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Who is Sam Walton and why is it important to remember him?
Sam Walton is the founder of Walmart and Sam's Club stores. He is the example of how to treat employees, since he had the theory of taking care of the employees, “since they will take care of us.”
Recently, the general director of Walmart Mexico Guilherme Loureiro, paraphrased the late Walton again, during a meeting with investors and bankers, to emphasize the role that “associates” have in the company's strategic plans.
While the director of Walmart, the country's largest employer, spoke about the founder, the company's lawyers were facing a possible strike. And the CROC, one of the oldest union centers and with which Walmart maintained cordial relations for almost 30 years, accused it of mistreating and discriminating against its workers and called it on strike.
Work environment at Walmart
According to René Sansores Barea, leader of the National Association of Commercial and Private Office Workers (ANTCO), “Walmart does not respect the eight-hour day, does not pay overtime in accordance with the law, incurs unjustified dismissals and practices harassment. and both workplace and sexual harassment.
In an interview conducted by Forbes, Walmart defended itself by arguing that this movement did not represent its employees, while minimizing the importance of the strike by saying that it would only affect 3% of its stores (120, of more than 2,300 in the country). .
To avoid further problems, the chain's managers negotiated due to the fear that this strike would also break out in other stores, in this way, Walmart managed to "calm the waters."
It signed an agreement with the CROC, extending to its more than 195,000 employees in Mexico, in which it offers a salary increase of 5.5% (instead of the 20% required by the organization), but in which it rejects the request to grant 4% commission on sales in each store, which would have meant a notable improvement in employee income.
With this, the supermarket chain is recognizing the right of workers to freely elect their union representatives. This is an unusual fact, if one considers that this company has based its commercial success on what Bouzas calls “labor dumping”, that is, on pretending to recognize the rights and freedom of association of its workers.
It should be noted that according to Forbes, Mexico France Mobile Number List is one of the few countries in the world where Walmart signs contracts with unions; It is allowed to maintain tight control over workers and union organizations.
In the case of Walmart, every time it opens a new store, it negotiates with a union, behind the new workers' backs, the terms of the collective agreement, and if its lawyers do not feel comfortable, they look for another union, which allows you to negotiate downwards.
What about the unions?
For unions, Walmart is a key target, as it is the largest private employer in Mexico.
In 2018, Walmart signed 1,991 collective contracts in Mexico with 45 different unions, according to corporate information, almost all affiliated with the CTM or the CROC, both organizations accused of protecting white unions and expelled this year from the International Trade Union Confederation for “abandoning the workers' rights."
Each arrangement has been able to reduce disagreements. However, 2019 looks different: in Bouzas' opinion, the CROC is getting ahead of the new political reality, which is why it is trying to behave like a democratic organization.
“They want to affiliate thousands of workers because, soon, workers will be able to freely elect their union representatives,” he observes.
The new labor reality, according to L ucía Pérez Moreno for Forbes, is that, behind the changes, is the United States, which, during the renegotiation of NAFTA, introduced new rules (in chapter 23) that force Mexico to improve conditions labor.
Sam Walton is the founder of Walmart and Sam's Club stores. He is the example of how to treat employees, since he had the theory of taking care of the employees, “since they will take care of us.”
Recently, the general director of Walmart Mexico Guilherme Loureiro, paraphrased the late Walton again, during a meeting with investors and bankers, to emphasize the role that “associates” have in the company's strategic plans.
While the director of Walmart, the country's largest employer, spoke about the founder, the company's lawyers were facing a possible strike. And the CROC, one of the oldest union centers and with which Walmart maintained cordial relations for almost 30 years, accused it of mistreating and discriminating against its workers and called it on strike.
Work environment at Walmart
According to René Sansores Barea, leader of the National Association of Commercial and Private Office Workers (ANTCO), “Walmart does not respect the eight-hour day, does not pay overtime in accordance with the law, incurs unjustified dismissals and practices harassment. and both workplace and sexual harassment.
In an interview conducted by Forbes, Walmart defended itself by arguing that this movement did not represent its employees, while minimizing the importance of the strike by saying that it would only affect 3% of its stores (120, of more than 2,300 in the country). .
To avoid further problems, the chain's managers negotiated due to the fear that this strike would also break out in other stores, in this way, Walmart managed to "calm the waters."
It signed an agreement with the CROC, extending to its more than 195,000 employees in Mexico, in which it offers a salary increase of 5.5% (instead of the 20% required by the organization), but in which it rejects the request to grant 4% commission on sales in each store, which would have meant a notable improvement in employee income.
With this, the supermarket chain is recognizing the right of workers to freely elect their union representatives. This is an unusual fact, if one considers that this company has based its commercial success on what Bouzas calls “labor dumping”, that is, on pretending to recognize the rights and freedom of association of its workers.
It should be noted that according to Forbes, Mexico France Mobile Number List is one of the few countries in the world where Walmart signs contracts with unions; It is allowed to maintain tight control over workers and union organizations.
In the case of Walmart, every time it opens a new store, it negotiates with a union, behind the new workers' backs, the terms of the collective agreement, and if its lawyers do not feel comfortable, they look for another union, which allows you to negotiate downwards.
What about the unions?
For unions, Walmart is a key target, as it is the largest private employer in Mexico.
In 2018, Walmart signed 1,991 collective contracts in Mexico with 45 different unions, according to corporate information, almost all affiliated with the CTM or the CROC, both organizations accused of protecting white unions and expelled this year from the International Trade Union Confederation for “abandoning the workers' rights."
Each arrangement has been able to reduce disagreements. However, 2019 looks different: in Bouzas' opinion, the CROC is getting ahead of the new political reality, which is why it is trying to behave like a democratic organization.
“They want to affiliate thousands of workers because, soon, workers will be able to freely elect their union representatives,” he observes.
The new labor reality, according to L ucía Pérez Moreno for Forbes, is that, behind the changes, is the United States, which, during the renegotiation of NAFTA, introduced new rules (in chapter 23) that force Mexico to improve conditions labor.