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In reply to the discussion: After Sales Plummet, Walmart Realizes it Can’t Run Stores on Temps Alone [View all]Iliyah
(25,111 posts)19. Walmart, Target, et al.,
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.
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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