wait until these empty headed yahoos show up
Posted on 11/28/2014 2:16:10 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
WASHINGTON -- Dirk Rasmussen had Friday off and could have slept in if he wanted to. Instead, the Maryland resident and Teamster rose early and drove to downtown Washington, eager to join a post-Thanksgiving protest against Walmart.
"Our local [union] president encouraged us to take part," said Rasmussen, 58, who works in a lumber and building-supply warehouse. "I raised eight children on a Teamsters benefit package and Teamsters wage. I'm a firm believer in collective bargaining, and I'm very concerned about the security of this next generation."
Black Friday may be most famous for doorbuster shopping deals, but among progressives it's becoming a regular holiday for labor demonstrations. Friday marked the third consecutive year of scattered but highly visible protests against Walmart. Demonstrators, along with an unknown number of Walmart strikers, are calling for better pay and scheduling practices from the world's largest retailer....
(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.com ...
News headline from the near future: “Walmart testing automated store stocking systems, sees massive productivity increase.”
I’m sure it will happen. Amazon is doing it in their warehouses, so the tech is there, just need to justify the capital.
LOL! Good luck with that. Don’t forget to ask for full benefits and a retirement plan with that.
Alternate headline: “Unions Try to Con Walmart Workers Into Demanding Their Own Layoffs”
I noticed today that the local Walmart had added more self-checkout lanes.
Never ones to take now for an answer, unions the fix for what isn’t broken.
Mr. Rasmussen probably shops at only unionized stores that pay premium wages and benefits...right?
If there was such a thing, besides a few grocery chains.
Ours, which happened to be the first "Super Wally" in Kalifornia, took out all their self-checkout lanes quite a few years ago....due to thievage.
Heard some idiot in FW today arguing that raising the MW actually helps walmart since employees have more to spend.
First of all, driving an 18 wheel 30 ton monster across the country takes a little more skill than stocking peanut butter on a shelf.
Secondly, in order to raise wages, you have to get rid of all the illegal aliens that are working under the table, lowering the wage base and not paying taxes.
Walmart isn't the only company that has employees and if these people think
they're worth more then they'll have offers for higher pay. Walmart is a starter
company for people to gain reputation and work ETHICS!, not a company to retire
with unless you have MGT exp. Same goes for fast food.
Too bad Walmart prices will go up. Also too bad that the prices will inevitably rise faster than wages.
Too funny
That’s actually a pretty good metric for the local ethics - do the larger neighborhood stores have self-checkout kiosks? Have they been there more than a year? If the answer to both is yes, then perhaps it’s a pretty honest neighborhood.
So, let me get this straight. Either your thankful you have a job or you don’t really want one? Is that how that works? Robots only need a tune up and routine maintenance on a set schedule so I’m wonderin’ how much are they gonna be paying the facilities folks? :>}
Then at some point the kid comes around and demands he gives you double his wages and he gets to work full-time...even though the job only needs about 15-20 hours a week. Would you keep that kid?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.