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Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
19. Walmart, Target, et al.,
Thu Nov 28, 2013, 10:42 PM
Nov 2013

That's why they hate Unions. Unions protect the workers/employees from selfish greedy owners, CEOs and others who puts lining their pockets over the well being of their employees. For the past 30 years or so the GOP party have orchestrated the destruction of any group that protects the workers/employees.

The story of Ebenezer Scrooge is telling. These people who claim progressives/liberals or any others who don't think like them are the evil ones. Nope, everything they are claiming is on them, they are the ones who are scrooging but want to put the blame somewhere else all the while doing exactly what they say others are doing and of course their base is gullible.

I went to wall mart at 10pm once and there wasn't a single checkout line open. Kurska Nov 2013 #1
I prefer those PatrynXX Nov 2013 #10
I can never get the things to actually work. Kurska Nov 2013 #11
Well when you use those mechanized checkouts RoccoR5955 Nov 2013 #12
They told me I had to check myself out oldbanjo Nov 2013 #21
I'm not sure I believe that. Blanks Nov 2013 #22
I boycott those machines too. think4yourself Nov 2013 #29
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
New Jersey too, last I knew. nt Ace Acme Nov 2013 #84
I couldn't say for sure, but I think that pumping gas is no longer such a dangerous job. JDPriestly Dec 2013 #85
There's that elaborate vapor-recovery system now. nt Ace Acme Dec 2013 #86
Go to New Jersey tabbycat31 Dec 2013 #87
I assume then that you've never skepticscott Nov 2013 #30
I don't travel by plane RoccoR5955 Nov 2013 #39
No, you don't have to use an ATM skepticscott Nov 2013 #40
If I use human tellers RoccoR5955 Nov 2013 #57
So you use ATMs to save money skepticscott Nov 2013 #62
Improvements in science and technology neffernin Nov 2013 #65
So just throw technology at the problem, and it'll be fixed. RoccoR5955 Nov 2013 #75
No, I use them because my bank started charging fees RoccoR5955 Nov 2013 #73
Ah, I see..you're not doing it to save money skepticscott Nov 2013 #80
That, and I am a bit busy RoccoR5955 Nov 2013 #82
Self Checkout yeoman6987 Nov 2013 #35
Seeing the transaction is very important. Ace Acme Nov 2013 #58
I'd rather use an ATM than a bank teller. Ace Acme Nov 2013 #71
No, and a self check machine skepticscott Nov 2013 #81
I prefer using the self-checkouts davidpdx Nov 2013 #38
I love self checkout. CrispyQ Nov 2013 #42
As someone who runs a register clffrdjk Nov 2013 #44
I don't throw money & I don't know why you assume I do. CrispyQ Nov 2013 #45
Just bitching about customers I did not mean to direct it at you clffrdjk Nov 2013 #46
I understand. CrispyQ Nov 2013 #56
I hate Walmart, but I have to go sometimes. NaturalHigh Nov 2013 #2
Thanks to MallWart putting so many other stores out of business, plenty of people--- eridani Nov 2013 #14
I wish we had one around here. NaturalHigh Nov 2013 #15
Me too. Enthusiast Nov 2013 #41
Duh! Makes you wonder why they pay those execs so much Curmudgeoness Nov 2013 #3
One wonders if the growing number of those SheilaT Nov 2013 #4
Here is what happened DonCoquixote Nov 2013 #5
Yes Populist_Prole Nov 2013 #52
The Emerging Market v. the Saturated Market Ace Acme Nov 2013 #59
Rent seeking and labor arbitrage Populist_Prole Nov 2013 #60
exactly, and furthermore DonCoquixote Nov 2013 #79
I'm inclined to think the neocons intended to default on the debt all along Ace Acme Nov 2013 #83
The revolution will not be televised. OffWithTheirHeads Nov 2013 #6
It will be video-tweeted instead. nt Ace Acme Nov 2013 #63
I only go to wal mart when I have to. littlewolf Nov 2013 #7
Walmart will spin this into employees "moving up" underpants Nov 2013 #8
Cart strike hog Nov 2013 #9
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
If it cost them profit they will hire more help. oldbanjo Nov 2013 #24
Stuff like that does work and is quite effective. tina tron Nov 2013 #48
Baloney. I worked retail grocery. Sheldon Cooper Nov 2013 #49
It does work tina tron Nov 2013 #50
How about you just refuse to shop at Walmart? NuclearDem Nov 2013 #34
In some of the towns I visit, there are no other options Not Sure Nov 2013 #53
Walmart never plays fair. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #54
http://aattp.org/walmart-ceo-mike-duke-forced-to-step-down-after-nlrb-pursues-workers-rights-violati wilsonbooks Nov 2013 #16
Ah, the lovely aroma of schadenfreude in the evening! It's what's for dinner! eridani Nov 2013 #17
i noticed that walmart selves were empty during peak shopping times. madrchsod Nov 2013 #18
Could you stock up online? nt tblue37 Nov 2013 #33
Walmart, Target, et al., Iliyah Nov 2013 #19
$21.96 an hour = 40% more than Walmart pays? Contrary1 Nov 2013 #23
You are correct. oldbanjo Nov 2013 #25
You are correct oldbanjo Nov 2013 #26
IBIS world says $8.18 for the average associate Major Nikon Nov 2013 #28
Highly Profitable Companies Cryptoad Nov 2013 #27
LOL. Do Wal Mart execs even understand economics? alp227 Nov 2013 #31
But greedheads are never satisfied with very good profits. They demand obscene profits. tblue37 Nov 2013 #32
"Keep prices down"(that's a stretch.. I'm guessing) and CEO's Cha Nov 2013 #36
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
BOYCOTT Wal*Mart! Support your local unions! Coyotl Nov 2013 #43
Always Low Wages otohara Nov 2013 #47
Support local businesses. Support companies that pay a living wage. Support companies that ... BlueStreak Nov 2013 #55
I likee to support employee-owned businesses too. Coyotl Nov 2013 #78
Did they just realize this? sakabatou Nov 2013 #51
Keeping in mind that Walmart could afford a stock buyback equivalent to a $10 raise for all workers. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #61
I wish I could join the massive exodus tavalon Nov 2013 #66
K&R -- for workers' sake LongTomH Nov 2013 #67
It's time to abandon Walmart 1Greensix Nov 2013 #69
"Walmart defends its poor labor practices as necessary to keep prices down"... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2013 #70
Thrift stores keep prices down too. Ace Acme Nov 2013 #72
True awoke_in_2003 Nov 2013 #74
I was hired at Walmart this summer as a temp. Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #88
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