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Walmart Threatened Workers For Trying To Organize, Judge Rules

whysoserious said:
I thought you weren't going to converse with me because I called you out on the torture thread. I was rather looking forward to that.
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An idiotic post from you. Color me surprised.

You didn't call me out on any thread. I asked you not to post to me in that thread again, and if you are, I'm ignoring you in it because your posts don't interest me. You aren't a moderator and don't call the shots on what we can and can't post about in a thread.

I just pointed out your false post in this thread for what it was. Next time you want to lie about what WalMart is doing check and see who's posting here. Those of us who know the facts will call out your lies, which you ignored I see, for the lies that they are.
 
Helix said:
Walmart workers need to form a national union. lousy pay, little control over schedule, relying on public assistance to make up the difference, etc. if you don't want your workers to unionize, treat them like human beings.
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You'd think, with all the threads in political forums, all the posts on social media, all the publicity on the three letter news media, that Walmart prospective employees would have sufficient data to not have gone to work for them in the first place. They did, so there must have some advantage not known to the rest of us.

I've known quite a few Walmart employees. All I knew were either young people in their early career paths, or retired persons who enjoyed standing in the front of the store smiling. The first group either moved on or up. The second is still smiling.

If you are a 20 year Walmart employee still making $10 an hour and expecting to get a Chinese made gold watch at your retirement, the problem is not Walmart.
 
tres borrachos said:
An idiotic post from you. Color me surprised.

You didn't call me out on any thread. I asked you not to post to me in that thread again, and if you are, I'm ignoring you in it because your posts don't interest me. You aren't a moderator and don't call the shots on what we can and can't post about in a thread.

I just pointed out your false post in this thread for what it was. Next time you want to lie about what WalMart is doing check and see who's posting here. Those of us who know the facts will call out your lies, which you ignored I see, for the lies that they are.
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You get mad that I hinted you were a psychopath on the other thread, you call me rude, and then you say my posts are "idiotic". Don't worry, I won't report you to the mods, I'm an adult and I can handle insults.

FYI, lying and being wrong are two different things. I was not aware that they stopped taking insurance policies out on their employees. I guess when they put off a vibe that they think their employees are pieces of ****, I tend to believe that they still do things that treat them as such.
 
tres borrachos said:
You are always at your employer's discretion for schedule. I have to work sometimes at 3 am by phone because one of my staff needs a call with customers overseas. I don't like it, but if I choose to remain employed, I have to do it. If the WalMart employees want to pick their own schedules all the time, they should consider another line of work, or open up their own competing business.
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for what they make, it's unfair to ask them to keep wildly irregular schedules and to basically be on call when they are off. surely some improvements could be made.
 
Helix said:
for what they make, it's unfair to ask them to keep wildly irregular schedules and to basically be on call when they are off. surely some improvements could be made.
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What this says to me..is if the workers were abused..walked out.would they get any benefits due to their ''arrogance?''
 
Helix said:
for what they make, it's unfair to ask them to keep wildly irregular schedules and to basically be on call when they are off. surely some improvements could be made.
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if you don't like the schedule you have the option of going somewhere else, however you will find that all retailers have the same types of schedules.
it is all based on peak/nonpeak hours. during the holiday it gets even worse.
 
twixie1 said:
What this says to me..is if the workers were abused..walked out.would they get any benefits due to their ''arrogance?''
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if you walk out of your job you get fired. that is pretty much standard policy in general.
these workers aren't union. walmart should have fired them for an illegal strike. I know I would have more so when I know there are 10-20 other people that actually want a job.
 
ludin said:
if you walk out of your job you get fired. that is pretty much standard policy in general.
these workers aren't union. walmart should have fired them for an illegal strike. I know I would have more so when I know there are 10-20 other people that actually want a job.
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That is quite depressing..a lose..lose situation..
Who are these people..are they American..Mexican or what..
Who allow themselves to be abused in this way?
 
ludin said:
if you don't like the schedule you have the option of going somewhere else, however you will find that all retailers have the same types of schedules.
it is all based on peak/nonpeak hours. during the holiday it gets even worse.
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treat them like cattle enough, and they will unionize. easiest thing in the world to prevent.
 
twixie1 said:
What this says to me..is if the workers were abused..walked out.would they get any benefits due to their ''arrogance?''
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a walkout really isn't necessary. that would be a last resort. first you form the union for all of the stores, and then you negotiate with management.
 
Helix said:
a walkout really isn't necessary. that would be a last resort. first you form the union for all of the stores, and then you negotiate with management.
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People who join ''Unions'' here are seen as militants..
 
Helix said:
a walkout really isn't necessary. that would be a last resort. first you form the union for all of the stores, and then you negotiate with management.
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To be honest, the majority of the people who work at Walmart really aren't that interested in unions. There are a lot of part timers who just don't want to deal with it.
And no matter what the liberals say about Walmart, they do treat their people pretty damn good.
 
Helix said:
for what they make, it's unfair to ask them to keep wildly irregular schedules and to basically be on call when they are off. surely some improvements could be made.
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Wildly irregular schedules? Really? Not when I worked there, they asked what hours I would be available and they scheduled me as such.
 
twixie1 said:
That is quite depressing..a lose..lose situation..
Who are these people..are they American..Mexican or what..
Who allow themselves to be abused in this way?
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You do understand that we do have labor laws, right?
 
twixie1 said:
Maybe they have no other hope..lack education..or are generally unwelcome in America??

You can always kick people when they are down..
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2nd income wives pulling in 45k a year to be a dept manager have no hope and are unwelcome in America, wtf are you talking about
 
Crovax said:
2nd income wives pulling in 45k a year to be a dept manager have no hope and are unwelcome in America, wtf are you talking about
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Not talking about ''dept managers'' who I am sure all very nice Americans..talking about the shelf fillers..the people who pull round the trolleys out of the car park...the people who clean the johns..I'd like to now how much they earn a week..
 
twixie1 said:
Not talking about ''dept managers'' who I am sure all very nice Americans..talking about the shelf fillers..the people who pull round the trolleys out of the car park...the people who clean the johns..I'd like to now how much they earn a week..
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How much do you think these entry level jobs should pay? These are not career jobs, these are the stepping stones to career jobs.
 
Helix said:
for what they make, it's unfair to ask them to keep wildly irregular schedules and to basically be on call when they are off. surely some improvements could be made.
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:raises eyebrow: I was working a pretty insane, irregular schedule involving (sometimes) 54 hour days, and probably making less than them on an hourly basis.

If they are willing to take the money for the job, then it's fair.
 
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