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In reply to the discussion: Striking Wal-Mart workers aren't just fighting their employer. They're fighting a whole system. [View all]SHRED
(28,136 posts)35. If it wasn't for organized labor and the boots on the ground they provided...
...we would be looking at a President Romney.
Fuck your insults.
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Striking Wal-Mart workers aren't just fighting their employer. They're fighting a whole system. [View all]
marmar
Nov 2012
OP
Wal-Mart is like a viral infection. And R&D for a vaccine has been blocked by the system. n/t
RKP5637
Nov 2012
#4
Why would consumers support unions that lead to higher prices, poorer service and quality?
FarCenter
Nov 2012
#5
There are twice as many consumers than workers; 7 times as many workers as union members.
FarCenter
Nov 2012
#8
Well look back at the standard of living for everyone and see how much better it was
xtraxritical
Nov 2012
#37
We were WW II arms merchant's to the winning side and had the only intact manufacturing base
FarCenter
Nov 2012
#39
I don't think *ALL U.S. workers* who in fact enjoy benefits fought for and gained by Unions...
ProfessionalLeftist
Nov 2012
#40
The Democratic Party supports Corporate scumbags and Third Way scab assholes at its peril
Teamster Jeff
Nov 2012
#51
All those benefits that you enjoy today, you can thank a union member like my dad
neverforget
Nov 2012
#45
That is the GOP way, going backward for employees and total profit for employers
Iliyah
Nov 2012
#24
Corporations and companies that pay low wages and provide no benefits are shifting their worker's
DhhD
Nov 2012
#30
Visited my Western Oklahoma sister annually for many years ... like watching a WalMart time-lapse
libdem4life
Nov 2012
#53