Is anyone who's complained about Black Friday sales currently watching the NFL game?

[Tigress DEM]

27. Nope. Don't support either.

HOWEVER, I think there is something you haven't considered.

The employees who are working in support of the NFL game, they aren't going on strike in order for us to support them.

Wal-Mart employees have really had enough and are mobilized and public support validates their own effort to stand up and speak truth to power.

It's good that you caused us to consider other groups that may need our support as well - whenever they DO decide that they want to strike for better wages etc...

Consider also. When Wal-Mart makes changes then it does affect others in the community. If THEY give their employees better wages and benefits, other companies have to match that to keep employees as well. So even your group working on Thanksgiving for the NFL game might get a little bump somewhere down the road. "Boss, I need a raise, or I'm going to have to leave this gig and go get a job at Wal-Mart. I don't want to, but I have to feed my family, help me out here."

Sounds crazy, but collective bargaining raises the bar across the board. Even non-union shops try to offer better wages to prove that their employees don't "need" the unions to get better treatment.