[Yo-Yo]

Drivers get paid by the case delivered. If the bottling plant ships directly to a Wal-Mart warehouse, bypassing the local distributer, the driver gets hurt.

[stuartcr]

One more group of American workers that can question why everyone says the economy is getting better...

[Radix]

"bypassing the local distributer, the driver gets hurt."

I certainly do not know much more about this matter other than what the article says.

My very first notion was that this was a union thing.

I worked with union drivers for a long time. I'm certain that Wal Mart does not want to have recruiting done at their stores. That does happen you know.

Certainly there is likely a lot more to it, but that was what my instinct told me.

I happen to have some experience with a lot of union people losing jobs because of underhanded tactics by Wal Mart. They are a quite vicious predatory institution.

Me? I was never a part of the union, but I did leave that management job sometime ago in order to pursue other endeavors.

[Hendrix]

"Drivers get paid by the case delivered. If the bottling plant ships directly to a Wal-Mart warehouse, bypassing the local distributer, the driver gets hurt."

And the American consumer wins with lower prices by cutting out unnecessary middle men and costs.