Hillary Clinton Remained Silent As Wal-Mart Fought Unions

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In six years as a member of the Wal-Mart board of directors, between 1986 and 1992, Hillary Clinton remained silent as the world's largest retailer waged a major campaign against labor unions seeking to represent store workers.

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Wal-Mart's anti-union efforts were headed by one of Clinton's fellow board members, John Tate, a Wal-Mart executive vice president who also served on the board with Clinton for four of her six years.

Tate was fond of repeating, as he did at a managers meeting in 2004 after his retirement, what he said was his favorite phrase, "Labor unions are nothing but blood-sucking parasites living off the productive labor of people who work for a living."

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An ABC News analysis of the videotapes of at least four stockholder meetings where Clinton appeared shows she never once rose to defend the role of American labor unions.

The tapes, broadcast this morning on "Good Morning America," were provided to ABC News from the archives of Flagler Productions, a Lenexa, Kan., company hired by Wal-Mart to record its meetings and events.

A former board member told ABCNews.com that he had no recollection of Clinton defending unions during more than 20 board meetings held in private.

The tapes show Clinton in the role of a loyal company woman. "I'm always proud of Wal-Mart and what we do and the way we do it better than anybody else," she said at a June 1990 stockholders meeting.

Clinton would not agree to be interviewed on the subject but now says she no longer shares Wal-Mart's values...

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=4218509&page=1

[almaty 19]

Hillary was a wal-mart shrill in those days....allot of union folks never forgave her for this ..

[Mags 112]

Wal-Mart treats its employees abominably, to not support them getting better wages and benefits and, instead, supporting a big corp like Wal-Mart (who aren't short of a few dollars) is awful. Mind you I guess she was being paid by them, amazing how much incentive cash for yourself is over poor starving employees who struggle to get by.

Shocking, just shocking.

Edited January 31, 2008 by Mags

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Hillary was a wal-mart shrill in those days....allot of union folks never forgave her for this ..

She was on the board of directors then, so she turned a blind eye to WalMart's anti-union activities. She's running for the Dem nomination today, so suddenly she loves unions.

Whatever's convenient. She stands for nothing.

[*JG* 2]

Hillary was a wal-mart shrill in those days....allot of union folks never forgave her for this ..

She was on the board of directors then, so she turned a blind eye to WalMart's anti-union activities. She's running for the Dem nomination today, so suddenly she loves unions.

Whatever's convenient. She stands for nothing.

What else is new. I'm so tired of all politicians standing for basically nothing.

[Mags 112]

Hillary was a wal-mart shrill in those days....allot of union folks never forgave her for this ..

She was on the board of directors then, so she turned a blind eye to WalMart's anti-union activities. She's running for the Dem nomination today, so suddenly she loves unions.

Whatever's convenient. She stands for nothing.

Nice that her morals stay consistent.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Hillary was a wal-mart shrill in those days....allot of union folks never forgave her for this ..

She was on the board of directors then, so she turned a blind eye to WalMart's anti-union activities. She's running for the Dem nomination today, so suddenly she loves unions.

Whatever's convenient. She stands for nothing.

Yep. Wouldn't be getting my vote. If I had one.

[almaty 19]

Hillary was a wal-mart shrill in those days....allot of union folks never forgave her for this ..

She was on the board of directors then, so she turned a blind eye to WalMart's anti-union activities. She's running for the Dem nomination today, so suddenly she loves unions.

Whatever's convenient. She stands for nothing.

Yep. Wouldn't be getting my vote. If I had one.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Hillary was a wal-mart shrill in those days....allot of union folks never forgave her for this ..

She was on the board of directors then, so she turned a blind eye to WalMart's anti-union activities. She's running for the Dem nomination today, so suddenly she loves unions.

Whatever's convenient. She stands for nothing.

Yep. Wouldn't be getting my vote. If I had one.

I've got one and she sure ain't getting it. I rather vote for McCain if that happens to be the choice. Would be horrible if it came down to Clinton vs. Romney - there are two politicians with no discernible values they believe in or hold. Well, other than bending to polls...

Edited January 31, 2008 by Mr. Big Dog

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Hill v Mitt would mean the two parties are irrevocably broken.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Hillary was a wal-mart shrill in those days....allot of union folks never forgave her for this ..

She was on the board of directors then, so she turned a blind eye to WalMart's anti-union activities. She's running for the Dem nomination today, so suddenly she loves unions.

Whatever's convenient. She stands for nothing.

Yep. Wouldn't be getting my vote. If I had one.

I've got one and she sure ain't getting it. I rather vote for McCain if that happens to be the choice. Would be horrible if it came down to Clinton vs. Romney - there are two politicians with no discernible values they believe in or hold. Well, other than bending to polls...

McCain seems reputable, from what I've seen.

[Ban Hammer 13,703]

the chickens are coming home to roost.

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the chickens are coming home to roost.

ducks. not chicken.

[SteveLaura 0]

the chickens are coming home to roost.

ducks. not chicken.

*Holds head in hands* What have I started..?

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

the chickens are coming home to roost.

ducks. not chicken.

*Holds head in hands* What have I started..?

You should be ashamed of yourself.

So - you're the kind of man sympathetic to unions - any thoughts, unrelated to ducks?