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By BRIAN ROSS, MADDY SAUER and RHONDA SCHWARTZ
Jan. 31, 2008
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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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Clinton Was Silent As Wal-Mart Railed Against UnionsClinton has been
endorsed for president by more than a dozen unions, according to her
campaign Web site, which omits any reference to her role at Wal-Mart
in its detailed biography of her.
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."
Wal-Mart says Tate's comments "were his own and do not reflect Wal-
Mart's views."
But Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and other company officials often
recounted how they relied on Tate to lead the company's successful
anti-union efforts.
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.
Video
Clinton's Corporate SideThe 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 and believes unions "have been
essential to our nation's success."
The videotapes do show that Clinton used her role to push for more
environmentally friendly policies and better treatment of women.
"We've got a very strong-willed young woman on our board now; her name
is Hillary," said Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton at a 1987 stockholders
meeting in describing Clinton's role in pushing for more women to be
hired in management positions.
Clinton Remained Silent As Wal-Mart Fought Unions
....................................
Evil women speaks out of both sides of her mouth...
She is for BIG guys....and will SCREW you and the little guys.
love
hank
Jan. 31, 2008
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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.
Photos
Clinton Was Silent As Wal-Mart Railed Against UnionsClinton has been
endorsed for president by more than a dozen unions, according to her
campaign Web site, which omits any reference to her role at Wal-Mart
in its detailed biography of her.
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."
Wal-Mart says Tate's comments "were his own and do not reflect Wal-
Mart's views."
But Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and other company officials often
recounted how they relied on Tate to lead the company's successful
anti-union efforts.
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.
Video
Clinton's Corporate SideThe 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 and believes unions "have been
essential to our nation's success."
The videotapes do show that Clinton used her role to push for more
environmentally friendly policies and better treatment of women.
"We've got a very strong-willed young woman on our board now; her name
is Hillary," said Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton at a 1987 stockholders
meeting in describing Clinton's role in pushing for more women to be
hired in management positions.
Clinton Remained Silent As Wal-Mart Fought Unions
....................................
Evil women speaks out of both sides of her mouth...
She is for BIG guys....and will SCREW you and the little guys.
love
hank
