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Walmart workers laud their wage protest as success
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Posted on 11/24/2012 8:27:40 PM PST by Arthurio
SECAUCUS, New Jersey - Walmart workers hailed their wage protest Saturday, saying their walkout on ‘Black Friday’ had shown the world’s largest retailer their determination to fight against all odds.
Hundreds of protesters targeted Walmart stores across the United States on Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year, accusing the bargain superstore of ripping off its own employees. The protests were designed to disrupt the Black Friday shopping frenzy, after Thursday’s Thanksgiving holiday, when deep discounts pull in waves of customers.
“Today’s protests at Walmart stores across the country are a reminder of the enormous power of working people uniting to demand a better future with a living wage, affordable healthcare and respect on the job,” said Mary Kay Henry, president of the 2.1 million-member Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: seiu; uniongoons; walmart
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To: Arthurio
“Hundreds ... across the country.”
*snicker*
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posted on
11/25/2012 3:43:42 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(Are you getting ready for the Advent Kitteh?)
To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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posted on
11/25/2012 3:45:15 AM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
To: Arthurio
Did the get a pay raise?
No. . . . . .
Then they lost.
After Little Rock views the tapes, they will have nothing. . . . . NADA
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posted on
11/25/2012 3:48:29 AM PST
by
DeaconRed
(We couldn't beat the worst human being on GODS earth. The party is done for.)
To: Arthurio
Bunk.
No one even noticed the protesters except as a handful of loud-mouthed morons at the front door handing out fliers.
To: Arthurio
If Walmart is so anti union why is every super center in China unionized? They “partnered” with the DOT to rewrite the logistics carrier laws, that they wrote to put every other business and private carrier at a financial disadvantage. They were a major proponent of Obamacare. They were a major proponent of increase of the minimum wage. Their former international CE violated international law and when he was caught they promoted him. They contract the cheapest electronic hardware, so cheap that the manufacturers don't back their own products. I don't understand why they are held so dear on this forum.
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11/25/2012 7:02:29 AM PST
by
PJammers
(I can't help it... It's my idiom!)
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To: JohnJackson
I can tell you from experience they are not on our side. They chose to comply instead of fight. If Mr. Sam were still alive I would say differently.
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11/25/2012 3:59:17 PM PST
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PJammers
(I can't help it... It's my idiom!)
To: Lancey Howard
“Alinsky diamond” — ? Was unable to find info on, where can I find it? TIA
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posted on
11/26/2012 6:55:23 AM PST
by
cyn
(Benghazi. That says it all.)
To: cyn
To: Lancey Howard
Thanks for the link, great comments there.
I’m aware of the practice, just not by diamond name, and have attended “community input” (*snort*) meetings that have obviously used it.
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posted on
11/26/2012 10:19:16 AM PST
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cyn
(Benghazi. That says it all.)
To: Lancey Howard
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11/28/2012 8:21:41 AM PST
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cyn
(Benghazi. That says it all.)
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