I read the articles that are in the folder of "UNIONS AND WALMART:" BLACK FRIDAY "PROTESTS" which are: Anti-Walmart group splits in two as unions, activists spar.docx WaPO.A Key Union Appears To Be Backing Away From One Of Labor’s Most Prominent Campaigns.docx Walmart protests vanish as union pulls back.docx The passage “Sin. There is something tragic in all economic life. Every act of production…Further, every organized center of economic activity thus far developed involves the domination of some over others. Let us never think that we humans can find our salvation in economic activity and its rewards, or in the building of one specific kind of economic order, including that centered in the corporation. Many corporation engender a kind of loyalty that borders on the totemic at best, on the idolatrous at worst” in the book on page 220-221 describes the effect Walmart has on its employees by preventing them from forming unions. …show more content…
Wal-Mart has built its success on the legend of wanting to offer consumers the lowest prices and a better life. But behind this legend are hidden other strategies implemented by the company such as the low salaries of its employees who represent one of the largest shares of overhead and overhead costs are one of the main things against which the company is fighting if it wants to maintain its profit margin. This is undoubtedly the reason for its fierce fight against all forms of unionism and the imposition of intense work schedules on