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Target threatens to leave city (Chicago) if 'big-box' wage rule passes
Chicago Sun-Times ^
| July 14, 2006
| FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter
Posted on 07/14/2006 4:02:49 AM PDT by Chi-townChief
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To: wanderin
I see my attorney and my physician and their families both shop at Wal Mart here. I have run into my family doc (retired) several times at Menards and Wal-Mart, professionals want the same best prices they can get just like everyone else.
He even asked my advice about rewiring his house, I gave him my best advice and told him that there were a lot of dead amateur electricians.
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posted on
07/14/2006 8:49:28 AM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(Remember and pray for Sgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
To: Hazcat
What does $7.25 have to do with it? The article says $10.00 PLUS $3.00 in benefits. The thug unions control Chicago. Their existing contract escalators are tied to the mandated minimum wage.
A raise in the minimum raise increases the entire union scale.
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posted on
07/14/2006 8:56:20 AM PDT
by
HIDEK6
To: Graybeard58
I gave him my best advice and told him that there were a lot of dead amateur electricians. ZOT........
(sorry couldn't resist)
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posted on
07/14/2006 9:03:40 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(Taxaholism, the disease you elect to have (TY xcamel))
To: Brilliant
".........increasing the minimun wage is not as significant..."
So you say! Calculate all of the contract wages that are tied to the minimum wage. They all go up. Calculate all of the additional revenue govt will rake in. Why do you think unions and government are in bed on this issue?
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posted on
07/14/2006 9:17:15 AM PDT
by
burroak
To: Mr. Brightside
Just like EVERY other big corp Target and Walmart are pushing for another tax break. Increasing the minimum wage is no big deal, like you said. Even the $3.00 in benes means nothing since a majority of Walmart and Target Employees are PT and don't get benes.
Heck, pretty soon all we'll have is PT jobs with no benes and be forced to accept Social Healthcare.
But as long as the Politicians, Lawyers and Corporate Execs are happy all is well!
145
posted on
07/14/2006 9:17:37 AM PDT
by
100%FEDUP
(I'm seeing RED!)
To: 100%FEDUP
pretty soon all we'll have is PT jobs with no benes If you don't have any skills, any education or any ambition to improve yourself, you are probably right.
To: 100%FEDUP
And which union do you belong to?
147
posted on
07/14/2006 9:48:37 AM PDT
by
John D
To: caver
Sounds like a good place to open a donut shop.
148
posted on
07/14/2006 10:07:33 AM PDT
by
X-FID
(LOL (Land Of Legislation))
To: X-FID
Hah! I never thought of that.
149
posted on
07/14/2006 10:13:08 AM PDT
by
caver
(Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
To: Mr. Brightside; John D
I've got plenty of skills and ambition. I don't belong to a union. I deal with reality. We live in a service based society, skilled labor is not required, neither are FT staffs. Corporations save more money paying 150 PTers than 50 FTers. It's the new businees model. You don't believe me, look at the want ads sometime.
But like I said as long as the Politicians, Lawyers and Corporate Execs are happy all is well.
Which group do the two of you come from?
150
posted on
07/14/2006 10:22:59 AM PDT
by
100%FEDUP
(I'm seeing RED!)
To: HIDEK6
Typical union crap. I'm so happy I live in a "right to work" state.
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posted on
07/14/2006 10:38:16 AM PDT
by
Hazcat
To: Brilliant
"It's not profitable to break a bunch of leases and close shop, Not sure how Target does business but Wal-Mmart buys their properties, so they have no leases to break.
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posted on
07/14/2006 10:44:39 AM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
("`Eddies,' said Ford, `in the space-time continuum.' `Ah,' nodded Arthur, `is he? Is he?'")
To: 100%FEDUP
Walmart and Target Employees are PT You are wrong about W-M, I don't know about Target.
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posted on
07/14/2006 10:48:12 AM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(Remember and pray for Sgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
To: stopem
Personally I can't see how people are able to rent an apt, buy food, pay for utilities if they are earning $8 and hour which probably nets about $6 and hour, however earning say $10 an hour would net about $8.00 per hr. $6 x 40 hours is $240 a week, under $1,000 a month, apartments are about $400 to $800 a month which than places the burden on the taxpayer as the wage earner is than able to receive welfare benefits, section 8 housing, etc. They aren't able to. If you continue to wish for the impossible, your life will be one filled with disappointment.
These are not "living wage" jobs. These are not "living wage" jobs. These are not "living wage" jobs. These are not "living wage" jobs. These are not "living wage" jobs. These are not "living wage" jobs.
These jobs will not enable you to:
---Raise a family
---Buy a home
---retire at age 55
---buy a boat and RV
I hope I was able to help.
154
posted on
07/14/2006 10:50:09 AM PDT
by
gogeo
(The /sarc tag is a form of training wheels for those unable to discern intellectual subtlety.)
To: stopem
As I said as a taxpayer I don't want to have to pay for these low wage earners receiving section 8 and welfare benefits so I see no need for the insults in answer to what I posted. If they aren't employed, what will you be paying for?
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posted on
07/14/2006 10:52:14 AM PDT
by
gogeo
(The /sarc tag is a form of training wheels for those unable to discern intellectual subtlety.)
To: Hazcat
So do I. I did a trade show once, though, in McCormack Place, and had to deal with the unions.
I'll never go back.
156
posted on
07/14/2006 10:53:54 AM PDT
by
HIDEK6
To: AmericaUnited
For once I'm proud of something "French", showing some brass ones.From snopes.com: The Target Corporation is a publicly held, U.S.-based firm which has been headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, since it began as the Dayton Dry Goods Company in 1902. Target is not now, nor has it ever been, foreign-owned. (A French-based financial institution, AXA, holds about 42 million shares of Target stock, but that holding constitutes less than 5% of Target Corporation's outstanding shares.)
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posted on
07/14/2006 10:54:11 AM PDT
by
JoeGar
To: DTogo
Why not make the minimum "living wage" at least $20/hour plus 401(k) and benefits, maybe higher? D@mn straight...these b@stards want to buy people off pretty cheap, don't they? That shows no respect.
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posted on
07/14/2006 10:55:49 AM PDT
by
gogeo
(The /sarc tag is a form of training wheels for those unable to discern intellectual subtlety.)
To: HIDEK6
Used to have to deal with them in the trucking industry. Talk about thugs!
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posted on
07/14/2006 10:57:27 AM PDT
by
Hazcat
To: Graybeard58
I think they should force all the big stores to run charity stores where all the merchandise is free to people who live in the neighborhood.They had a couple of those stores in New Orleans.
They used to...
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posted on
07/14/2006 10:57:55 AM PDT
by
gogeo
(The /sarc tag is a form of training wheels for those unable to discern intellectual subtlety.)
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