To: oceanview
or using the emergency room as their medical plan. so we are paying for that,
The store workers, even the part time ones, are currently getting free medical benefits. They are striking because the stores want them to contribute to their medical insurance.
Because of the rising cost of medical insurance, and the stiff competition that Wal-Mart will be bringing in a few years the stores can no longer afford to give their workers free insurance.
To: redheadtoo
yes, but the answer to this problem isn't a "race to the bottom", with walmart being the bottom.
we've got to be realistic about this. we have lost a huge number of jobs to offshore labor, but we create alot of service jobs in this country that are "captive". so now, when our fellow citizens are taking those jobs, should we then jump in and say they should all earn walmart wages with no health benefits?
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