Walmart Workers Plan Wednesday Scheduling Showdowns in a Hundred Stores
Source: The Nation
Josh Eidelson
On Wednesday, workers in at least a hundred Walmart stores plan to confront local managers with demands for change in the retail giants scheduling system.
Scheduling issues have been a recurring focus for the union-backed retail workers group OUR Walmart since its founding. Workers have charged that insufficient and erratic work schedules consign them to poverty, wreak havoc on their personal lives, and shortchange customer service. At an October forum, backroom receiving associate Lori Amos said that because of understaffing at her Washington State store, 2,000 pounds of Halloween candy didnt make it onto the shelves until it had expired and changed color.
At a January address to the National Retail Federation, Walmart US President Bill Simon announced that the company was working on clarifying the opportunities that we offer, and would act to bring more transparency into our scheduling system, and make sure that part-time associates have full visibility for full-time openings. Three months later, OUR Walmart charges that the situation hasnt improved. I havent seen any associates that were part-time, that were requesting more hours, getting more hours, Lancaster, Texas, worker activist Colby Harris told The Nation. Rather, he said, his store has been increasing its use of temps, and Ive actually seen associates get less hours. Walmart did not respond to a Monday morning request for comment.
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southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)but some. Any way they were on this schedule for about a month and now they are getting ready to change the schedule back to what it was. They said things weren't getting done. Well my husband said they won't hire more people they need.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)...except they would change the schedule every WEEK.
He said the schedule would look something like this:
Monday: 6 AM > 2:30 PM
Tuesday: 6 AM > 2:30 PM
Wednesday: 2:15 PM > 10:45 PM
Thursday: 10:30 AM > 7:00 PM
Friday: 9:00 AM > 5:30 PM
He says his internal "Clock" was totally fucked and was always in a half-asleep daze.
What a pack of Assholes !
On Edit: He says: The next week the schedule would be entirely different
Again..What a pack of Assholes
That type of schedule looks all too familiar and it is just "charming". Just wonder how he managed to score weekends off?
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)...in the reserves.