on her fat a-- and chose what's best for her and not me.
If enough places start the process of having a union ,things will change and they will start treating us fairly. Something has to be done. Not saying union is the answer but we got stop them from doing whatever they want.
Management and HO always claim they can get anybody to do the job. If 80-90% of Walmart and Sam's Club associates were to strike all at once I believe it would hurt them where it counts the most in their bonus pocket. I say we should organize with a strong union but have some of our associates to be involved since we know what actually goes on with management. I would like to vote on major decisions instead of coming in and finding out my job description has changed.
You can't unionize. It won't work. Unions only work where it hurts the company to be shut down. Smaller, geographically contained regions, or where people living in a close knit community are the places where strikes will work. Factories, coal mines, steelworkers, teachers, etc. Research the history of strikes and you will see what I'm talking about. The only reason the 1970's truck drivers' strike made any headway is due to CB radios and trucker identifying with each other. There was a commonality, they felt it, they lived it. They ate in the same places, listened to the same music, and set themselves apart from others. Read the history.
This company it too large and too far spread out. Country wide, employees don't have a leader who is capable of organizing a strike. Facebook ain't gonna cut it. These aren't full time employees, they are part time and not invested in this job anyway. If locals strike, that store will be closed shortly thereafter (it's already happened.) The reasons are many. Bottom line, it won't happen.
You left out the Merit raises (I've got 3) and the Christmas bonus. I still get the "Holiday bonus", but they stopped that on those hired on 1/1/2001.
It's the pressure of Amazon. When Walmart was the cost leader it could afford amenities for workers. Now it's in a long term death match with a competitor that doesn't have to pay rent on enormous retail stores or worry about a retail experience. The choice is to cut to the bone or shutter the stores and be Amazon. That's the stark reality of competition.