Re: Local union affiliates?
I don't know for certain, but I'm sure they've made use of some trick or other. Like making each individual store effectively a franchise and thus its own company which would have a much smaller workforce, probably underneath some minimum threshold figure for mandatory employee benefits; so things like health care etc are going to be "perks" that can be withdrawn rather than statutory provisions. They play to the letter of the law, not the spirit of it. Mind you the legal department has amazing pay and benefits, I hear.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
