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In reply to the discussion: After Sales Plummet, Walmart Realizes it Can’t Run Stores on Temps Alone [View all]DrDan
(20,411 posts)13. just shop elsewhere - these juvenile pranks just create more grief for the actual workers
spending your dollars elsewhere gets their attention
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eridani
Nov 2013
OP
Believe it. Those guys did more than pump gas - they checked tires, fluids, cleaned windows, vacuum
mbperrin
Nov 2013
#64
The change with regard to pumping gas was due to the realization that pumping gas as a regulsr
JDPriestly
Nov 2013
#68
Wow! I never realized that . Wonderful that gas station owners were really thinking of the health
maddiemom
Nov 2013
#76
Liability! Oregon still requires that a gas station attendant pump your gas.
JDPriestly
Nov 2013
#77
I couldn't say for sure, but I think that pumping gas is no longer such a dangerous job.
JDPriestly
Dec 2013
#85
Thanks to MallWart putting so many other stores out of business, plenty of people---
eridani
Nov 2013
#14
just shop elsewhere - these juvenile pranks just create more grief for the actual workers
DrDan
Nov 2013
#13
Do you honestly think that walmart will hire more people after your silly little prank?
Sheldon Cooper
Nov 2013
#20
http://aattp.org/walmart-ceo-mike-duke-forced-to-step-down-after-nlrb-pursues-workers-rights-violati
wilsonbooks
Nov 2013
#16
But greedheads are never satisfied with very good profits. They demand obscene profits.
tblue37
Nov 2013
#32
WalMart used to have a policy to keep checkout lines at least 3 deep. It still seems that way. n/t
TheBlackAdder
Nov 2013
#37
Support local businesses. Support companies that pay a living wage. Support companies that ...
BlueStreak
Nov 2013
#55
Keeping in mind that Walmart could afford a stock buyback equivalent to a $10 raise for all workers.
Spitfire of ATJ
Nov 2013
#61
"Walmart defends its poor labor practices as necessary to keep prices down"...
awoke_in_2003
Nov 2013
#70