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To: bfree; BipolarBob; pollyannaish

Where union elections have been held at Wal-Mart, unions have been rejected repeatedly. That indicates worker satisfaction with things the way they are. I am a 31 year union member (retired)

Wal-Mart employees like all other employees have a legal right to organize. They don't - that's their choice.

My wife works in a management position at Wal-Mart and travels extensively in the central and west central U.S. Everywhere she goes she finds Wal-Mart wages and benefits compare favorably with all other stores of its type.

Management employees are encouraged to discourage unions by all legal means. As a long time union member I have no problem with that policy.

By the way, she didn't start out in management. 5 years ago she started as a deli clerk,


47 posted on 08/03/2005 2:45:41 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Sgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: Graybeard58
Exactly. I continue to wonder why people hate Walmart so much. I've been in one's that I hated, and I've been in one's that I love. Not for everything, but for some things.

My assumption is that they are just an easy target because they are so successful. Beyond that, I'm kind of at a loss.

56 posted on 08/03/2005 2:53:06 PM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: Graybeard58

What is you obsession with unions? This was a story about the cost/benefit of Wal-mart. It sounds like you made a good union wage and are now trying to make the most of your retirement by hoo-raying a depressed wage/benefit for others. It is not money that is the root of all evil, it is the love of money. The union was good enough for you for 31 years but NOW it is crap?


57 posted on 08/03/2005 2:53:48 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I didn't see it in my rearview mirror.)
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