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

Nathan Newman nathanne at nathannewman.org
Mon Mar 13 14:24:54 PST 2006


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

Nathan Newman wrote:
>True-- although its just-in-time delivery system and vulnerability to
>direct
>consumer boycott also makes it potentially more vulnerable to a union
>campaign.

-Extremely. Edna Bonacich has done some great stuff on this. But it -would be illegal, wouldn't it?

Not if the warehouses were organized by the unions; most serious analysts of organizing Wal-Mart see the warehouses as the key link in controlling the chain. UNITE is seeking to organize the low-cost retailer, H&M, and has concentrated its initial efforts on the warehouses, with the assumption that strength there will help leverage organizing into the retail stores. http://tinyurl.com/rq8rw

We will see how the strategy develops.

Nathan Newman



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