What Does Walmart Have Against Unions Anyway?

Mega-retailer Walmart, which has long opposed unionization of its workforce, is more likely to open new stores in states that support a worker's right not to join a union than in states with pro-union statutes, when the states neighbor each other, new research has found.

In reviewing data from 1998 to 2005, researchers from Columbia Business School in Manhattan discovered that when Walmart proposed to open 102 new stores within 25 miles of borders along right-to-work and pro-union states, it was more likely to site the new stores in states with right-to-work statutes.