According to Wikipedia.org, the two largest employers of non-union labor within private enterprise are Walmart, with 2,100,000 employees, and Amazon, with 1,525,000 employees. While it is true that there has been some notable progress in getting a union into Walmart as well as Amazon, the fact of the matter is that the percentage of unionized employees at either of these companies is so low that it’s as if there really aren’t any union members at all.
We live in a day and age in America in which the union power that exists, is primarily still here because those unions were created decades ago, back when not only corporate power was less strong, but also when this government of, for, and by the people helped to level the playing field through the expressed belief that all Americans deserved fair pay, reasonable working hours, and safe working conditions. Incredibly, that viewpoint, was held by the government back then, but does not apparently hold true today, because corporate power and the belief that corporations alone should dictate to employees was is or is not tolerated in regards to pay, working hours, and overall safety has effectively become normalized at our workplaces in many a case, thereby leaving employees in the unenviable position of acceptance of the prevailing job criteria, or removal, so of.
Additionally, when it comes to the pathway of union organizing, it’s going to be easier to get employees organized into an effective union when the work that they are doing, involves some notable job skill that cannot be easily replicated by bringing someone else in off of the street, which is why those that are in trades that are considered to be “skilled” are going to be in a superior position to bargain and to achieve union status, then those that are considered to be in “unskilled” labor positions, in which, the employer feels confident that when they get rid of those that are agitating for unions, that not only will that not hurt the productivity of the overall workforce, but could actually make things better, because of the fear of those employees of becoming unemployed.
All of the above signifies that in the scheme of things the only conceivable way that Walmart and Amazon will become fully unionized is if this government makes it their point to see that it happens, by passing legislation which stipulates that employers of the size and power of these corporations are thereby mandated to accept unionization -- or else unionization will not occur, because as it stands, Walmart and Amazon simply have too much intimidation power, surveillance, and control that thus does not make them vulnerable to full unionization. That said, to believe somehow that the unionization of employees for these companies would spell their doom, reads the tea leaves, totally wrong, because in effect, at present, when we take into consideration food stamps, earned income credit, and various other welfare programs, we as a people are already paying for the underpayment of these employees; whereas, the way it should be is private enterprise should provide for those that they employee, a living wage, instead.