Wal-Mart Is Scared to Death, Scared to Look at Its Own Angry Employees

Wal-Mart is the largest private employer in the world. It is also stridently anti-union, fearing that a unionized workforce could be an existential threat to its cut-every-last-penny business model. Unions have been trying unsuccessfully for years to organize Wal-Mart’s work force. (See here if you’re unclear on why Wal-Mart workers might need a union.) But the latest push seems to have the big bad retailer a little shook. More »