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A smarter Walmart now closes store for “plumbing problems” not union rules and still wins
Coach is Right ^ | 4/18/15 | Kevin "Coach" Collins

Posted on 04/18/2015 9:08:39 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax

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To: LostInBayport

I could envision a system where you put it on a conveyor belt and there are SKU readers that will automatically scan it no mater what it’s position and then you just have a sacker. The rest of the transaction is just like the self check outs.


21 posted on 04/18/2015 11:12:08 AM PDT by tiki
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Nah,,,’thievage’ sounds so much more unique.


22 posted on 04/18/2015 11:14:28 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign. ###)
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To: Oldpuppymax
A review of the listed stores shows that one, in Pico Rivera California, has been the scene of ongoing employee work stoppages and picketing.

And the other four? What's the reason behind them?

23 posted on 04/18/2015 11:17:24 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

Cover action.


24 posted on 04/18/2015 11:18:14 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Grams A

Many years ago we had a sewing plant and they voted to unionize here in our small town. Yep, they closed the plant.

It happened in the mines around here too. So many good jobs lost. The mines were dealing with environmentalists, fed/gov, low prices and greedy unions so they just closed down for many years.


25 posted on 04/18/2015 11:18:48 AM PDT by tiki
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To: tiki; ErnBatavia

At the wholesale club I go to, you have to stop your cart on the way out and a person looks over your receipt and the cart. One person in that job instead of six or seven cashiers.


26 posted on 04/18/2015 11:22:06 AM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: LostInBayport

I wouldn’t be surprised if these Wal*Marts reopened with
some kind of streamlined checkout procedure.

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You don’t have self check out at you local walmarts?


27 posted on 04/18/2015 11:23:10 AM PDT by deport
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To: Grams A
I can’t imagine the one in Midland, Texas, or the Oklahoma ore being closed for union difficulties. Were any of the stores closed as sacrificial lambs or as warning to other employees in other locations?

Could be an experiment. These are all long-established stores, probably with employees that have been around for a while and have worked their way to a point above the $9 rate Walmart is starting people out at. So close the store, dump the staff, replace them in 6 months with cheaper people, and reopen the store. Walmart isn't going to take a hit in sales because all these places have other stores near by. If this works then you could see an epidemic of plumbing problems.

28 posted on 04/18/2015 11:25:48 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: LostInBayport

Our Sam’s Club is that way..but at Wally World, the entrances and exits are swarming with parents with their anchor babies, and of course the strollers which can hide a ton of gear.


29 posted on 04/18/2015 11:44:35 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign. ###)
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To: Oldpuppymax

Remember Firestone? The old Firestone. Labor dispute. Employees sabotaged some tires. Cars crashed and people died. Ford Explorers. Remember how Firestone gave in? That’s because they didn’t. They shut the plant down.

Be careful when all you have to offer the world is your labor.


30 posted on 04/18/2015 11:51:37 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Iscool

You got a problem with creating 15,000 new millionaires, comrade?


31 posted on 04/18/2015 12:45:28 PM PDT by To Hell With Poverty (All freedom must be transported in bottles of 3 oz or less. - Freeper relictele)
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To: To Hell With Poverty
You got a problem with creating 15,000 new millionaires, comrade?

When I have to pay for Wal-Mart employee's healthcare and food stamps, you betcha I got a problem with it...A big problem...And since you don't have a problem with it, why don't you volunteer to pay my share...

32 posted on 04/18/2015 3:52:37 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: DoodleDawg; tiki; Popman; ElkGroveDan

Could be an experiment.”

Appears it could be a lot of things. But it does appear that Wally World’s Board came up with an excuse that will at least keep them out of the government cross hairs for now, at least on the union versus non-union issue. Will be interesting to watch it unfold.


33 posted on 04/18/2015 4:06:25 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: Grams A
But it does appear that Wally World’s Board came up with an excuse that will at least keep them out of the government cross hairs for now, at least on the union versus non-union issue

And if/when the excuse turns out to be so much bullsh*t then what cross hairs will be on Walmart then?

34 posted on 04/18/2015 4:34:50 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Iscool

When I have to pay for Wal-Mart employee’s healthcare and food stamps, you betcha I got a problem with it...

A big problem...

And since you don’t have a problem with it, why don’t you volunteer to pay my share...


Don’t you pay this pretty much anywhere you shop? And if you’re shopping at place that pays much higher wages, wouldn’t you just be paying more for the products they sell?


35 posted on 04/18/2015 5:38:45 PM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: Oldpuppymax

I could take any Walmart here in Phoenix, with any type of underslab “plumbing” issue and have it up and running in less than two weeks, permits and all. I’ll give it three weeks to include restocking (which would only be necessray for perishable items, but thats on the outside of duration limit) First of all, you don’t close it till the permits are ready, unless it’s a colapse. If not a colapse, but a problem drain, I’d still have time to line a a three bid contract prior to closing. The work would go on 24/7, cause every day is lost revenue. This “plumbing” problem story is the weekest cover, ever.


36 posted on 04/19/2015 12:59:52 AM PDT by Greenpees (Coulda Shoulda Woulda)
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To: lonestar
McDonalds are francise stores owned by individuals...not company owned stores like Walmart.

Big difference!

Obummer's NLRB is doing their best to fix that.

37 posted on 04/19/2015 2:17:23 PM PDT by dearolddad (/i>)
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