Big Unions Declare War on Wal-Mart

Big Unions have won a major battle in their war against Wal-Mart. Like most leftist organizations which can't compete in the marketplace of ideas, products or services, the rich and once dominate Unions have had to enlist their leftist cohorts in Big Government to help fight their battles for them.

Wal-Mart is one of the most hated corporations in existence by leftists and unions throughout the country. Why? Because the 1.3 million employees (associates) consistently vote to keep Wal-Mart non-union. What could be more galling to union thugs, who, like the caterwauling leftists in Congress, are becoming less and less popular among Americans who are finally waking up to the Left's anti-capitalistic and unscrupulous methods of operation.

So, when the Left doesn't get its way, they set out to punish, by way of bad legislation, as they did in Maryland last week:

Lawmakers said they did not set out to single out Wal-Mart when they drafted a bill requiring organizations with more than 10,000 employees to spend at least 8 percent of their payroll on health benefits -- or put the money directly into the state's health program for the poor.

But as debate raged in the Senate yesterday, it was clear that the giant retailer, which has 15,000 workers in Maryland, was the only company that would be affected.

This is merely the latest battle that has been going on for some time. Almost two years ago Rich Lowry wrote a piece called, The silly war against Wal-Mart . It is a silly ongoing war and you can bet that the politicos and union thugs are not going to give up when so much money is at stake.

Last week a caller phoned in to Rush and suggested that Wal-Mart just pull out of Maryland to teach the politicians a lesson. That would be rich! Can you imagine the uproar if Wal-Mart called a news conference announcing a statewide pullout? They could shut down one store per month and open up new ones just outside the state borders and let the political chips fall where they may. At some point, some creatively gutsy CEO is going to have to do something like that.