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In reply to the discussion: many Walmart workers are glad to work on T Day and overnight into Friday... [View all]Lightbulb_on
(315 posts)59. The lack is because that is what they agreed to do...
... when they started working at a retail store.
"What do you mean I have to work when people want to shop!?"
The strikes and union issues are seperate from complaining about working on Thanksgiving ( which was the point of the original OP IMO)
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many Walmart workers are glad to work on T Day and overnight into Friday... [View all]
msongs
Nov 2012
OP
And you have hit the nail squarely on the head. Profit should not be their "sole purpose"
TalkingDog
Nov 2012
#104
Opening on Christmas? There's the real 'war on christmas'. Jesus, how low can
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#136
They will only get time & a half if they work more than 40 hours in the week
krawhitham
Nov 2012
#20
Exactly. And I don't know any Wallyword workers working 40-hour work weeks.
BlueCaliDem
Nov 2012
#22
+1 I hope I serve on the jury for this comment so I can vote to LEAVE IT. nt
Comrade_McKenzie
Nov 2012
#37
The moment Thanksgiving becomes a work day for our society's wage slaves, just for consumerism...
CreekDog
Nov 2012
#144
And many would like to receive fair pay for their work rather than the crumbs Wal-Mart hands them
Bjorn Against
Nov 2012
#5
Labor has, traditionally, been the backbone of the Democratic Party platform
BlueCaliDem
Nov 2012
#149
I witnessed and elderly couple quiz a young woman at Wally World one day maybe 15 years ago.
brewens
Nov 2012
#11
Anyone that has not been privvy to the breakroom discussions of a Walmart...
Comrade_McKenzie
Nov 2012
#39
A crappy, irrelevant, and misleading anecdote, to be sure. But you may be right
quakerboy
Nov 2012
#138
maybe. but it will get press. which labor issues aren't getting much of these days.
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#140
And here's some anecdotal evidence from my friend's (Walmart employee) Facebook page:
Comrade_McKenzie
Nov 2012
#35
plenty of historical evidence that slaves loved being slaves. the masters said so.
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#141
I'll listen to smug fuckers like you as soon as you get down on living on minimum wage
Democracyinkind
Nov 2012
#53
Congratulations for one of the most anti-worker, anti-union shitty threads ever on DU
alcibiades_mystery
Nov 2012
#67
When I worked at K-Mart near 40 years ago, the floor clerks and check out
Luminous Animal
Nov 2012
#87
They don't like to pay overtime. I have a relative that came over at 6:00 am. She had gotten off
southernyankeebelle
Nov 2012
#99
Yes your right. I asked a friend who is working earlier and they are getting holiday pay and over
southernyankeebelle
Nov 2012
#109
They don't get OT. They get paid for a holiday & pay for the day. Then they get
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#143
My understanding is Walmart works hard to avoid giving a worker more than 32 hours a week.
backscatter712
Nov 2012
#152
I asked my husband who has been with them since 95. He said they consider 28 hrs full
southernyankeebelle
Nov 2012
#153
It is because the will get an extra 10% discount on their entire purchase
liberal N proud
Nov 2012
#128
you'd take anything you can get if you're already squeezed by low wages and benefits.
bigtree
Nov 2012
#146