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In reply to the discussion: The closed circle of Wal Mart economics [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)18. You do realize Wallmart has been hit by Unfair Labor Practices
strikes all year long right?
You also know they are putting a pretty nice me worry face to the media on this Friday's actions, but for a me worried company, eight pages of procedures speak volumes.
If they manage to get the place unionized and raise labor standards, that will spread across the retail industry. This is why Sam Walton and now the current managers fear Unions. They know that this could be bad for their model, which depends (and Sam Walton wrote this) on low pay and no benefits.
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big brands sold at walmart are often of cheaper quality, manufactured especially
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#57
you have no idea how many companies go OUT OF BUSINESS when they get wal-mart as a customer.
unblock
Nov 2012
#60
Gets worst than that, when you find the section on the Hand of the Marketplace
nadinbrzezinski
Nov 2012
#24
THen you already accepted the premise that Sam Walton built his business on
nadinbrzezinski
Nov 2012
#44
Walmart has only 2.2 million employees out of 133.8 million non-farm employees. Your theory is BS.
FarCenter
Nov 2012
#62
Actually, the fact was wrong -- they only have 1.4 million employees in the US
FarCenter
Nov 2012
#72
You have described a form of parasite which usurps but does not kill its host.
Fire Walk With Me
Nov 2012
#66