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whathehell

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34. Thanks for the confirmation.

Reply to Janecita (Reply #10)

Wed Oct 10, 2012, 01:16 PM

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Walmart strike spreads to 12 Cities [View all] trailmonkee Oct 2012 OP

Excellent. Now if callous taoboy Oct 2012 #1

Associate rather than a contractor. reteachinwi Oct 2012 #8

401Ks are easily raided by the banksters and Wall Street. AllyCat Oct 2012 #22

They are doing the same thing to TX teachers. callous taoboy Oct 2012 #28

K&R For Hubert Flottz Oct 2012 #2

The Walton family makes billions off of the backs of these poor people. fasttense Oct 2012 #3

It's funny...wherever there's a billionaire, somewhere there are thousands who have been exploited reformist2 Oct 2012 #4

Who was it--Anatole France, maybe?--that said Jackpine Radical Oct 2012 #6

I think it was Balzac, but I'm not sure. whathehell Oct 2012 #7

It was Balzac Janecita Oct 2012 #10

Yup. Thanks. Jackpine Radical Oct 2012 #12

Welcome to DU! AllyCat Oct 2012 #23

From "Le Pere Goriot," but it's very loosely translated from the original French, IIRC. Literally coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #30

Thanks for the confirmation. whathehell Oct 2012 #34

I stand with them LittleGirl Oct 2012 #5

Good for you...I stand with them as well. There's a DVD about WalMart whathehell Oct 2012 #9

+1 eom LittleGirl Oct 2012 #18

Current tv has been running mikeysnot Oct 2012 #19

Oh, good...Thanks for the info. whathehell Oct 2012 #31

YES! K & R! bread_and_roses Oct 2012 #11

Look Colby, if they paid you and others a decent wage it would mean either prices would have to rise cstanleytech Oct 2012 #13

RIP Sam Walton ThatsMyBarack Oct 2012 #14

NOT LIKELY: "I pay low wages. I can take advantage of that. We're going to be successful... Tom Ripley Oct 2012 #21

Sam Walton was an asshole. callous taoboy Oct 2012 #29

People need to support them and boycott Walmart lalalu Oct 2012 #15

Me too...I never buy anything there. n/t whathehell Oct 2012 #36

Excellent. If this works, it will be more important to the economy than anything Mitt is planning. Plaid Adder Oct 2012 #16

Support reteachinwi Oct 2012 #17

The UFCW left the AFL-CIO because they we were tired of begging them to support us Ikonoklast Oct 2012 #20

And if AFL-CIO were backing the workers, then we/I could boycott by buying groceries at another chain DhhD Oct 2012 #25

Yayyyyy! nt Javaman Oct 2012 #24

You have to go to Iranian TV for coverage of this! JackRiddler Oct 2012 #26

nice huh? trailmonkee Oct 2012 #32

Good news about Walmart at long last! Proletariatprincess Oct 2012 #27

K&R WE SUPPORT YOU! woo me with science Oct 2012 #33

and mainstream news media is silent as they cash WalMart ad checks...nt Evasporque Oct 2012 #35

Support the strikers donna9238 Nov 2012 #37

Welcome to DU! hrmjustin Nov 2012 #38