Wal-Mart Watch: The Center for American Progress exposes Wal-Mart's campaign to pressure employees into donating money to a political fund to make it easier for Wal-Mart to exploit them: Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) traveled to Wal-Mart headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., to offer advice on getting started: Increase your profile and open your wallet. As a result, "Made In America" is a thing of the past and anti-labor policies are the wave of Wal-Mart's future, with money paving the way to Washington...Last year, the company's political action committee was the number one corporate donor in the country, with over $1 million in contributions. Its PAC is the second largest in Washington and the committee's donations are decidedly one-sided. According to the WSJ, "Unlike most corporations, which contribute to both parties in rough proportion to Congress's partisan split," about 85% of Wal-Mart's money goes to conservatives. Wal-Mart Senior Vice President Jay Allen recently became a "Pioneer," or a contributor who has raised at least $100,000 for the Bush campaign. Wal-Mart employees, who are not unionized, say they have felt pressured to give to the PAC. The WSJ reports, "At an August 2000 meeting attended by thousands of Wal-Mart managers, buckets were passed around for donations, as well as forms authorizing automatic paycheck deductions for the PAC." Voluntary is in the eye of the beholder, though: "For some employees, the pressure to contribute became a point of contention. 'With my district manager sitting 3 inches over my shoulder, you think I didn't sign up?'" said Jon Lehman, a former Wal-Mart manager. Another reason why Wal-Mart workers need a union.