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Walmart Workers Launch Black Friday Strike

Not necessarily, unless salaried, but I get the impression this line of thinking will be carried away by those seeking to impose more and more government mandates on employers regarding compensation.

Not necessarily, same response as above.

Nobody is imposing a government mandate so your slippery slope fails. People are asking for their mistreatment to cease and that Walmart comply with the very policies they have. That's not unreasonable.
 
Nobody is imposing a government mandate so your slippery slope fails. People are asking for their mistreatment to cease and that Walmart comply with the very policies they have. That's not unreasonable.

That's definitely not all people are asking for. They're asking for a federal minimum wage hike and for living wages and for retail and food service jobs to pay like careers, and so on and so forth. Look around this forum and the media and the web. The clamoring for statutory wage and benefit mandates is as deafening as ever.
 
That's definitely not all people are asking for. They're asking for a federal minimum wage hike and for living wages and for retail and food service jobs to pay like careers, and so on and so forth.

Separate issues.

Look around this forum and the media and the web. The clamoring for statutory wage and benefit mandates is as deafening as ever.

Separate issues. :)
 
What about people who do not have these options. I've already asked you: What is your solution for them? Say you have a single mother of 3 who lives 10 minutes from a town whose only real stable employment is Walmart. Is she supposed to quit her job, and go somewhere else for a job? What if she simply can't risk going 2 weeks without a paycheck?

Everyone has those options. They might not be easy options but they are still options.
 
When I worked for Walmart a couple of years ago, we were basically required to sign documents explicitly waiving our right to unionize, as I recall. We were required to watch instructional videos warning us against them as well.

I wonder if these employees could actually be fired for breach of contract on those grounds, or if the whole thing was simply a paper tiger.

Edit:

Though... For the record, it should be noted that Walmart was actually one of the better retailers I ever worked for.

I started off at almost $10.00 an hour, I got a full hour for lunch (if I wanted it), we all got stock benefits, employees were allowed to clock in either 15 minutes early or late without having it be a mark against them, and we couldn't work off the clock without risk of disciplinary action for both ourselves and any manager found responsible.

TotalWine? Yea... Not so much. :lol:

You work for TotalWine?
 
Sorry, did the workers get "assigned" to Walmart through some criminal rehab program or did they apply and agree to work retail store hours?

If someone was hired with the GUARANTEE that they wouldn't work holidays, you might have a point. But I am fairly confident that this sort of arrangement was not done in the interview.

Are you showing the same concern for the fire department, police department, and other people that HAVE to work holidays or are you ONLY interested in RETAIL?

I agree with this exactly. No one is forcing the people to work at Walmart. Black Friday is an important day for retail stores.
If you don't like working holidays, then find a new job! What about the doctors, the police force, and the fire department?
Someone needs to work on these days.
 
That's not the only thing Wal-Mart is doing. If it were, we wouldn't be having this discussion. They've been sued in various states for threatening employees with firing if they don't work extra hours for no pay. However, if you're still following this ridiculous argument: The government has a right (as per the constitution) to tax you. If you don't like it? Leave.

And anywhere that Walmart is in violation of the law, they can and should be prosecuted to the furthest extent of the law. Expecting an employee to be working on a holiday is not illegal.
 
I agree with this exactly. No one is forcing the people to work at Walmart. Black Friday is an important day for retail stores.
If you don't like working holidays, then find a new job! What about the doctors, the police force, and the fire department?
Someone needs to work on these days.

Police officers and firefighters get substantial pay bonuses for holiday work, overtime etc.
 
Gee, it will be so hard to replace Walmart workers.
 
So, have the 3 SEIU goons who picketed Walmart on Black Friday forced the company to file for bankruptcy protection yet?

The most amazing thing about Walmart workers going on strike is that the striking workers virtually never actually work for Walmart.
 
So, have the 3 SEIU goons who picketed Walmart on Black Friday forced the company to file for bankruptcy protection yet?

The most amazing thing about Walmart workers going on strike is that the striking workers virtually never actually work for Walmart.

The other amazing thing is that the strike never seemed to actually happen.
 
They'd be too afraid..they know that Walmart could replace them all in 30 minutes!!

Exactly.

If a significant percentage of Walmart workers could be counted on to strike, then they'd have some power. As it is, they have none.
 
So, have the 3 SEIU goons who picketed Walmart on Black Friday forced the company to file for bankruptcy protection yet?

The most amazing thing about Walmart workers going on strike is that the striking workers virtually never actually work for Walmart.

The funny thing with most of these "strikes" is it's never actual Walmart employees, it's people paid for by the unions to stand out there with signs. The employees don't really care, it's all just union rabble-rousing.
 
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