Posted on 11/22/2012 11:31:32 PM PST by matt04
It’s on.
A year and a half after retail workers announced the founding of a new Walmart employee group, five months after guest workers struck a Walmart seafood supplier, and seven weeks after the country’s first multi-store Walmart strikes, the Black Friday strike has begun.
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Expectations are high for a historic strike. Given Walmart’s role as the dominant employer of our era, the current wave of work stoppages is already among the country’s most consequential twenty-first century strikes. But in interviews this month, workers and organizers described today’s actions as a turning point, not a climax, in their struggle against the retail giant. “This is the beginning of something…” said Dan Schlademan, a United Food & Commercial Workers union official who directs the allied group Making Change at Walmart. “This is a new permanent reality for Walmart…2012 is the beginning of the season where retail workers are going to start to stand up.”
“There’s going to be more days that we’re going to strike,” said Rozier, “and it’s not going to stop. I’m not going to stop until they respect us and give us what we want.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thenation.com ...
Your attitude indicates to me that you expect WalMart workers to be your slaves, toadies and beyotches. Me-— I could care less if they strike and inconvenience people because I am not going there on Black Friday or most other places. It’s all about me dennisw!!! so I don’t care same as you and WalMart workers. Me! Me! Me! Me! Getting to lord over your inferiors
Ever see the yelp restaurant reviews? The women are the most critical about service etc and everything. They figure if they pay they get to rent a smiling rent_a_slave. Connect the dots my FRiend.
I don't know about you but with all of them "watching my 6" its move forward with confidence! /s
LOL :~)
“The Nation”, LMBO!!!
Yeah, this phoney baloney attempt at propaganda will work, lol!
I shopped at my local Walmart just tonight and there were at least thirty new employees there, all wearing those new yellow shirts to distinguish them from the blue-shirted long-time employees. Not a striker in sight! Only about a million shoppers.
I’m wondering here...would it blow their little heads up if I went into the local WalMart and bought...ammo?
>> Why, why, why? Someone tell me why.
Equally perplexed; thus, my comment about State law that 2DV clarified wasn’t a factor.
I don’t get it. Almost seems like a “Strike” game is be played by both the employer and employees.
Maybe enrolling and training is a factor in the timing of the strike. I’d image, however, there are plenty of unemployed folks that can be brought up to speed real fast.
See post #23.
I guarantee you, the regular long-time employees are looking around and seeing scores of new holiday temps who would gladly take their jobs. The yellow-shirted temps were all over the place tonight.
LOL! (You're good!)
I went to target when they opened at 9 - it was completely nuts but all of the employees were wearing smiles and were in a better mood than usual.
Bought the kid an ipod and used the $40 gift card combined with their 1/2 off toy deals to work an $80 contribution to Toys for Tots. Figured an hour of my time was worth a $80 in gifts for others so I did it.
It was my first "black-whatever" sale and I concur that the people in there are nuts - me included :)
Yay. More job openings for those who need a second 29 hour job!!
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Best thing Walmart can do is IMMEDIATELY replace the strikers, in areas where needed hire security and if if gets bad shut the facility down.
Won’t take a whole lot of firings and shutdowns to bring the goons to their collective knees.
“Twinkie” may just be the best thing that happened for Walmarts sake as it showed Management can have some backbone and not be intimidated.
Enough people get canned and you will see a change in attitude.
Even the ‘food stamp crowd’ may see the difference in the $1. bread at Walmart vs 2.25 + elsewhere..
Surprised Govt hasn’t intervened and make the ‘big box’ stores raise prices in areas - much like some states did with gas stations.
They make the people like Walmart/grocery stores with gas sell for a range with the local area to ‘protect’ the local businesses.
I remember when gas stations would have giveaways to get you inside the door - And was quite taken aback when seeing such signs as ‘we sell for the cheapest price the law allows’...
I would imagine that since I am paying the rent, buying the product, paying taxes etc I should be able to give away cigarettes, gasoline or whatever is legally mine, bought and paid for.
But I can’t.....
Walmart should take this as the perfect reason to never, ever unionize.
That’s funny. I was *this* close to doing the 9:00 Target-first-time-in-my-life thing, too.
I MAY go out tomorrow. But I have a different mission. I’m going to go into LOCAL shops....just to see what’s to be had.
From now on, anyone who is on strike gets to be called a Twinkie!!
bump
It’s true, we no longer have free market capitalism
One couple, each working 32 hours a week at Walmart takes home about $24,000 according to their interview.
Good to know. If a person wants those jobs they should be able to get them from someone who doesn’t/
:p
Oh my aching stuffed belly
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Oh how selfish....<: <: <:
You should have foregone YOUR meal, had PBJ samwitches on 2 day old bread, and had beans and rice for the main meal.
I am sure that is what was served at the White Hut for the pResident and his family after spending a hard day handing out food to the starving masses.
Funny how a turkey at Thanksgiving and Christmas is supposed to be meaningful (I know every little bit helps) but if I were the pRez and other pols, I would be working to see that people would become more self sufficient.
Saw on the tube the other night all the people ‘fawning’ and sighing orgasmistically about what a wonderful, great man the pResident is, taking time from his busy schedule (can’t make this stuff up folks) to come down here and make sure I have a turkey.
Much the same as M. Lewinskys parents - after hearing their daughter was a ‘receptacle’ for #1 -
‘I never imagined that MY daughter would get a chance to meat(sic) the President’.
I live about 30 miles southwest of Minneapolis, past me is all farm land - I have no idea where all of these people came from!
You know what might be fun .... Show up during these "sales" and slip things in peoples carts when they aren't looking. Think of some of the embarrassment one could cause with simple pharmacy items :~)
I would never do that .... but just imagine
Awesome. Fire them, hire people willing to work. If no one is willing to work shut down.
GO HOSTESS TWINKIE on them!
I worked retail for several years. I knew that it would require certain sacrifices if I wanted to make a living, including nights, weekends, holidays, storms, etc.
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