The Nation, January 4, 2012, Wednesday

The Nation

January 4, 2012, Wednesday

The Nation (full article)

Labor Takes Aim at Walmart—Again

National labor law broadly protects nonunion worker activities, including collective actions and even nonunion strikes. “In a nonunion situation, the employers do not have to agree to what these groups demand, but if the employer retaliates, there is a right to file an unfair practice charge and the NLRB would enforce it,” says Lance Compa, a professor of labor relations at Cornell University.