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What A Non Union Company Did To My Sister And Hundreds Of Others.
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<blockquote data-quote="Bagels" data-source="post: 1120426" data-attributes="member: 43436"><p></p></blockquote><p></p><p>Who said anything about that? Many of us choose not to shop at Walmart because it shares the bunt of responsibility in lowering the compensation threshold for millions of Americans employed in low-skilled jobs. Additionally, Walmart has successful lobbied for the reversal of many policies & practices across a wide spectrum. For example, Walmart's pushing hard for the rights to sell Chinese-grown apples. When they become successful, they'll wipe out the apple growing business (sans local consumption) in the Midwest & Northeast, and cripple Washington's. This will shutter hundreds of farms, many of which grow other products, ultimately costing thousands of jobs, wiping millions of dollars from the national economy and costing consumers more. But hey, some already rich Walmart execs get richer, right?</p><p></p><p>There are thousands of Walmart employees who've been with the company for 10-years (or more), go to work 5 days/40 hours a week and earn less than $20,000 annually (and thus simply cannot afford to buy the crappy insurance that's offered to them). Meanwhile, we have plenty of drivers on these forums who've earned a <u>raise </u>in excess of $20,000 over the past 9 years, $@)! and whine it didn't keep up with inflation, and then blast these same Walmart employees -- you know, the ones that work FT for LESS than the raise you claim hasn't kept up with inflation -- for seeking assistance. Which begs the question... who really feels entitled?</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Bagels, post: 1120426, member: 43436"] [/QUOTE] Who said anything about that? Many of us choose not to shop at Walmart because it shares the bunt of responsibility in lowering the compensation threshold for millions of Americans employed in low-skilled jobs. Additionally, Walmart has successful lobbied for the reversal of many policies & practices across a wide spectrum. For example, Walmart's pushing hard for the rights to sell Chinese-grown apples. When they become successful, they'll wipe out the apple growing business (sans local consumption) in the Midwest & Northeast, and cripple Washington's. This will shutter hundreds of farms, many of which grow other products, ultimately costing thousands of jobs, wiping millions of dollars from the national economy and costing consumers more. But hey, some already rich Walmart execs get richer, right? There are thousands of Walmart employees who've been with the company for 10-years (or more), go to work 5 days/40 hours a week and earn less than $20,000 annually (and thus simply cannot afford to buy the crappy insurance that's offered to them). Meanwhile, we have plenty of drivers on these forums who've earned a [U]raise [/U]in excess of $20,000 over the past 9 years, $@)! and whine it didn't keep up with inflation, and then blast these same Walmart employees -- you know, the ones that work FT for LESS than the raise you claim hasn't kept up with inflation -- for seeking assistance. Which begs the question... who really feels entitled? [/QUOTE]
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