No non-governmental company has more employees in America, than Walmart. Yet, somehow, despite the fact that many of its employees aren’t compensated very well, and of which a significant amount of those employees could certainly use more income, better benefits, and improved overall working conditions, Walmart has successfully fended off all union activity, in America. The reality is that Walmart has thoroughly conquered America, so the amount of growth so left in this the richest nation in the world is both known and is minimal; whereas the amount of growth worldwide looks quite good and is therefore definitely the sensible pathway required to keep Walmart relevant so that it can continue growing its business at a desirable rate. In consideration, then, Walmart has expanded its stores outside of America, though, not always with success, along with sometimes doing so through the merging of or the buying out of a competitor in order to have the economies of scale to successfully conduct their business, on foreign land.
Of course, labor laws vary from country to country, of which, one might think that Walmart would only consider locating their stores in those countries that don’t permit unions or have minimize such to an irrelevancy, but that isn’t the case at all. After all, Walmart knows for a certainty, that its business model will actually work with strong union representation, as well as without. This signifies that it is mainly greed, as well as their continuous lust to improve their bottom line, that makes Walmart so anti-union in their mindset; but Walmart knows, that union or not, they are going to make money, all of the same; though, perhaps not as much when dealing with a strong and vibrant labor component.
For instance, in Brazil, China, Mexico, and South Africa, a portion of those Walmart employees are unionized and the chance of Walmart somehow being able to “break” those unions are minimal. Rather, Walmart recognizes that the labor laws in different countries and the costs so of, are part and parcel of doing business in those nations, and subsequently makes adjustments to their business model in order to accommodate this. The great shame, though, is that there is no country that Walmart has more employees in than America, and yet, Walmart refuses to countenance union representation, by doing everything within their very extensive arsenal to preclude such. This is indicative of a deliberate corporate policy which does not play fair with the people of the very nation, which provided Walmart with the avenue to become the most successful retail store conglomerate, ever.
So, what we have is a situation in which Walmart employs over 2 million people, worldwide, and, of which a significant amount of them, are doing no better than treading water; whereas, on the other hand, the progeny of Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart, have a worth on paper, that is in the neighborhood of a staggering $250 billion. Clearly, when it comes to Walmart, there is no true lack of money or of capital, it just prefers to funnel it primarily to its prime stockholders at the expense of its employees; though, that said, as proven by its foreign locations, Walmart, will pay the union piper, when it so has to.