A new website has popped up in the last week that seeks to organize the workers of Walmart. In a covert effort launched by the United Food and Commercial Works (UFCW), the union has launched a website called OurWalmart.org which seeks to sign up Walmart employees to be part of an effort to organize inside of the giant retail chain.
OurWalmart.org is running a deceptive operation in the fact that they attempt to hide their affiliation with the UFCW. According to the website, “Organization United for Respect at Walmart, an independent, not-for-profit organization for hourly Associates. Our organization is not affiliated with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.” But the site does not mention that it is paid for by the UFCW.
Further, when one does a domain “who is” search, the domain is registered out of the UFCW’s Washington, DC operation at 1775 K Street NW.
The New York Times ran a story last week on this covert operation, and cited that UFCW is not disclosing how much they are paying for the website, writing that “the union will not say how much” they are spending on this effort.
According to Nathan Mehrens who helped oversee labor union financial reporting at the U.S. Department of Labor, “The union would have to disclose any disbursement of money in excess of $5,000, as well as the purpose the money went towards, on their form LM-2. In this case, if they paid a web developer for the construction of a website, the purpose may never come to light.”
Before the public can find out what the UFCW is doing to destroy one of the largest employers in the country, it will all come down to the amount of money that they are spending on this effort.
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