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In reply to the discussion: many Walmart workers are glad to work on T Day and overnight into Friday... [View all]BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)96. It's sad, isn't it? The corporate "divide & conquer" strategy
that only hurts the workers has been perfected by Wal-Mart. This is why Wallyworld doesn't want unions anywhere near their corporate plantations disguised as Big Box Stores. Can't have uppity workers demanding safe working conditions, living wages, health care, and fair compensation, can we?
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many Walmart workers are glad to work on T Day and overnight into Friday... [View all]
msongs
Nov 2012
OP
And you have hit the nail squarely on the head. Profit should not be their "sole purpose"
TalkingDog
Nov 2012
#104
Opening on Christmas? There's the real 'war on christmas'. Jesus, how low can
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#136
They will only get time & a half if they work more than 40 hours in the week
krawhitham
Nov 2012
#20
Exactly. And I don't know any Wallyword workers working 40-hour work weeks.
BlueCaliDem
Nov 2012
#22
+1 I hope I serve on the jury for this comment so I can vote to LEAVE IT. nt
Comrade_McKenzie
Nov 2012
#37
The moment Thanksgiving becomes a work day for our society's wage slaves, just for consumerism...
CreekDog
Nov 2012
#144
And many would like to receive fair pay for their work rather than the crumbs Wal-Mart hands them
Bjorn Against
Nov 2012
#5
Labor has, traditionally, been the backbone of the Democratic Party platform
BlueCaliDem
Nov 2012
#149
I witnessed and elderly couple quiz a young woman at Wally World one day maybe 15 years ago.
brewens
Nov 2012
#11
Anyone that has not been privvy to the breakroom discussions of a Walmart...
Comrade_McKenzie
Nov 2012
#39
A crappy, irrelevant, and misleading anecdote, to be sure. But you may be right
quakerboy
Nov 2012
#138
maybe. but it will get press. which labor issues aren't getting much of these days.
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#140
And here's some anecdotal evidence from my friend's (Walmart employee) Facebook page:
Comrade_McKenzie
Nov 2012
#35
plenty of historical evidence that slaves loved being slaves. the masters said so.
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#141
I'll listen to smug fuckers like you as soon as you get down on living on minimum wage
Democracyinkind
Nov 2012
#53
Congratulations for one of the most anti-worker, anti-union shitty threads ever on DU
alcibiades_mystery
Nov 2012
#67
When I worked at K-Mart near 40 years ago, the floor clerks and check out
Luminous Animal
Nov 2012
#87
They don't like to pay overtime. I have a relative that came over at 6:00 am. She had gotten off
southernyankeebelle
Nov 2012
#99
Yes your right. I asked a friend who is working earlier and they are getting holiday pay and over
southernyankeebelle
Nov 2012
#109
They don't get OT. They get paid for a holiday & pay for the day. Then they get
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#143
My understanding is Walmart works hard to avoid giving a worker more than 32 hours a week.
backscatter712
Nov 2012
#152
I asked my husband who has been with them since 95. He said they consider 28 hrs full
southernyankeebelle
Nov 2012
#153
It is because the will get an extra 10% discount on their entire purchase
liberal N proud
Nov 2012
#128
you'd take anything you can get if you're already squeezed by low wages and benefits.
bigtree
Nov 2012
#146