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'Walmart earned $16 billion last year (it just reported a 9 percent increase in earnings in the third quarter of 2012, to $3.6 billion), the lion's share of which went instead to Walmart's shareholders -- including the family of its founder, Sam Walton, who earned on their Walmart stock more than the combined earnings of the bottom 40 percent of American workers.
Is this about to change? Despite decades of failed unionization attempts, Walmart workers are planning to strike or conduct some other form of protest outside at least 1,000 locations across the United States this Friday -- so-called "Black Friday," the biggest shopping day in America when the Christmas holiday buying season begins.
At the very least, the action gives Walmart employees a chance to air their grievances in public -- not only lousy wages (as low at $8 an hour) but also unsafe and unsanitary working conditions, excessive hours, and sexual harassment. The result is bad publicity for the company exactly when it wants the public to think of it as Santa Claus. And the threatened strike, the first in 50 years, is gaining steam.'
If you choose to work at Walmart, you are choosing to work when they require it (and they can probably request a different shift if they don't want to work a certain day).
'Walmart earned $16 billion last year (it just reported a 9 percent increase in earnings in the third quarter of 2012, to $3.6 billion), the lion's share of which went instead to Walmart's shareholders -- including the family of its founder, Sam Walton, who earned on their Walmart stock more than the combined earnings of the bottom 40 percent of American workers.
Is this about to change? Despite decades of failed unionization attempts, Walmart workers are planning to strike or conduct some other form of protest outside at least 1,000 locations across the United States this Friday -- so-called "Black Friday," the biggest shopping day in America when the Christmas holiday buying season begins.
At the very least, the action gives Walmart employees a chance to air their grievances in public -- not only lousy wages (as low at $8 an hour) but also unsafe and unsanitary working conditions, excessive hours, and sexual harassment. The result is bad publicity for the company exactly when it wants the public to think of it as Santa Claus. And the threatened strike, the first in 50 years, is gaining steam.'
Agree with this post 100%. And let's hope those who are working do not get harmed by aggressive crowds. Hard to believe what we have come to when people in a country like this will trample each other, trample workers and soccer moms will brawl in a store over the latest f***n gadget. I mean, just stuff. You would think it was a starving crowd fighting for food. And then the sales "reports" will come out saying they did not make enough money. Good grief.
I used to work in retail, Was there for years. Never shopped on Black Friday then, never will now. Going to lock the doors and stay inside. I want no part of it. For those who are fans of George Romero, You know his allegory in the Dead films was correct.
I haven't set foot in a Walmart or a Sears in more than 10 years. I refuse to give either of them my business. Also, I don't do the Black Friday thing.
I haven't set foot in a Walmart or a Sears in more than 10 years. I refuse to give either of them my business. Also, I don't do the Black Friday thing.
'Walmart earned $16 billion last year (it just reported a 9 percent increase in earnings in the third quarter of 2012, to $3.6 billion), the lion's share of which went instead to Walmart's shareholders -- including the family of its founder, Sam Walton, who earned on their Walmart stock more than the combined earnings of the bottom 40 percent of American workers.
Is this about to change? Despite decades of failed unionization attempts, Walmart workers are planning to strike or conduct some other form of protest outside at least 1,000 locations across the United States this Friday -- so-called "Black Friday," the biggest shopping day in America when the Christmas holiday buying season begins.
At the very least, the action gives Walmart employees a chance to air their grievances in public -- not only lousy wages (as low at $8 an hour) but also unsafe and unsanitary working conditions, excessive hours, and sexual harassment. The result is bad publicity for the company exactly when it wants the public to think of it as Santa Claus. And the threatened strike, the first in 50 years, is gaining steam.'
sounds like it is time to support walmart and other retailers and increase their bottom line. walmart has been sued, but the plaintiffs have generally lost their cases against walmart. most of the crap against walmart is spouted by the unions because they cant get the employees to unionize. if working conditions were truly that bad at walmart, the employees would have unionized years ago.
What? A corporation makes money for it's shareholders? You gotta be kidding me. I guess you shoulda bought some shares instead of whining and crying about it.
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