Having bee unable to organize Wal-Mart in recent years, American labor unions have helped form a new and unusual type of workers' association to help employees of the retail giant. The Wal-Mart Workers Association, supported by major labor groups and growing by thirty workers a week, seeks to reduce hours and raise wages of Wal-Mart employees. Currently, the organization's main focus has been Florida, but it is actively looking to expand elsewhere.
See "Wal-Mart Workers Are Finding a Voice Without a Union", Steven Greenhouse, The New York Times, September 4, 2005