Unions are trash and inflitrated with mafia scum, they oblitereated the American textile industry and will obliterate virtually any industry they get their hands on.
Agreed. My last job called us "partners" which is great and all, but it didn't change the fact that they blocked the emergency exits and had ladders so unstable that one of our team fell off and shattered his elbow.
It is a way to devalue and exploit an individual's labor. A formal title like cashier means your position has value with noticable skills and responsibilities to perform the job. "Associate" is a title that means nothing in the job market.
@@Penoatle Unions do a lot of shit, but also, without Unions you got what America is: Long working hours, short unpaid holidays, employer can let you go at any instant... Many serious developed countries are the opposite of this.
Unions are nothing but political trash!!! There is nothing good about a Union period!! You must work for a Union company. That's why you are calling it propaganda!! I love that Walmart gives the Employees a chance to come up with ideas!! It makes my job a lot easier when an associate comes up with a great idea. Like now an associate come up with this teaming idea, and it is making our job better. Stop crying that we wont hire your stupid Union company!
@@fireheartgames Unionized workplaces have statistically higher pay, better health insurance, less workplace deaths (“Right-to-work” states have 49% more workplace deaths), etc. You also receive more job security. Don’t be an idiot
@@macgruber7948 Not sure where your getting this from, but what ever floats your boat son. Either way I am done talking to morons like yourself. Have fun having to quit working when an idiot complains to the union for absolutely nothing, Enjoy not getting paid while you wait for the union to fight for something like a plaque on the wall, or a one dollar raise. I make 18.00 an hour so I am good. Also have fun paying all those crazy expensive union fees, when you could be keeping that money for yourself lol.
I worked at walmart for about 3 years from 1998-2001, and it was definitely a cult. Everyone I worked with was weird as hell. I remember them going on about how unions were bad. I agree that unions are not worth the hassle, but that doesn't apply to walmart employees, or anyone in a minimum wage position. Working in ANY union is better than working for less than 10 bucks an hour for a place that doesn't give a damn about you or your problems.
The best thing about a union was that there was a set of rules everyone has to follow. Management could not make up rules or change employee policies whenever they feel like it. Nor could you be fired just because your boss is having a bad day. I got paid 23 an hour to drive a forklift back when i started in the early 2000s. We had paid 15 min breaks every two hours. We could not work more than 5 hours before getting a lunch break. The company had to give us 48 hours notice of any change in schedule. They could not force us to work during lunch breaks. 8 hour workdays with no forced OT. Weekends were paid at 1.5. If management gave you any hassle, you could go straight to your committeeman without fear of managers retaliating or firing you. We also got a pension and 160 hours of PTO. Health insurance was covered 100 percent. All for 55 dollars a month. If i ever went to work, the first thing id do is join a union.
Exactly unions are one of the best things that you can join for benefits and job security. Other jobs only give raises when they can’t find anyone to do it for their shitty wage.
Home Depot is extremely against unions and showed us anti-union propaganda such as this. Everyone knows it's complete horse shit. They don't give you a raise to learn how to operate the forklifts and instead say it's mandatory that you learn even though its not part of your job description. They don't even offer you insurance for the forklift jobs or medical. They have fired people for illegal things (favoritism, unwanted people, fired exes, etc) and the managers are NEVER held accountable. Im so glad I left that job. They need to unionize ASAP
@@aorusaki a lot of tech workers are organizing unions these days. I know a couple tech workers and y'all get paid a lot but are forced to work ungodly hours, usually without clear rules. Unionizing can do a lot of good in that scenario, you can get clearer boundaries
@@constitutionalli7522 especially when the government is controlled by bourgeois parasites like yourself. All elected government officials are united in their hatred of unions, particularly radical militant ones. See Biden’s recent crushing of the railway union strike over unsafe conditions which led directly to the derailment and subsequent poisoning in East Palestine Ohio.
Reminds me of a time at Sephora a coworker told me the most touching thing I’ve ever heard about how her paralyzed mother started walking that day thanks to her stem cell treatment. I was in tears and then our Ghoul of a store manager snapped at us “back to work!”. The store was empty. Sephora employees are given busy work to do when customers aren’t there and even so much as leaning against a counter will quickly get you repremanded.
@@isidoreaerys8745 not at Walmart either, but reminds me of a time a coworker and I were talking about suicide attempts and mental illness, aka a very heavy topic, as we were stocking shelves. One of the big time managers happened to be there that day and overheard us. He immediately gave us other assignments to separate us. It was kind of jarring. Yes, we were having a conversation but we were working at the same time. I guess heart to heart conversations are unprofessional?
@@microbios8586 Most likely he thought you were talking about committing suicide, and the guy thought separating you two would make it better. Some people don't get that talking about it makes it easier not to consider it. He/she should have thought way harder than they did. Joining in and listening to the conversation would have been a better way to handle that situation.
@@microbios8586 That was Lowe's for me. Every time myself and two co-workers I was cool with had a small chitchat, a manager or supervisor came over with that "What you guys working on?" bit. Then they scheduled us with different off-days then gave us enough work to do that we could never interact again. Meanwhile, those same managers and supervisors ALWAYS were on break or off somewhere in the store together.
Guy makes a living wage with benefits pays $50 a month in union dues Guy: “ I’m being screwed!” Guy goes to work at Walmart makes shit money with no benefits but doesn’t pay union dues Also Guy: “Ahhh.... Freedom....” 🤤
@mattkennedy6115 It's so depressing that Americans value freedumb so much that they will ruin their own lives over a few dollars or a few simple rules.
I used to bring in $70k as a union carpenter. All They did was take my 50$ a month and support politicians I wouldn't vote for. NOW I MAKE $8 HOUR working for Walmart and life is so much easier. 🙃
ah yes, what an upgrade, from $33.80 an hour, to $8, a massive -$24.70 wage increase, my favorite. I love Walmart. I don't miss the stores it forced to close down. High-fructose corn syrup is really good!
I used to work at a grocery store and showed up drunk half the time as well. The customers liked me, my coworkers were fun and I never had any trouble.
I have spent over 40 years working in various outside sales jobs. The best job I ever had was working as an unionized Sales rep for the Verizon Yellow Pages. I made the most amount of money I ever made at that job. I had superior benefits and great vacation time. When the job ended because no one was using the Yellow Pages anymore I received a great severance package all because of the union.
They missed the part where 30 seconds into the conversation a manager comes over and tells them that conversation was their break for the day and to get back to work now
Until 2010 it was really nice to do so. You got profit sharing - which meant after 10-15 years you would have an extra $200.000 - $800.000 waiting for you in stocks...
@@radigeorgiev9662 poverty wages, no work rules, no healthcare, no pension, on site termination and a few measly shekels worth of company stock. Wow.... sign me up!
@@jacnel true. I think in Florida it was 5.25 in 2000 as minimum wage and servers were getting like 2.30 or 1.85 an hour. But depending where you worked at could do rather well, although I think some servers make more now in tips and a little more in pay.
If you fight against the union you fight against your self. The union is made up of workers that stick together to fight for their rights in the workplace. No body should be left on their own without help to fight abuse and bad management at work. My union charges £3.00 a week..a small price to pay for peace of mind.
That's fucking rude. Not everyone is in the same situation as you are, so if someone decides joining the union isn't worth it, then you should respect their decision. Unions sound alright on paper, but are very shady in practice.
@@cs0345 the only thing shady, is the massive multi million dollar corporation that orders you not to unionize. Unions are a universal good. Unions gave us the 40 hour workweek, sick leave, overtime pay, and help to fight other abuses by corporations
@@Chris_Meade Henry Ford gave people that, not this Disney-esque idea that the "little guy" rose up. A union is a corporation with its own ideas on keeping itself alive. It does not care for the slobs that sing its praises.
@@Penoatle Ford does deserve credit for adopting shorter working shifts, but he was hardly the first employer to do this, and the now-standard working schedule did not become federal law -- and thus a right for all workers -- until almost a quarter-century after Ford’s move. Meanwhile, experts said, unions do deserve credit for keeping the working-hours issue alive, at significant personal sacrifice, for 70 years. The claim contains some element of truth but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression, so we rate it Mostly False.
"Russell" was in a Fedex anti-union propaganda video as well. One of the most important aspects of a union contract in all of the places I worked that were union. Is the SENIORITY factor. The longer you put in your time with the company, the better your schedules are, pay, vacation time, etc. They can't schedule you for 25 hours one week and 4 the next.
It's weird how some people so readily dismiss the idea of a living wage for others. A large portion of Walmart's full-time employees are on government assistance--the government is literally subsidizing Walmart.
funny, I was forced into a union at a minimum wage job who took more than 2% by the way, and I was told BY a union worker I didn't deserve a raise no matter how long I worked there for the position I was in. And yes, at that job you join the union or won't get hired, or if you leave the union the company has an agreement with the union to straight up fire you, lmao.
@escapetherace1943 I always thought it was funny that the unions scheduled their soviet meetings on Sundays without pay...especially where working Sundays would qualify for OT. Workers of the world unite. 😂
Except Walmart uses union labor to build their stores, and I'm pretty sure it's illegal to not have a vote. The Employee Free Choice Act isn't law yet.
My union doesn’t even associate with businesses that are non-union. We get reimbursed for work related purchases such as boots and safety goggles, however they will not reimburse you for buying stuff off Amazon, Walmart, Target or any company that doesn’t like unions
Russ: I used to be in a union too until I was shown their true nature by my Walmart supervisor at my -mandatory reeducation session- voluntary training workshop. *Blink, blink, nod, smile, breath* -please help me electroshock therapy is taking my soul there are four lights!!!!- I'm so glad that I don't contribute to unions that support politicians I don't vote for. Instead the higher ups are smarter and lobby politicians I don't even vote for instead. No wait I didn't mean it! Please don't take me back to "the room"!
Love this brainwashing idea. The money taken out which is $39 a month dues goes towards benefits and retirement. This is so bullshit. Who'd want to quit a skilled trades union making more than $27-45/hr depending on our trade to go work at Walmart 😂😂🤣🤣
I thought that shit was fake. It’s for real? I have been in a lot of Walmarts at a lot of different times of the day and night, and I’ve never seen it. Walmart is the number one employer in my state. Nobody I know that’s ever worked there has mentioned having to do some weirdo shit like that.
@@patrickmccutcheon8860 It's supposed to be done at the end of meetings. A manager gathers employees together on the sales floor, goes over a bunch of crap that more often than not either has nothing to do with said employees or the employees don't care about, then they end it with the chant. Some stores don't actually do the chant, some do it sometimes, and some don't really do the meetings. Used to unload trucks at Walmart a few years back. Management ignored us most of the time. But when they remembered that stuff doesn't just magically appear in the store, they would stop us, do the meeting and chant, then a few hours later get pissed that we weren't done in time. Wonder why?
I just started at Walmart and had orientation yesterday. Every retail company is like this. Anti-Union. I'm not defending Walmart and I worked for places like Home Depot and Target, which are the same, so this doesn't surprise me at all.
I remember when I worked at Walmart they had us watch a video similar to this during orientation. The whole idea Walmart cares about their employees is a total joke. In recent years they just keep taking from their employees more and more.
Yup. And weak worker protection laws basically courage companies to behave this way. Employees are treated as just replaceable cogs in a machine rather than people who deserve respect and who have capabilities and potentials that could serve the company well, if only they are allowed to. A person who is struggling to pay bills and who isn't allowed to sit for nearly eight hours cannot meet their full potential.
If this was real, after about 45 seconds, the wal mart manager would have came by and called them all worthless, told them to quit lolligagging and get back to work.
for some reason its bad for a union to take a little bit of money if they are able to negotiate a big pay increase for you??? corporations believe their workers are morons
Unfortunately, there are workers who believe anti-union propaganda. They don't understand that back when unions were stronger, people in jobs like this made enough money to support an entire family.
“We recognize our associates” Bro my sister had my mom call into Walmart because she couldn’t make her shift since she was in the hospital, and literally NO ONE in management knew who she was. They had to look up her name to confirm that she even existed😂
This video is bs, if a manager were to see them talking like this, they would immediately have an assistant break it up and call each person to the office to see what was being discussed.
I’m a (thank goodness) former Walmart associate and I remember the anti union video I watched during my orientation. It showed ugly and angry people protesting and then described them as greedy and deceptive people looking to trick poor innocent hourly Walmart workers into giving them a bite of each paycheck. Of course they failed to mention that unions take only a few dollars from each paycheck and the worker is unlikely to mind since each paycheck could be several times larger than what Walmart would be giving them. As usual, the devil is in the details.
@@Penoatle Joe Hillstrom might have a different opinion about that. Men like him were murdered in cold blood so that the working class could receive fair wages. But I do get what you're saying about unions- they served a purpose but a lot of them are corrupt.
Those are the best looking, most put together people I have EVER seen in a Wal-Mart. Furthermore, that is the first Asian I have ever seen in a Wally World.
"the associates asked for a raise and walton told us to kiss his old rich ass. yeah unions are bad. next week old man walton is eliminating positions across the board for no reason. i'll be unemployed but at least no union"
Now ask how much she benefitted from her idea vs how much the Waltons themselves have benefitted. They aren't idea generators. You don't think the Waltons are taking your money and spending it on political campaigns? Specifically political campaigns that keep your wages low
I'm a teacher assistant and I'm supposed to get supplemental pay every time I cover a class (so literally every day). My school tried to pay me 1.9 hours of supplemental for the entire month until the union helped me out🙌
You're a teacher's assistant, you help keep our society functioning. You're practically a babysitter for a whole bunch of kids which is hard to do with even just a couple of kids. Thanks for what you do!!!!
@@Brentman56 I only made 14 something an hour. Was never really for unions, but we were treated like neglected zoo animals. Management just did what they wanted when they wanted to. Nightly firings of decent people that were enjoyable to work with. Daily hirings to replace them. All the hard work getting pushed on to those foolish enough to remain because new people didn’t know what to do.
I used to work in a restaurant where the cooks and dishwashers had an union while the cashiers and the rest of the employees didn't and jesus christ, the amount of difference between the way they were treated was abysmal. You try to guess which one had union and which they didn't One group would always end their shift once the clock hit their 8 hours, the other usually would work between 30 minutes to 2 hours for free. One group would only do the job they were hired to, the other were asigned random jobs whatever their boss feel like it If this group work even 10 minutes more after their shift, they would had to pay them for a full extra hour, the others were given an hour of extra payment for every 2, and they would cut that bonus for any random reason their bosses could think of, like having untucked pants.
Here at Wal-Mart, we LISTEN to our employees. That's why at Wal-Mart: everywhere you look, everything and everyone looks the same, acts the same, and does the same thing for the same wages and the same prices. Rollback: I've always rejected unions - but after watching this, I might get a job at Wal-Mart so I can join one.
"I signed the card just to get the union off my back, but I didn't get a vote." That was your vote, you signed the card saying you wanted a union. Somehow this feels more insulting than the dude written to say he prefers making minimum wage to having a union position.
I love the way the dude laughs when he said “I was a union worker… oh, *member*” as if he’s subtly mocking the phraseology. Walmart calls it’s employees “associates”!!
Had this kind of propagranda shown during training for Food City. It was a guy in a fancy kitchen basically saying "A union? What a ridiculous idea, you don't need that you silly billy."
@@sammy122576 Same. Did you see the video of the girl who's crazy boyfriend was stalking her. So she told an employee.. the acting was.... awesome lmao
"Yeah! We at Wal-Mart listen to our associates ideas! Those associates who came up with ideas about our work schedules? Well we implemented that idea and took all the credit! Didn't even have to bother offering a bonus or raise or anything! Those associates? 10 years later they're still associates! They sure love working here!"
"Yessa maaaaaam, ol' missa Walton always believed in ownin' himself a lick o' slaves, don't beleeb da haype 'bout nun o dat nonsensically upraizin' shit" now gimme head Sheila!!!
Haha, great idea! "What are you guys doing over here, not working?" "We're, uh, talking about how much we hate unions!" *shakes fist in the air* "Good-for-nothing unions!"
I laugh at this because for many years when I worked at places like Walmart and Fed Ex they were big on being anti union and I was brain washed into that. Now that I work at place with one, I like Unions over non union paid jobs. Without unions we not have the kind of quality of life that many people enjoy, like paid holidays, sick leave and more. Now that I seen both sides of the coin, I prefer a union, over a non union place. God bless the unions and their hard work trying to help the working blue collared folks.
Yeah. Employees are listened to so long as they aren't asking for benefits or better wages or protection from unfair firing practices or a bathroom break.
“You can’t treat the working man this way! One day we’ll form a union, and get the fair and equitable treatment that we deserve! But then we’ll go too far, and become corrupt and shiftless, and the Japanese will eat us alive!”
I used to work a union job for 20 years. I took a early retirement and worked at Walmart. I can say comparatively, Walmart is horrible and there is no administrative recourse for Walmart when management mistreats their 'associates' . I quit after 3 months. 😅
Even if you are stalking someone that you know, you are likely participating in crimes which go against legal codes on a state and national level. Ignorance of the law or lack of knowledge of the law is not an acceptable defense in non-kangaroo courts. Oh well for the welfare of those who are victimized if the stalkers ignore this understanding. Just try and convince yourself that your rather convenient interpretation of the law is acceptable and righteous, when it in fact goes against multiple legal schemas.
I worked at Wal-Mart for one night as a stocker. Before that I had to go through a full day of orientation. It was completely unhigned. Everything from the Walton family legacy VHS, anti union, and then they made us get up and do the "spark dance". Never again.
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They’d all get written up for standing around bullshitting like that at a real Walmart.
Or fired.
Nathan Martin 😂😂😂 yeessss
Lmao
Absolutely! At the very least an Ass. Man. would come by and tell everybody to get back to work before they got a coaching...☹😔😠
And where all the customers in that store? It's too peaceful lol
I’ve never seen this many Walmart employees in the store at once.
Unions are trash and inflitrated with mafia scum, they oblitereated the American textile industry and will obliterate virtually any industry they get their hands on.
@@TheFederalFile Pancakes are easy to make and delicious with maple syrup.
I can’t stop farting today
@@rywa5788 How many burritos did you eat? 2? 470? 3?
@@why-even-try-brotendo Unfortunately, the union will NOT allow me to disclose the amount of burritos that I have consumed today.
It’s a big red flag whenever an employer calls their employees “associates”
Agreed. My last job called us "partners" which is great and all, but it didn't change the fact that they blocked the emergency exits and had ladders so unstable that one of our team fell off and shattered his elbow.
It is a way to devalue and exploit an individual's labor. A formal title like cashier means your position has value with noticable skills and responsibilities to perform the job. "Associate" is a title that means nothing in the job market.
@@meligoth it may also be intended to imply equality, however (same with partner). Like buisness partners. Its bs, of course
@@meligothEvery company calls every employee that. It's not that deep.
You live in the Middle Ages, dude, now the hip thing is to equalize the labor force of companies with families.
If a union wasn't beneficial to workers, the companies wouldn't spend so much time and money convincing you they are bad.
I mean unions ain't always that great. Shoot, my dad was pretty much forced for 30 years to either vote Democrat or not at all.
@@Penoatle Unions do a lot of shit, but also, without Unions you got what America is:
Long working hours, short unpaid holidays, employer can let you go at any instant...
Many serious developed countries are the opposite of this.
@@Penoatle moron
@@Penoatle are you impaired?
@Lance Miller gosh u young ppl are fng morons
This isn't a training video, it's propaganda.
@Mike North 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wow! Nothing gets past you!!
Unions are nothing but political trash!!! There is nothing good about a Union period!! You must work for a Union company. That's why you are calling it propaganda!! I love that Walmart gives the Employees a chance to come up with ideas!! It makes my job a lot easier when an associate comes up with a great idea. Like now an associate come up with this teaming idea, and it is making our job better. Stop crying that we wont hire your stupid Union company!
@@fireheartgames Unionized workplaces have statistically higher pay, better health insurance, less workplace deaths (“Right-to-work” states have 49% more workplace deaths), etc. You also receive more job security. Don’t be an idiot
@@macgruber7948 Not sure where your getting this from, but what ever floats your boat son. Either way I am done talking to morons like yourself. Have fun having to quit working when an idiot complains to the union for absolutely nothing, Enjoy not getting paid while you wait for the union to fight for something like a plaque on the wall, or a one dollar raise. I make 18.00 an hour so I am good. Also have fun paying all those crazy expensive union fees, when you could be keeping that money for yourself lol.
Getting some serious cult vibes from this
Good call xD
heebs boy I work at Walmart and it is a cult
@@Gardn23 I do as well, I can second that.
You gotta see the MadTV parody
I worked at walmart for about 3 years from 1998-2001, and it was definitely a cult. Everyone I worked with was weird as hell. I remember them going on about how unions were bad. I agree that unions are not worth the hassle, but that doesn't apply to walmart employees, or anyone in a minimum wage position. Working in ANY union is better than working for less than 10 bucks an hour for a place that doesn't give a damn about you or your problems.
The best thing about a union was that there was a set of rules everyone has to follow. Management could not make up rules or change employee policies whenever they feel like it. Nor could you be fired just because your boss is having a bad day.
I got paid 23 an hour to drive a forklift back when i started in the early 2000s. We had paid 15 min breaks every two hours. We could not work more than 5 hours before getting a lunch break. The company had to give us 48 hours notice of any change in schedule. They could not force us to work during lunch breaks. 8 hour workdays with no forced OT.
Weekends were paid at 1.5. If management gave you any hassle, you could go straight to your committeeman without fear of managers retaliating or firing you. We also got a pension and 160 hours of PTO. Health insurance was covered 100 percent.
All for 55 dollars a month.
If i ever went to work, the first thing id do is join a union.
Exactly unions are one of the best things that you can join for benefits and job security. Other jobs only give raises when they can’t find anyone to do it for their shitty wage.
Home Depot is extremely against unions and showed us anti-union propaganda such as this. Everyone knows it's complete horse shit. They don't give you a raise to learn how to operate the forklifts and instead say it's mandatory that you learn even though its not part of your job description. They don't even offer you insurance for the forklift jobs or medical. They have fired people for illegal things (favoritism, unwanted people, fired exes, etc) and the managers are NEVER held accountable. Im so glad I left that job. They need to unionize ASAP
Honestly the 15 min break would be more annoying to me personally but hey its paid so i wont complain
Smart. I wish computer scientists had a union
@@aorusaki a lot of tech workers are organizing unions these days. I know a couple tech workers and y'all get paid a lot but are forced to work ungodly hours, usually without clear rules. Unionizing can do a lot of good in that scenario, you can get clearer boundaries
Here's a cheat for you: if a corporation tells you it's bad, then it's actually good.
Part 2, the sequel: if the government tells you it's bad, it's actually good.
@@constitutionalli7522 murder
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@@constitutionalli7522 especially when the government is controlled by bourgeois parasites like yourself. All elected government officials are united in their hatred of unions, particularly radical militant ones. See Biden’s recent crushing of the railway union strike over unsafe conditions which led directly to the derailment and subsequent poisoning in East Palestine Ohio.
@@constitutionalli7522eating small little children
The fact the video started with walmart associates having the time to have a heart to heart on the store floor just shows what BS this video is.
Reminds me of a time at Sephora a coworker told me the most touching thing I’ve ever heard about how her paralyzed mother started walking that day thanks to her stem cell treatment. I was in tears and then our Ghoul of a store manager snapped at us “back to work!”. The store was empty. Sephora employees are given busy work to do when customers aren’t there and even so much as leaning against a counter will quickly get you repremanded.
@@isidoreaerys8745 not at Walmart either, but reminds me of a time a coworker and I were talking about suicide attempts and mental illness, aka a very heavy topic, as we were stocking shelves. One of the big time managers happened to be there that day and overheard us. He immediately gave us other assignments to separate us. It was kind of jarring. Yes, we were having a conversation but we were working at the same time. I guess heart to heart conversations are unprofessional?
@@microbios8586 Most likely he thought you were talking about committing suicide, and the guy thought separating you two would make it better. Some people don't get that talking about it makes it easier not to consider it. He/she should have thought way harder than they did. Joining in and listening to the conversation would have been a better way to handle that situation.
The fact they aren't surly, covered in tattoos, and incompetently doing their job is also how I know it's bullshit.
@@microbios8586 That was Lowe's for me. Every time myself and two co-workers I was cool with had a small chitchat, a manager or supervisor came over with that "What you guys working on?" bit.
Then they scheduled us with different off-days then gave us enough work to do that we could never interact again.
Meanwhile, those same managers and supervisors ALWAYS were on break or off somewhere in the store together.
Russ quit the union because he thought they where taking his money... Now he works at walmart.
Guy makes a living wage with benefits pays $50 a month in union dues
Guy: “ I’m being screwed!”
Guy goes to work at Walmart makes shit money with no benefits but doesn’t pay union dues
Also Guy: “Ahhh.... Freedom....” 🤤
They can't take your money if you never have any to begin with lol.
And Russ is making much less 😅🤣
@@peebay3515they always find a way...
@mattkennedy6115 It's so depressing that Americans value freedumb so much that they will ruin their own lives over a few dollars or a few simple rules.
I used to bring in $70k as a union carpenter. All They did was take my 50$ a month and support politicians I wouldn't vote for. NOW I MAKE $8 HOUR working for Walmart and life is so much easier. 🙃
🤣😂
Lol you're a funny butt sodomite
Lol
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ah yes, what an upgrade, from $33.80 an hour, to $8, a massive -$24.70 wage increase, my favorite. I love Walmart. I don't miss the stores it forced to close down. High-fructose corn syrup is really good!
This isn't realistic; at a real Walmart, they would get coached for just standing around and not doing anything
I worked at Walmart for a few months..... I showed up drunk every day and was considered one of their better employees
😂
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i applied once, got hired without even knowing, didnt go, probably got fired, and then the store shut down
What happened you tried to stop drinking and your life crumbled then got fired?
I used to work at a grocery store and showed up drunk half the time as well. The customers liked me, my coworkers were fun and I never had any trouble.
I have spent over 40 years working in various outside sales jobs. The best job I ever had was working as an unionized Sales rep for the Verizon Yellow Pages. I made the most amount of money I ever made at that job. I had superior benefits and great vacation time. When the job ended because no one was using the Yellow Pages anymore I received a great severance package all because of the union.
Yea, unions are great for squeezing that last ounce of blood from dead companies. Well, they were - now we use hedge funds.
How much you wanna bet that these are all Union actors?
Good point!!!
LOL! This gig got them their SAG cards.
LMFAO
😂😂😂
The actors are probably starring in the local community dinner theater.
They missed the part where 30 seconds into the conversation a manager comes over and tells them that conversation was their break for the day and to get back to work now
"I used to have one of those union jobs but no more I work for walmart now" lmfao
Wow that guy left the union to work at Walmart! LOL
lol I died
Until 2010 it was really nice to do so. You got profit sharing - which meant after 10-15 years you would have an extra $200.000 - $800.000 waiting for you in stocks...
Which is really nice considering you don't have to have any qualities to work at a Wal-Mart.
@@radigeorgiev9662 poverty wages, no work rules, no healthcare, no pension, on site termination and a few measly shekels worth of company stock. Wow.... sign me up!
@@mattkennedy6115 Obviously you have never worked for Walmart!! This is all trash lies about the company I work for!!!
This video explains why everyone who works at Walmart hates their job.
The reason why the Walton children are among the richest billionaires in the world.
I wish I was one of the poor billionaires
I guarantee all of those actors are all in the Screen Actor's Guild.
I’m pretty sure Spielberg directed this
@@MrResin-xk2mf Nope it was his non-union Mexican counterpart who directed it.....
@@jakeschutz6342Stephano Spielbergo.
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I was making 20/hr in a union. But now I'm out of the union and make 5 bucks an hour and I think that's the best decision I ever made.
No state pays you $5/hour as minimum wage.
@@JD-kf2ki In 2002 they did
@@jacnel true. I think in Florida it was 5.25 in 2000 as minimum wage and servers were getting like 2.30 or 1.85 an hour. But depending where you worked at could do rather well, although I think some servers make more now in tips and a little more in pay.
OP was talking about the time the video was made lol
If you fight against the union you fight against your self. The union is made up of workers that stick together to fight for their rights in the workplace. No body should be left on their own without help to fight abuse and bad management at work. My union charges £3.00 a week..a small price to pay for peace of mind.
That's fucking rude. Not everyone is in the same situation as you are, so if someone decides joining the union isn't worth it, then you should respect their decision. Unions sound alright on paper, but are very shady in practice.
@@cs0345 the only thing shady, is the massive multi million dollar corporation that orders you not to unionize. Unions are a universal good. Unions gave us the 40 hour workweek, sick leave, overtime pay, and help to fight other abuses by corporations
Unions aren't that great. And I hate bastards like you that praise them
@@Chris_Meade
Henry Ford gave people that, not this Disney-esque idea that the "little guy" rose up.
A union is a corporation with its own ideas on keeping itself alive. It does not care for the slobs that sing its praises.
@@Penoatle Ford does deserve credit for adopting shorter working shifts, but he was hardly the first employer to do this, and the now-standard working schedule did not become federal law -- and thus a right for all workers -- until almost a quarter-century after Ford’s move. Meanwhile, experts said, unions do deserve credit for keeping the working-hours issue alive, at significant personal sacrifice, for 70 years.
The claim contains some element of truth but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression, so we rate it Mostly False.
Thanks for the helpful advice actors who would crawl over broken glass to get a SAG-AFTRA card!
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Don't blame the actors; they're doing their union-protected job. Blame the people paying them to act but not paying their own "associates" enough.
"Russell" was in a Fedex anti-union propaganda video as well. One of the most important aspects of a union contract in all of the places I worked that were union. Is the SENIORITY factor. The longer you put in your time with the company, the better your schedules are, pay, vacation time, etc. They can't schedule you for 25 hours one week and 4 the next.
I bet Russell was a union employee making a video on not joining a union
My union takes 2% of my pay each year.....I also get paid double what I would in a non-union environment. It's WELL WORTH that 2%.
But management wouls totally listen to you if not for the union, the management just posted this video saying so!
It's weird how some people so readily dismiss the idea of a living wage for others. A large portion of Walmart's full-time employees are on government assistance--the government is literally subsidizing Walmart.
funny, I was forced into a union at a minimum wage job who took more than 2% by the way, and I was told BY a union worker I didn't deserve a raise no matter how long I worked there for the position I was in.
And yes, at that job you join the union or won't get hired, or if you leave the union the company has an agreement with the union to straight up fire you, lmao.
@@escapetherace1943when and where did this happen?
@escapetherace1943 I always thought it was funny that the unions scheduled their soviet meetings on Sundays without pay...especially where working Sundays would qualify for OT. Workers of the world unite. 😂
That guy was a union worker now he's making $7 hour at Walmart 👍
Except Walmart uses union labor to build their stores, and I'm pretty sure it's illegal to not have a vote. The Employee Free Choice Act isn't law yet.
Athrough Z they used unionized actors in this video to pretend that they actually work at Walmart and don’t like unions.
My union doesn’t even associate with businesses that are non-union. We get reimbursed for work related purchases such as boots and safety goggles, however they will not reimburse you for buying stuff off Amazon, Walmart, Target or any company that doesn’t like unions
@@Quietbut_Deadly Then where do you buy from? Straight from the website of Thorogood?
They promised these guys free cheese and cracker trays to act in this
Oh so this is what employees are doing when I need a video game out of their gun safe.
Russ: I used to be in a union too until I was shown their true nature by my Walmart supervisor at my -mandatory reeducation session- voluntary training workshop. *Blink, blink, nod, smile, breath* -please help me electroshock therapy is taking my soul there are four lights!!!!- I'm so glad that I don't contribute to unions that support politicians I don't vote for. Instead the higher ups are smarter and lobby politicians I don't even vote for instead. No wait I didn't mean it! Please don't take me back to "the room"!
Congratulations!! You win the "funniest comment I've ever read in my whole life ever" award!!
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1984?
1983.
Not many people get it, but I'm sure you will 🥰
Love this brainwashing idea. The money taken out which is $39 a month dues goes towards benefits and retirement. This is so bullshit. Who'd want to quit a skilled trades union making more than $27-45/hr depending on our trade to go work at Walmart 😂😂🤣🤣
Just standing around, not working, ignoring customers. Great training video!
Well, regarding an "in-house" affair.
The Walmart cheer they make employees do in public out on the floor is so cringe. I felt so embarrassed for them.
Dude I worked at one for a month. I just stared and didn't do it. It's fucking creepy and cultish.
I had a friend tell me they did this and it was so insane that I thought he was lying.
Walmart cheer?
I thought that shit was fake. It’s for real? I have been in a lot of Walmarts at a lot of different times of the day and night, and I’ve never seen it. Walmart is the number one employer in my state. Nobody I know that’s ever worked there has mentioned having to do some weirdo shit like that.
@@patrickmccutcheon8860 It's supposed to be done at the end of meetings. A manager gathers employees together on the sales floor, goes over a bunch of crap that more often than not either has nothing to do with said employees or the employees don't care about, then they end it with the chant. Some stores don't actually do the chant, some do it sometimes, and some don't really do the meetings.
Used to unload trucks at Walmart a few years back. Management ignored us most of the time. But when they remembered that stuff doesn't just magically appear in the store, they would stop us, do the meeting and chant, then a few hours later get pissed that we weren't done in time. Wonder why?
It's crazy. I'm still yet to find a single person that had an issue with being in a union yet in this commercial there are 3.
I remember having to watch this video. Walmart is the worst.
I just started at Walmart and had orientation yesterday. Every retail company is like this. Anti-Union. I'm not defending Walmart and I worked for places like Home Depot and Target, which are the same, so this doesn't surprise me at all.
How can they be anti-Union, don't they want to live a better life?
TheCreaterKeygen They are anti-union because they don’t want their businesses to be threatened. Simple as that
I remember when I worked at Walmart they had us watch a video similar to this during orientation.
The whole idea Walmart cares about their employees is a total joke. In recent years they just keep taking from their employees more and more.
Yup. And weak worker protection laws basically courage companies to behave this way. Employees are treated as just replaceable cogs in a machine rather than people who deserve respect and who have capabilities and potentials that could serve the company well, if only they are allowed to. A person who is struggling to pay bills and who isn't allowed to sit for nearly eight hours cannot meet their full potential.
If this was real, after about 45 seconds, the wal mart manager would have came by and called them all worthless, told them to quit lolligagging and get back to work.
for some reason its bad for a union to take a little bit of money if they are able to negotiate a big pay increase for you??? corporations believe their workers are morons
Unfortunately, there are workers who believe anti-union propaganda. They don't understand that back when unions were stronger, people in jobs like this made enough money to support an entire family.
“We recognize our associates”
Bro my sister had my mom call into Walmart because she couldn’t make her shift since she was in the hospital, and literally NO ONE in management knew who she was. They had to look up her name to confirm that she even existed😂
This video is bs, if a manager were to see them talking like this, they would immediately have an assistant break it up and call each person to the office to see what was being discussed.
They were probably discussing forming a union.
Union dues are 1%. Union workers make on average 20% more than non Union workers.
And all of these actors got pensions from the actor's guild i'm sure.
I’m a (thank goodness) former Walmart associate and I remember the anti union video I watched during my orientation. It showed ugly and angry people protesting and then described them as greedy and deceptive people looking to trick poor innocent hourly Walmart workers into giving them a bite of each paycheck. Of course they failed to mention that unions take only a few dollars from each paycheck and the worker is unlikely to mind since each paycheck could be several times larger than what Walmart would be giving them. As usual, the devil is in the details.
A few dollars? Surreeee. It's usually at least double digits.
You can also claim union dues on your taxes. At least in Canada.
Shady af propaganda. Just for this crap, Walmart deserves to have their employees unionize.
Enjoy paying triple on everything.
Unions are useless.
@@Penoatle Joe Hillstrom might have a different opinion about that. Men like him were murdered in cold blood so that the working class could receive fair wages. But I do get what you're saying about unions- they served a purpose but a lot of them are corrupt.
As a former union member.....nope
Walmart's "open door" policy really means you're free to use the exit.
Those are the best looking, most put together people I have EVER seen in a Wal-Mart. Furthermore, that is the first Asian I have ever seen in a Wally World.
The only thing missing from this propaganda play is a "union boss" walking up to them, wearing a fedora and smoking a big cigar.
Best part about these videos is the roles are being played by actors who are in a Union.
"the associates asked for a raise and walton told us to kiss his old rich ass. yeah unions are bad. next week old man walton is eliminating positions across the board for no reason. i'll be unemployed but at least no union"
Note to Businesses: If you don't want the union, then treat your employees right and you won't have to produce these anti-union "Training" films.
Now ask how much she benefitted from her idea vs how much the Waltons themselves have benefitted. They aren't idea generators. You don't think the Waltons are taking your money and spending it on political campaigns? Specifically political campaigns that keep your wages low
I swear if my employer pulls something like this to us, I'm fucking organizing
I'm a teacher assistant and I'm supposed to get supplemental pay every time I cover a class (so literally every day). My school tried to pay me 1.9 hours of supplemental for the entire month until the union helped me out🙌
You're a teacher assistant. You do nothing.
@@boisejohnsonjr.5702 you are a parasite draining the blood of workers. The only way to justify this is to dehumanize us, thus your comment.
@Boise Johnson Jr. If he/she did nothing, then why would a school employ her, dummy.
You're a teacher's assistant, you help keep our society functioning. You're practically a babysitter for a whole bunch of kids which is hard to do with even just a couple of kids. Thanks for what you do!!!!
i think you doing nothing forever would be better for society@@boisejohnsonjr.5702
i fuckkin HATE unions!!!!!!! someone in subway asked if i wanted unions with my blt and i was like NO UNIONS!!! THEY'RE GROSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Without a union you wouldn’t be able to stand around talking without getting reprimanded.
No that happens outside of unions too
Walmart listens to our Associates.
“Can I have a payrise?”
Wal-Mart: 😶
Geebus crisps in a dump truck. I am a former Walmart employee that joined a union the first chance I got. Holy Propaganda Batman!
So this is why I can never find an associate to help open a locked cabinet with deodorant. They're busy talking to each other.
LOL
😂 they're usually handling multiple departments because the store managers get bonuses if they keep scheduled hours below a certain point
When I worked at Walmart if we talked that long we would get written up lol
they still fear the idea of it... just uttering the word would get you fired at the one I worked at.
They didn’t want unions because of low pay. I’ve been gone from Walmart for 9 years now but from what I understand they pay good now. Oh the irony
@@Brentman56 I only made 14 something an hour. Was never really for unions, but we were treated like neglected zoo animals. Management just did what they wanted when they wanted to. Nightly firings of decent people that were enjoyable to work with. Daily hirings to replace them. All the hard work getting pushed on to those foolish enough to remain because new people didn’t know what to do.
@@Brentman56"pay good"
Lmao no
I worked at a walmart once and they would fire you if you even said the word Union.
Rich people teaching poor people how to stay poor. 😂
What percentage of walmart employees are on government benefits?
I used to work in a restaurant where the cooks and dishwashers had an union while the cashiers and the rest of the employees didn't and jesus christ, the amount of difference between the way they were treated was abysmal.
You try to guess which one had union and which they didn't
One group would always end their shift once the clock hit their 8 hours, the other usually would work between 30 minutes to 2 hours for free.
One group would only do the job they were hired to, the other were asigned random jobs whatever their boss feel like it
If this group work even 10 minutes more after their shift, they would had to pay them for a full extra hour, the others were given an hour of extra payment for every 2, and they would cut that bonus for any random reason their bosses could think of, like having untucked pants.
kinda lost me at _an union_
or have I been pronouncing ooonion wrong all these years
Here at Wal-Mart, we LISTEN to our employees. That's why at Wal-Mart: everywhere you look, everything and everyone looks the same, acts the same, and does the same thing for the same wages and the same prices.
Rollback: I've always rejected unions - but after watching this, I might get a job at Wal-Mart so I can join one.
"I signed the card just to get the union off my back, but I didn't get a vote."
That was your vote, you signed the card saying you wanted a union. Somehow this feels more insulting than the dude written to say he prefers making minimum wage to having a union position.
Exactly. That like saying I don’t want a credit card but I signed up for one so they would stop offering it to me.
This is hilarious. If they were a part of a union maybe they would be able to get proper care for their delusions.
Never work for company that doesn't have a union
Not all unions are good
@@DerMeisterEdits The vast, vast majority are worth it. I've never actually seen a bad union.
@@zoyadulzura7490 That's just a generalization. And if you don't want your money going to Democrat politicians, then the vast, vast majority are not.
I love the way the dude laughs when he said “I was a union worker… oh, *member*” as if he’s subtly mocking the phraseology. Walmart calls it’s employees “associates”!!
Had this kind of propagranda shown during training for Food City. It was a guy in a fancy kitchen basically saying "A union? What a ridiculous idea, you don't need that you silly billy."
"Only the upper-level positions need money for rent and groceries, you silly billy!"
@@zoyadulzura7490 What's even better than tits and ass than uplifting material conditions for the working class.
It’s almost comical how anti union this ad is
The actors are probably screen actors guild members
00:54, that was subtle. lol
I used to work for them back in 2010 - 2013. They still use these antiunion videos. They're known as the "third party".
When I worked for them 2013 I had to do 2 whole days of training on the computer
@@sammy122576 Same. Did you see the video of the girl who's crazy boyfriend was stalking her. So she told an employee.. the acting was.... awesome lmao
0:19 that guy could scare halloween
omg there brainwashing people about unions...
"Yeah! We at Wal-Mart listen to our associates ideas! Those associates who came up with ideas about our work schedules? Well we implemented that idea and took all the credit! Didn't even have to bother offering a bonus or raise or anything! Those associates? 10 years later they're still associates! They sure love working here!"
"Yessa maaaaaam, ol' missa Walton always believed in ownin' himself a lick o' slaves, don't beleeb da haype 'bout nun o dat nonsensically upraizin' shit" now gimme head Sheila!!!
I work for union I make something like $23hr, a authorizathed retailer of the same company who isn't union makes 11hr. So ya I'll stick to the union
That's a big difference, what's your sector or job if you don't mind me asking?
@@CC-ed7jr retail
Today was my last day at Walmart. I’m so glad I left.
I'd like to see this put to a laugh track.
Lol they still play anti union videos in training
“People greeters in our stores was an associate’s idea.”
Me: *loads gun* “I just wanna talk to him..I just wanna talk to him.”
Big brain move: you're allowed to take a fucking break and have a conversation at work so long as you're pretending to be an anti-union shill.
Haha, great idea! "What are you guys doing over here, not working?" "We're, uh, talking about how much we hate unions!" *shakes fist in the air* "Good-for-nothing unions!"
Walmart gaslighting its employees to accept poor working conditions.
I laugh at this because for many years when I worked at places like Walmart and Fed Ex they were big on being anti union and I was brain washed into that. Now that I work at place with one, I like Unions over non union paid jobs. Without unions we not have the kind of quality of life that many people enjoy, like paid holidays, sick leave and more. Now that I seen both sides of the coin, I prefer a union, over a non union place. God bless the unions and their hard work trying to help the working blue collared folks.
This. This times infinity.
Support the unions. The unions ensure fairness for the worker and accountability for the company.
Yeah. Employees are listened to so long as they aren't asking for benefits or better wages or protection from unfair firing practices or a bathroom break.
“You can’t treat the working man this way! One day we’ll form a union, and get the fair and equitable treatment that we deserve! But then we’ll go too far, and become corrupt and shiftless, and the Japanese will eat us alive!”
Watch The Simpsons very much?
@ Just the classics.
this is something out of 1984
Four workers standing around talking and not helping any customers. They absolutely nailed every Walmart I’ve ever been to.
I remember watching this when I worked at Walmart. Felt like I was watching 1930s Germany propaganda films.
⚠️ Don't rush a shipment!
You could rupture your lower department docking area.
I used to work a union job for 20 years. I took a early retirement and worked at Walmart. I can say comparatively, Walmart is horrible and there is no administrative recourse for Walmart when management mistreats their 'associates' . I quit after 3 months. 😅
0:31 Stalking is illegal.
Even if you are stalking someone that you know, you are likely participating in crimes which go against legal codes on a state and national level. Ignorance of the law or lack of knowledge of the law is not an acceptable defense in non-kangaroo courts. Oh well for the welfare of those who are victimized if the stalkers ignore this understanding. Just try and convince yourself that your rather convenient interpretation of the law is acceptable and righteous, when it in fact goes against multiple legal schemas.
not back then
I worked at Wal-Mart for one night as a stocker. Before that I had to go through a full day of orientation. It was completely unhigned. Everything from the Walton family legacy VHS, anti union, and then they made us get up and do the "spark dance". Never again.
They shave time off people's paychecks.
They shaved my pubes
Try to unionize and win, then have the company close the store down and everyone is out of a job period.
guys i lost mom at the grocery store i need help finding her mom if you are reading this im at the candy isle im scared
My van is full of candy. Get in and I'll take you home.
Once old man Walton died. Walmart cranked up the exploitation to 10.
Our great great grandfathers fought hard to get unions, and this generation is throwing it all away