[upchuck]

Labor groups, such as the United Food and Commercial Workers union, worry that other retailers will reduce their health care benefits in order to remain competitive with Wal-Mart. They've used the lists as evidence that Wal-Mart is not providing affordable health care insurance to its employees.

Uh, I would point out there is no law forcing Wal*Mart, or any other company for that matter, to provide health insurance for it's employees. The health insurance benefit is a perk, pure and simple.

[Ron in Acreage]

Winn-Dickme is ready to drop its pensions and healthcare for all its retirees. Just like the airlines did. Where's the outrage about that? Winn-Dickme is going under and that's all there is to it.

[Gunslingr3]

Proponents of the bill, whose chief author is Sen. Becky Lourey, DFL-Kerrick, say the public has a right to know which employers are draining the state's public health care system.

But the public doesn't have a right to know who is accepting the State's largesse? Employers are not 'draining' anything from the State's welfare programs. I'd even hazard a guess they pay taxes to make the largesse possible. Let's see the State publish the name and address of anyone accepting government checks.

[Graybeard58]

Let Wal-Mart close its stores and THEN count the number of former Wal-Mart employees on welfare.

[JeffAtlanta]

To me, it seems like Walmart employs a lot of poor people. Aren't poor people the ones that need jobs the most?

Walmart could always pull out of Minnesota and then all of those employees could be completely dependent on the state. As it stands now, Walmart is employing a lot of the state's poorer and less educated citizens. Why does that make them evil?

If Walmart is employing illegals then that is a different story.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Let us count all the ways we can expose the myriad of ON THE CHEAP EMPLOYERS with illegals on their payrolls sucking up social benefits.

If they are after Wal-Mart for not giving cradle to grave benefits, so be it. But, what is good for the goose, goes double in spades for the traitorous ganders undermining American workers and wages by hiring illegals.

[linkinpunk]

Are they going to list all of the state employees and public school teachers?

[Wolfie]

One step closer to National Health Care.

[Eepsy]

Wal-Mart Ping!

Freepmail me if you wish to be assimilated!

[Alberta's Child]

Proponents of the bill, whose chief author is Sen. Becky Lourey, DFL-Kerrick, say the public has a right to know which employers are draining the state's public health care system.

Sounds fair to me. But let's be consistent here -- doesn't the public then also have a right to know the name, address, personal/household income, immigration status, etc. of every single person in the state who receives any kind of government assistance?

Somehow I don't think Ms. Lourey would co-author a bill calling for that kind of full disclosure.

[Gaffer]

"If it's true what people say, that big multinational companies are outsourcing health care to taxpayers, then it would be good to have a handle on which ones," said Rep. Sheldon Johnson, DFL-St. Paul. "It's just information."

There is not even one word in the US Constitution or its amendments that even remotely implies a "right" to healthcare.

This is just pure vendetta against WalMart and other conservative companies that won't knuckle under to the liberals' lapdogs (UNIONS). Typical response from a Democrat to "provide information" --- no substantive plan, no action, just bitch, bitch, bitch.

If they're really lucky, Wal Mart will pull out of Minnesota and they won't be bothered with that anymore. IDIOTS