As a small business owner, I'm glad to see that someone can take on the bureaucrats. This not only includes OSHA but all the way down to the city level. There are so many forms of taxes and so many regulations that I'm wondering why I ever opened up a business. Land of the free? Hardly.

I don't shop at Walmart for my own reasons, but in this instance I stand behind them - Go Walmart!

And I DO shop at Walmart for my own reasons and I also stand behind it--Go Walmart!

Wow! Walmart is regaining my respect! Let the government have a taste of their own medicine.... I feel like running down to the closest Walmart to buy something.

If people knew what Wal-Mart stands for, they would always go and buy there. Sam Walton started Wal-Mart so that the "little" guy could have the things that the rich have at a reasonable price. He wanted the everyday people to have the things of the wealthy at a price everyday people could afford.

Wal-Mart has always had my respect and now they have even more. Don't get me wrong, I hate shopping there, not because I hate Wal-Mart but because it is always so dang busy.

Kudos, kudos, kudos! Ordinarily I'm not a great fan of WallyWorld, but in this case I must cheer for them. Somewhere, Kafka is smiling.

I don't shop at Wal-mart, for my own reasons, but this has them regaining some respect in my book. I hope that they stick this thru till the end, following Churchill's advice. Perhaps I will need to re-evaluate my opinion on Wal-mart.

Thank you Wal-mart.

McGovern's comments lead me to the idea, while Obama and his ilk like the thought of having our youth dedicate a year or two of public service for the good of the country and also to offset gov't financed school debt, how about politicians dedicate the same time to working at a real job! This Obama administration has the abysmal record of less than 10% of its cabinet having ever participated with a job in the private sector! Is it any wonder that our economy is going down the toilet? Like McGovern they don't have a clue.

It is refreshing to see someone take on our government bureaucrats who sit and judge everyone else and think they are free to do as they wish. GO Wal-mart, I will shop at Wal-mart from now on.

@Joel - Except Sam Waltom and his family no longer run Walmart, it i sjust another corporation concerned about only one thing maximizing profits. That is why 70% of what Walmart sells is manufactured in China now, instead of the USA when Sam Walton ran the company. You did not see Sam Walton exploit rules governing shipping either, where they state their their cargo was pirated at sea, get paid by the insurance company, yet the lost cargo happens to find its way to the shelfs. Sam Walton was honorable, the bums runnign Walmart today are not. That is why I do not shop there anymore, and will not until they start selling more made in America products and treating their employees better, and quit shutting stores down once the employees vote to unionize.

I'm retired now but when I was in business was ANNOYED by OSHA when I had the mis-fortune of hanging a fire extinguisher too low for their liking. Just because it was at a convenient height for all there to grab it didn't fit their rules. To end a seeming endless contest of words we moved it. While I,m certainly not a big fan of Walmart I do shop there from time to time. I will reconsider my opinion of them and hope they continue the fight without one drop of remorse for the

While the corporate management of Wal-mart may have strayed from Sam Walton's policy of buying American products whenever possible and sometimes MAKING that possible, they undeniably remain the low price leader in every category they enter. Except for clothing, they have mostly the same products from the same companies as any other store and they sell it cheaper because of volume. Yes, much of their clothing is from China. If you don't like that, go to Macy's or some other store and buy clothing made in Viet Nam or Bangladesh. Get used to it, the American clothing industry was killed by unions and the government years ago.

I am happy that Wal-mart has the capital to fight the government on this issue. Maybe the precedent set by this case will protect some of those retailers who are not able to fight the government for themselves. It costs money to prove in court that, as it says in the Constitution (tenth amendment) that the federal government has only LIMITED powers as defined within the Constitution, not unlimited powers as decided by Congress or the bureaucracy.

As for shopping there... only whenever I need anything.

"I wish I had known more about the hazards and difficulties of such a business, especially during a recession..." The Washington elites of today need to learn this.

This is why conservatives are winning primaries over Republican-backed candidates, and why we must keep supporting them individually. They will fight for real job creation by working to remove federal red-tape barriers and senseless regulations that curtail entrepreneurs.

Go Walmart! Thanks for giving big government some back!

@Michael V - I fully understand Wal-Mart's decision to close a store instead of allowing them to unionize. They're big enough to be able to do so, and obviously they have the will. The unions have completely destroyed America's ability to manufacture while competing in a global marketplace. Wal-Mart would be just another failing department store if it wasn't for imports. Unfortunately, a lot of what they import are from former U.S. based companies who decided long ago it was more profitable to leave and set up shop elsewhere rather than concede to union extortion. There was a time and place for unions, back in the 30's. They're completely irrelevant anymore, they're too concerned about protecting their dues-paying members and getting all the blood they can draw from the hand that feeds them. Might be good for the employee, but not so good for America. Hence, it costs an average of $72 an hour to build a GM vehicle, while a southern non-union foreign car plant can make a better product for around $47 an hour. That means that approximately the first $2000 you pay for a GM car goes to pay for union extorted demands.

Another union scenario as to how they completely rip-off the consumer is in my own family. I have a sister-in-law that has worked as a cashier for the Safeway grocery chain for about 30 years. She has no marketable job skills other than passing groceries over a scanner, something they could train a chimp to do. Because of the preposterous union seniority rules, she now makes $24.00 an hour. At best a high school kid should be making about $7.50 an hour doing the same job. From what I can tell, Safeway has done everything in their power to get rid of her or make her quit because of her demonstrated lack of social skills and general ineptitude, for at least 20 years now, but the union backs her up every time. I understand her fears, for if not for this job, she'd be living under a bridge overpass in a refrigerator box. Next time you bitch about that $5.00 box of cereal, you'll know why it's so expensive.

@ michael v....you are wrong sir..Sam has died, that is true but it is run by the Walton family who own the majority of the stock. The company is publicly traded but it still run by the family.

True, most things sold by Walmart, Sear, Kmart, or any other large store (and most small ones) are made in other countries because they are no longer made here in the USA.. You can't blame the retailer because the manufacture went overseas and the product is no longer available from an American manufacture.

Back to the original thread..Go Walmart. Keep sticking your thumb in OSHA's eye. Next time stick it in the EPA's eye...

I took on OSHA a few years ago because of policies they don't tell the public.

First, they claim in writing (I have the original letter) they don't have jurisdiction of Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) posted on corporate websites. For those in safety, the MSDS is the single most important document to protect a worker and the public using a chemical product. Failure of OSHA to have jurisdiction has allowed some companies to falsify their posted MSDSs to claim their products are safer than they are.

Second, OSHA did not take action against an Area Director who illegally provided complainant information to the chemical company, and claimed he hadn't when documents proved he had.

Third, based upon a single written whistleblower complaint of a trained QA official within the chemical company, OSHA refused to investigate toxic working conditions, and the deaths of two workers who had died of liver disease, while working in a chemical company until the whistleblower could get two other workers to file complaints.

Government is now playing God. However unlike God, they have no real concern for the people, but are there solely to propagate further government. Not in favour of multinationals, but in these days of massive bureaucracy we need them to remain free, otherwise we ould be at the mercy of tyrannical government. Go Wal-Mart!

Now I know why Wally World is my favorite store. I am not a store person, but I have always liked looking around and purchasing at Wal-Mart.

Gumption is gumption and my homey Sam Walton, God rest his soul ingrained in his management team that fair is fair. Our government doesn't like people to fight back. You go Wally World.

You should be an example to the smallest among us, that David's still take on Goliath's and oft times defeat them. I would highly recomment the Tea Party movement start carrying the Wal-Mart banner.

The Turban Torpedo

Now sing along with me .... da da da ta Wally World, all my money goes to Wally World!

I do not shop at Walmart. Never. Praise them all you want, never, never, never. Walmart lowballs their bids so much the manuf is forced to go elsewhere. I agree big gov and unions are partly to blame with onerous regs and unfair wgaes and bennies, but the fact remains that Walmart began yrs ago to force their vendors overseas with their business practices. There is an excellant PBS documentary about this. Focusing on Walmart lowballing Rubbermaid, their bankruptcy, and the subsequent purchase of Rubbermaid manuf equipment at auction by Chinese companies.

That is why the Rubbermaid products you but today are made in China.

Singer sewing machines bought at Walmart have no warranty. They are made with plastic gears instaed of steel, to meet Walmart purchase demands.

That new Walmart store you shop in? Very likely they denied payment to the small contractors at the end, for no good reason other than to keep the money. They know the small business cannot afford expensive litigation.

And don't forget the negative impact on local Mom and Pop stores and businesses. They cannot compete, their employees get laid off, and have nowhere to go but Walmart for work, as they now have a monopoly. There they work fewer hours, thus have no medical insurance, causing a drain on other citizens.

This example of them fighting OSHA is a perfect example of predatory business practices.

Try to focus on the fact that one of their employees is dead. They were found at fault and fined. Just because you have some heartburn with the Federal Government is no reason to cheer them on.

@EggsAckley - It is obvious you know absolutely nothing about the American workplace and car manufacturers. Foreign manufacturers located in the US pay their workers a higher hourly wage than the Big 3 pay theirs, the difference being the benefit package the Big 3 workers receive versus the foreign companies offer (which is not much of one). Also, the foreign companies are given the land for free and are given huge tax breaks that the Big 3 do not get, which helps off set the cost of doing business. As for the quality of the products, hello McFly, where have you been lately, living in a cave? Have you not heard of the 10 million cars that Toyota has recalled so far, and that number seems to be growing. The American cars top the quality charts across the board in all categories. You are just one of the many who do not do you research and believe everything you hear. Also, Clinton created the environment that destroyed American manufacturing by signing NAFTA and other free trade agreements, when we are the only country that abides by free trade principles. This is why it is hard to find made in America products, but if you open your eyes, you can. Did you know that Visio is an American company, that Curtis Mathis is back making televisions in Texas, not China! Did you know one of the largest computer memory manufacturers in the world is an American company called Patriot, and they manufacture their memory here? You can find just about any product made here if you look for it, just not at Wal-Marts though.

Go Michael V!!!

way to go Wal-Mart forever! way to go Michael V; way to go PatriotPost.........

Walmart can't be held responsible for the damage that unions have done to this country. Unions have outlived their usefulness years ago. Walmart is a perfect example of finding a need and filling it, and rather well I mght add. If Mom and Pop can't compete then they need to find another area of expertise. Walmart provides jobs to the economies they have entered, and I don't buy the story that they put everyone else out of business. I've looked and it just isn't so. What I have found, is that those who are yelling the loudest are the overpaid union members and those who weren't quite smart enough to make the required changes when Walmart arrived in their town. As for Walmart taking on the Feds, OOORAHHH Walmart.

We are now living in:

Government of the government, by the government, for the government.

I find Walmart overcrowded and annoying but I continue to shop there because of the values the company is known for. Now I will shop there even more often. Money talks!

It seems someone at Walmart has read Heinlein's "The Man who Sold the Moon". In this novel, the main character, an entrepreneur, advises his company's board to settle a reasonable lawsuit while vigorously fighting a nuisance suit, "or else every double-yolked egg in the country will be blamed on us". Kudos to Walmart for fighting the Feds.

It's too bad that the Feds' predictable response will be to hire more lawyers and further vampirize the taxpayers and job creators. A pox on their house.

Hat off and a bow to Michael V! Eggsactly! Once heard a (union) driver ramping the CB about buy American. Talkin on a Jap radio, driving a Canada made truck, reading time on his Jap watch, truck riding on French tires---but M V is correct. With a little effort you can buy American. Thought I did, RCA--nothing more American, hmmm? Putting the radio in the truck, read a label; manufactured in Belgium from parts made in Mexico. But, I tried. Peace.

Bravo!!!!

And this coming from a mega-store that is always busy w/ 20something cash registers but only has 2 or 3 open . GO WALMART !!!