Uh . . . what?

"Snub"? As in, ignore those who wanted unions?? I guess technically they can, but if the employees managed to get a union started management would have to deal with it. And even preventing workers from trying to form a union is illegal, I believe.



Sorry that you haven't heard of Robert Reich, the former Secretary of Labor, economist, and author.



Er, no, I don't believe physics applies here.



Well you should be very proud of yourself in that case, as that would be quite an accomplishment.



So you don't get rich working for someone else, and not by working for yourself, and not by running a business. The only things left I can think of are inheriting money and robbing banks. And what does "thinks he knows ore" mean? I've never heard that one.

"We" don't pay people enough, who's we? It sounds like you're identifying with Walmart. And saying that Walmart is smart to pay their employees so little, because that's how they've made all their money? I'm pretty sure it's more complicated than that.

Bad Grammar or bad spell Checking. "Evidently it is making Walmart THE place to shop BECAUSE their prices are cheaper. Why, they keep their operating costs down."

"Snub"? As in, ignore those who wanted unions?? I guess technically they can, but if the employees managed to get a union started management would have to deal with it. And even preventing workers from trying to form a union is illegal, I believe.



Sorry that you haven't heard of Robert Reich, the former Secretary of Labor, economist, and author.



And yet another one of those men who helped themselves to our excesses behind the scenes? he is one of the men who made the tragedy we all had to and have to pay for! EXPERT INDEED! EXPERT IN KEEPING THEIR POCKETS FULL WHILE OUR OUR EMPTIED AND TAXED EVEN MORE!



Er, no, I don't believe physics applies here.



Not physics, ECONOMICS! In the real world Money doesn't just appear (sort of) at least where there is a financial standard around. When money is printed the economy inflates but that is not a good thing in a lot of respects. ESPECIALLY WHERE YOUR CURRENCY ON A FREE MARKET DEPRECIATES IN VALUE! Example, GERMANY 1922! Look up PRE WWII Germany! please!



Well you should be very proud of yourself in that case, as that would be quite an accomplishment.



I agree since what I am up against in laws, Tariffs on both sides, the CARICOM treaty, Duties, and licensing alone. I do feel that just to have $1M in my bank account in five years would be a real accomplishment since so many other business ideas were either stolen or never panned out. And working for others sure ain't making me rich and I do want more for myself!



So you don't get rich working for someone else, and not by working for yourself, and not by running a business. The only things left I can think of are inheriting money and robbing banks. And what does "thinks he knows ore" mean? I've never heard that one.



BAD SPELL CHECKER! BAD BAD SPELL CHECKER! It doesn't catch grammatical mistakes that are spelling mistakes in Disguise. "Thinks he knows MORE." Is that better? I am not a know it all. I know a lot. And there is a lot I don't know. But if it looks wrong and feels wrong... ...and this applies to belief systems too... ...Then it must be wrong! I have admitted when I was wrong before. It isn't often but I really don't walk on water myself. Now when someone preaches BS I am going to argue against it. Irrelevant? PLEASE! Liberals try to use selective information to baffle people. Likewise they also withhold a lot of information. At least I can present a reference from where I am coming from. So to depreciate the relavance of my statement only shows how shallow you are looking into this argument and that is not MY personal failing at work here.

"We" don't pay people enough, who's we? It sounds like you're identifying with Walmart. And saying that Walmart is smart to pay their employees so little, because that's how they've made all their money? I'm pretty sure it's more complicated than that.


First of all playing Devil's Advocate here YES I DO! Example: Saturn Auto...

They offered a 15% profit share to all employees who were making $12.00 an hour with med and bennies. $12.00 an hour here in Los Angeles ain't SQUAT! In Tennessee however that was GREAT money especially considering that employees were getting $25,000 profit share checks or more at the end of each year. Along comes the UAW who dragged GM management into the works and screwed Saturn from within! It seemed every time Saturn shown profits they suddenly had strikes especially when demand for their cars was going up! Then Quality began to slip when it was getting better each year. And now where is Saturn?



The only way to keep any business alive is to keep the unions out! And you are right. There are ways.

Sorry but I have no sympathy for bullies even if they wear uniforms. What does this mean? Even a 'legitimate' (legal)
bully is still a bully!


I release dancing bananas now!

I don't throw money away.

I get get Wrangler Jeans at Wally World for 19.99 a pair.

Tractor Supply is the next least expensive. The same jean is 29.99.

Which store would you get them from?

Liberals, I would bargain, would claim to spend the extra ten bucks and call it principle.

That would be a lie. They have proven they have none.

BTW.

If you boycotters are true to principle, you will be naked. 99% of all clothing is made by non-union, slave labor.

How about Soros who is stirring up all that Ruckus through OWS,Moveon,AdBusters,Huffington etc?

Seems the BOY slept on the COTT!

It was estimated to raise Wallmart workers out of poverty it would cost the consumer a penny per product.

Considering the Walton family is the richest in the world they could easily afford this as well as I could afford to pay a penny more per product.


Ponder this.

In 2004, a UC-Berkeley study reported that the state's Wal-Mart workers and their dependents received $86 million in public assistance, including healthcare, welfare and free school lunch programs. http://www.alternet.org/story/22298/work_for_wal-mart_you_may_need_welfare

That's for just one state

The realization that thousands of low-wage employees from Wal-Mart and other big corporations might be the ones cramming Medicaid offices around the country made many lawmakers balk. Georgia was the first state to take action, passing a bill that required public reporting of employers for all those enrolled in the state healthcare system. When the numbers were tallied earlier this year, it was little surprise that Wal-Mart topped the list, with more than 10,000 children of its workers receiving public healthcare. Out of the 13 states that have gathered similar data, Wal-Mart has topped the list of 12.
http://www.alternet.org/story/22298/work_for_wal-mart_you_may_need_welfare

Talk about corporate welfare they passed the insurance bill to people like me who pay taxes.

Unlike many of the other posters........

Again on what world? These claims make no sense what so ever in reality! And so what, Obama crams Obamacare down our throats and this is supposed to elicit what reaction from me? The fact is Obama and politicians like hi want us all suckling at the Government Teat like good little peasants!

It seems to me allot of Wallmart workers are sucking the government teat while hard working guys like me pay the bill.

No wonder we have deficit issues.

I just don't like shopping at walmart. Never have. I also never understood why that bothers people.

Doesn't bother me. Good luck. Try Target.

You're wishing me good luck for not shopping at walmart?

Actually, no, I take that back.

Either way, weird.

I know, not shopping at Walmart is weird, but wondering why it bothers others is even more weird. Oh, well.

Just trying to help. I'm going there today. Got to get dog food, tooth paste, envelopes and other stuff. i love their chicken wings in the deli. It's nice to get all these things at one place. Think of the gas one saves.

The closest walmart is about 30 minutes away. Farther away than any other store I'd go to. No need for me to go out of the way to a store I don't like shopping at.

Oh,ok.

Why Raises For Walmart Workers Are Good For Everyone

Chances are you missed this particular bargain on Black Friday: Agree to spend 15 cents more on every shopping trip, and Walmart, Target, and other large retailers will agree to pay their workers at least $25,000 a year.
Big box retailers aren't actually offering that deal, but a new study by the liberal think tank Demos argues that it would be a great bargain for us all if they did. Increasing the average wage at large retailers from $21,000 to $25,000 would probably cost you less than $20 a year at the register yet lift some 1.5 million people out of poverty (including your cashier), create 100,000 new jobs, and boost GDP by some $13.5 billion.
Demos argues that retailers would benefit, despite higher labor costs, because their low-wage employees could suddenly afford to buy more of the basic necessities that they scan and load into plastic bags every day.
If you are still wondering what's in it for you, however, then consider this tidbit from Sasha Abramsky:

In 2004, a year in which Walmart reported $9.1 billion in profits, the retailer's California employees collected $86 million in public assistance, according to researchers at the University of California-Berkeley. Other studies have revealed widespread use of publicly funded health care by Walmart employees in numerous states. In 2004, Democratic staffers of the House education and workforce committee calculated that each 200-employee Walmart store costs taxpayers an average of more than $400,000 a year, based on entitlements ranging from energy-assistance grants to Medicaid to food stamps to WIC—the federal program that provides food to low-income women with children.

Seen through this lens, the worker protests that erupted after Thanksgiving at Walmart locations around the country might end up being the best Black Friday specials of them all. Think of them as 2-for-1 coupons: Spend more on wages now, improve the economy AND save us all lots of tax money down the road—money that we can spend instead on more important things, like, well, parachutes for our cats.
http://www.newsforage.com/2012/11/why-raises-for-walmart-workers-are-good.html