Modern Day Big Brother

[cyu]

...and if we don't fight back, this will be what the pro-capitalists have planned for everyone else.

http://labornotes.org/blogs/2011/08/...rains-managers

Walmart workers who belong to OUR Walmart say fear is the main thing stopping their fellow retail workers from organizing.

new assistant managers had to complete eight weeks of training. an eight-week indoctrination into how Walmart is the unsurpassed company to work for, and how to spot any employee who was having doubts.

We had a week-long schedule of anti-union sessions. They didn’t call them that, but essentially it was how to spot uprising employees. One sign said “Baby shower committee meeting Jan. 26, 8 pm.” Another said “Potluck Wednesday all day in break room.” Which one of those signs should raise alarms with management?

“Baby shower committee.” Because of the word “committee,” a manager would have to find the person who made the sign, find out why they used that word, then determine if the action got a warning or a write-up. They called it unlawful Walmart language, words like “committee,” “organize,” “meeting.” Even “volunteer” was an iffy word, and they would raise an eyebrow at “group.”

The anti-union training was the biggest part of our reading and training material. We watched videos about why unions are bad and how proud Walmart was for not allowing unions into its system.

Nothing from that eight weeks of brainwashing was geared to help you do your job as an assistant manager. Essentially it was more of a police academy, training the managers to be police officers for Walmart.

The only thing I learned was how to fake being happy around customers and my subordinates.

assistant managers are only allowed to hang out or go to break or lunch with other assistant managers, not with hourly associates, not with co-managers, not the store manager.

I wore a UAW jacket that my mom had bought for me. When I wore it into the store, the store manager broke into my locker and took it. He said it would encourage others, and I was written up for conduct unbecoming a Walmart employee.