That's fine, don't have any regard for them and you don't have to sympathize with them or empathize with them. But the very least you can do is understand what's going on. We're talking about Walmart employees who protest their jobs yet keep them, in case you've forgotten. People are motivated by fear - fear of the unknown, fear of losing their money or their friends or their house. Walmart will hire you if you don't have a solid education or proficient skills, they'll still hire you when a lot of other companies won't. And it's NOT because they think you'd make a great employee, it's because they hire people who can be paid minimum wage and get the shaft in every aspect of their employment and still not quit or even demand a raise. Most don't stick around too long but many of them do and of those that do are afraid of what I mentioned before: loss and discomfort. That's human, dawg. That's what we all do.
When a woman can't bring herself to leave her abusive husband, do you say you have little regard for her and that if she was really abused she would have divorced him? Yes, that's a long way away from working at Walmart, but the important thing is that many (or arguably most) people find it impossible to make big changes in their lives, even when that change would greatly benefit them in the long run. And just because they are afraid to change doesn't mean that they should be exploited for that inability.
I used to work at Whole Foods and it's pretty close to how I described it. And no, I am not saying that Walmart employees are a lower class of people. I would say that the average Walmart employee is a lot more down to earth and the average Whole Foods employee is a lot more open minded. Those personality traits are irrelevant to the discussion except to provide an answer to your question.
But what I was getting at was what I wrote in response to the Harry Guerilla. And as to your last sentence, Walmart's board of directors have a responsibility as a group of human beings to treat their employees reasonably well and make sure they have opportunities to improve their lives whether that means a wage increase, benefits, time off, education, or just compassion and the willingness to assist the individuals they employ and the community in which they exist. Somebody who works at a group home may have a job that consists entirely of feeding and clothing a disabled individual. But when that disabled individual is approaching the end of their life, the responsibility we all have as a human being is to help that individual in any way we can (again, within reason) no matter what our job description says. If corporations are people, they sure don't know how to show their feelings.
