Article: Wal-Mart Ends Meat-Cutting Jobs; Shutdown at 180 Stores Comes After a Union Victory

Article: Attempt to organize meat cutters in second ...
The Journal Record;  May 4, 2000 ;     572 words ... ... bid to organize meat cutters in a second Wal-Mart store has ... an election at a Wal-Mart in Jacksonville ... trying to organize meat cutters at a store in Palestine ... In February, meat cutters in Jacksonville became the first Wal- Mart workers ...

Article: Union seeks to prevent Wal-Mart from scrapping meat ...
The Journal Record;  March 14, 2000 ;     603 words ... ... officials to prevent Wal-Mart Stores from eliminating meat cutters in 180 stores after workers ... organizing efforts at about 20 Wal-Marts around the country ... UFCW organizer, said meat cutters and mechanics at six Texas Wal-Marts will petition ...

Article: Judge orders Wal-Mart to recognize union formed in Texas ...
AP Worldstream;  June 19, 2003 ;     369 words ... ... JACKSONVILLE, Texas A judge has ruled that a Wal-Mart store here must reopen its meat ... the first bargaining order issued against Wal-Mart in the United States, union leader ... in a statement. It is a victory for all Wal-Mart workers who are fighting for a voice ...

Article: Still making the cut: ; Not all stores plan to do away with their ...
Charleston Daily Mail;  March 19, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... BUSINESS EDITOR ALTHOUGH Wal-Mart's Supercenters are eliminating meat cutters and shifting to pre ... at the meat counter. Wal-Mart said last year ... came a week after some meat cutters in Texas voted to join ... Commercial Workers Union. Wal-Mart said the vote ...

Article: Meat cutters could lose out in union negotiation ...
Denver Post (Denver, CO);  November 10, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... costs and compete with Wal-Mart, now one of the ... after Sept. 12. But meat cutters and analysts say trying ... selection superior to Wal-Mart is a big mistake ... being an alternative to Wal-Mart, they just end ... Nationally, the number of meat cutters has declined as workers ...

Article: Kroger meat cutters agree not to strike yet: Union ...
Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX);  June 11, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... workers and the Dallas meat cutters. For 12 months, workers ... the nation because of Wal-Mart Stores Inc ... year. Most of those are Wal-Marts. In 34 U.S ... strike with the Dallas meat cutters. The UFCW has made health ... to organize workers at Wal-Mart. And union ...

Article: Packers, stores push move to prepackaged beef; No meat ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  February 24, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... costs by eliminating the need for meat cutters, who are among the highest-paid ... Wilson line of beef last year. Wal-Mart is switching all its beef ... to union officials, is to prevent meat cutters from unionizing. Packers are trying ...