[lbo-talk] Robert Fitch and Derek C. Bok

Nathan Newman nathanne at nathannewman.org
Mon Mar 13 11:06:02 PST 2006


----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>

Seth Ackerman wrote:
>And what makes a Wal-Mart a less promising site for union
>organizing, in principle, than a factory?

-Intense turnover, residential dispersion, sophisticated management, -and pre-employment psychological testing.

True-- although its just-in-time delivery system and vulnerability to direct consumer boycott also makes it potentially more vulnerable to a union campaign. And most of manufacturing had intense turnover before unionization. Historically, decrease in turnover was the result of strong unions, not the prequisite for their organizing success.

Nathan Newman



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