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Wal-Mart workers plan Black Friday walkout
Click Orlando ^ | 11/15/12 | Emily Jane Fox

Posted on 11/15/2012 4:08:36 PM PST by Nachum

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -

A group of Wal-Mart workers are planning to stage a walkout next week on Black Friday, arguably the biggest holiday shopping day for the world's largest retail store.

The walkout builds on an October strike that started at a Wal-Mart in Los Angeles and spread to stores in 12 other cities. More than 100 workers joined in the October actions.

One of the workers who plans to join next week's walkout is William Fletcher, who works at a Wal-Mart in Duarte, Calif.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blackfriday; jobs; layoffs; losangeles; obama; obamacare; retail; walkout; walmart; workers
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To: Tea Party Terrorist

If you like Estate taxes you are a moron. No other way of saying it.


101 posted on 11/16/2012 12:22:25 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (Read SCOTUS Castle Rock vs Gonzales before dialing 911!)
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To: Tea Party Terrorist

If you like Estate taxes you are a moron. No other way of saying it.


102 posted on 11/16/2012 12:22:33 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (Read SCOTUS Castle Rock vs Gonzales before dialing 911!)
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To: Nachum

13 stores, that’s what, an average of 8 employees out of over 400?


103 posted on 11/16/2012 12:24:29 PM PST by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: Nachum

If they think they can survive without unemployment benefits or another employer taking a risk on them...


104 posted on 11/16/2012 12:24:31 PM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: fanfan

I thought walmart had an obamacare waiver


105 posted on 11/16/2012 12:25:33 PM PST by EBH (0bama is guilty of willful neglect of duty.)
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To: Tea Party Terrorist

“we need DEATH TAXES for the super rich.”

Go back to DU. We’re pretty much Americans on this site.


106 posted on 11/16/2012 12:26:08 PM PST by MayflowerMadam
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To: Nachum

Someone needs to remind them that the Chinese shoot their employees when they strike. Duh!


107 posted on 11/16/2012 12:26:26 PM PST by The Toll
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To: Nachum

and just keep on walking.


108 posted on 11/16/2012 12:29:07 PM PST by SparkyBass
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To: Nachum

So stupid. This is the year Wal-Mart has the least in storage for Christmas back up due Obama, and Company.

Every year Wal-Mart has a trick they work with a major trucking organization in which they consume a horrendous amount of equipment for a couple to three months prior to Christmas. This gives them the advantage in stocking inventory for Christmas without extra warehousing costs. It works for them, and the trucking company.

This year due the economic situation Wal-Mart has ordered far less than ever before for this coming Christmas inventory, and these dumbasses are going to walk eh.

Probably doing Wal-Mart a favor.


109 posted on 11/16/2012 12:31:27 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: P-Marlowe

Now that’s a “Twinkie Defense” I like.


110 posted on 11/16/2012 12:31:36 PM PST by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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To: Nachum

Good, that’ll create job openings.


111 posted on 11/16/2012 12:31:50 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Nachum

There will be millions of people working on Thanksgiving day and night, get over it. Cops, firemen, military, and any other operation that runs 24/7. I have been there and done that just like millions of others.

I actually liked working the big holidays, usually bonus money and a quieter work day. Plus, not having to referee the fights at the family gatherings.


112 posted on 11/16/2012 12:32:01 PM PST by wrench
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To: Nachum
One of the workers who plans to join next week's walkout is William Fletcher, who works at a Wal-Mart in Duarte, Calif.

Got curious; there's no William Fletcher at the Duarte, CA store at the corner of Mountain and the 210 who is scheduled to work either Thursday or Friday.

Work schedules are posted by the door in most stores, and in most stores, you can simply ask the greeter to check the schedule to see if someone's working a particular day.

113 posted on 11/16/2012 12:34:08 PM PST by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: elkfersupper
For every one protesting, there are a hundred or more willing to take their job.

Yup, stick the "or more" part. Our area Walmart won't even take applications. They don't have the space to put any more.

114 posted on 11/16/2012 12:41:27 PM PST by houeto (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Huebolt

“I shop elsewhere-—” Yup and so do I. Walmart lost me way back in the 1980’s when they “went Chinese “. I might have been in one somewhere by accident but I’m sure I never did any bizness. As long as their main product line is Chicom AND Sam Junior is a O-Muzzie freak I don’t care what happens to them. Oh, and by the way, they have ZERO customer service. Try getting something fixed that they sell.


115 posted on 11/16/2012 12:45:56 PM PST by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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To: svcw

You can’t paint the entire Walton family (and actually from what’s been said here this guy isn’t running the company) because of one whackadoo libtard in it.

I mean everyone’s family has some libtard in it somewhere, I do, I can’t help it, they’re family. You just minimize the damage and try to stay civil because there may come a day/event that shakes their world, and then they’re really ready to openly listen to you.


116 posted on 11/16/2012 12:53:51 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: Nachum
The walkout builds on an October strike that started at a Wal-Mart in Los Angeles and spread to stores in 12 other cities. More than 100 workers joined in the October actions.

012 stores
100 people
??? non-employee participation to get that number

LMAO

Unemployment rate hovering around 11% in the state

That's it folks, "Hostess" them. That'll show em!

I can't wait until Hostess employees start looking for a replacement job. Too soon old. Too late smart.

117 posted on 11/16/2012 12:58:00 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Hurricane Sandy..., a week later and 48 million Americans still didn't have power.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Exactly


118 posted on 11/16/2012 12:59:14 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Hurricane Sandy..., a week later and 48 million Americans still didn't have power.)
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To: Nachum

2,200,000 employees.


119 posted on 11/16/2012 1:07:47 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker
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To: Tea Party Terrorist

Thank you for your service.

Please turn in your Tea Party key to the executive wash room.

Your services are no longer required.

No, scratch that.

Get lost!

LOL, okay..., just kidding, sort of.


120 posted on 11/16/2012 1:10:07 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Hurricane Sandy..., a week later and 48 million Americans still didn't have power.)
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