Why is Wal-Mart anti-union?
Gosh, I don’t think of us as being anti-union. I think of us as having a company where we have an open-door policy. In this company, you can talk to your district manger. You can talk to Lee Scott. You can talk to whoever you want to about what is happening. You don’t have to go to a third party and say “here is my issue.” You can get your issue resolved. How would unions prevent that? I think historically unions exist because they believe they represent the employee. In our case, I believe I exist because I represent the associate and the customer. Will your steps to be more environmentally sound and protect the rights of foreign factory workers change your low-cost business model? That is what you have to be careful about. There are things that change your business costs. When it comes to environment there is so much we can do as company that actually lowers our costs: reducing the amount of trash we create, which reduces the amount of transportation we have to have, which reduces th
