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Walmart Threatened Workers For Trying To Organize, Judge Rules

Fletch said:
90% of the private workforce in not unionized yet somehow Walmart is constantly singled out by leftist agitators as the symbol of corporate tyranny. Why is that? The employees are generally content and not interested in unionization, so why does the left continue to beat this drum? I suspect that like everything else with liberals, this is all about politics and power masquerading as concern for the little guy.
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i'm not just for walmart workers organizing. and yeah, i do have a lot of concern for the little guy.
 
Helix said:
i'm not just for walmart workers organizing. and yeah, i do have a lot of concern for the little guy.
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Then why force him into a union he doesn't want?
 
Crovax said:
Absolutely they should be held accountable, what I object to is calling this isolated incident indicative of Walmarts overall labor practices
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A lot of stuff at Wal-Mart is made in China, so Wal-Mart can say it treats it's workers well all it wants to, while importing items made with slave labor.
 
jet57 said:
The walmart employees are doing the picketing and the walmart employees are organizing through their choice of a union. Walmart has every right to dissuade a union drive; just don't cheat.
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There are a lot of paid union workers on those picket lines, true story.
 
TheDemSocialist said:
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Walmart getting called out on their oppressive labor practices. First judge decision since OUR Walmart was formed. I suspect more decision like this one to come not in Walmart's favor but in favor of the employees.
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Another judge that needs to be removed from the bench.

He should of told those useless vermin that they should have to wear what walmart tells them and if they don't like the pay and benefits, then get some education and make themselves more "valuable" and marketable in the labor market. No one is entitled to more than market value for the labor they provide.
 
Thom Paine said:
Do you have some personal intimate knowledge to this end that you can share ?

Inquiring minds.

Thom Paine
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Please educate yourself on Walmart's business practices. This is not the job of forum members. If you don't have the knowledge, then move along and quit wasting bandwidth by asking everyone what they know. :shrug:
 
Helix said:
not even willing to give an inch? come on, man. we're all workers here. our kids will be workers. i don't want them working in a labor market in which they are treated like toilet paper. increased job security, a regular shift, and upward mobility is not too much to ask.
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What % of a stores workers should be in management positions?
 
danarhea said:
A lot of stuff at Wal-Mart is made in China, so Wal-Mart can say it treats it's workers well all it wants to, while importing items made with slave labor.
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I really wish people would stop using terms slave labor to describe low paying jobs. A slave lacks choice and is forced into something, not a person that voluntarily gets a job and again accepts the wage offered. There is plenty of things you can describe a wage below what someone can live on, but slave labor is not one of them.
 
Helix said:
i don't support forcing anyone to join a union. i also don't support unions having to negotiate for non-union workers' wages and benefits.
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Well what I'm told is that if unions can not force people into their union they can not get their demands meet. It's the same argument you hear for nations really. If a government can not force all people in their territorial area under their command then they can't govern. It's an interesting thing for me anyway to argue an idea is sound when it requires involuntary servitude.
 
Crovax said:
What % of a stores workers should be in management positions?
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there should be a way to move up the ranks, much like in the military. not everyone in the military is a general, but not everyone is a private, either. if i were running the union, that's what i'd ask for instead of unrealistically high base pay.
 
Henrin said:
Well what I'm told is that if unions can not force people into their union they can not get their demands meet. It's the same argument you hear for nations really. If a government can not force all people in their territorial area under their command then they can't govern. It's an interesting thing for me anyway to argue an idea is sound when it requires involuntary servitude.
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Henrin, you think everything other than anarchy is involuntary servitude.
 
Hatuey said:
Please educate yourself on Walmart's business practices. This is not the job of forum members. If you don't have the knowledge, then move along and quit wasting bandwidth by asking everyone what they know. :shrug:
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I was inquiring as to a personal basis/knowledge for an accusation ...she and I had a little humor over it ................... see your own advice as highlighted above ^^^^

Always make peace with the day H

Thom Paine
 
Fletch said:
90% of the private workforce in not unionized yet somehow Walmart is constantly singled out by leftist agitators as the symbol of corporate tyranny. Why is that? The employees are generally content and not interested in unionization, so why does the left continue to beat this drum? I suspect that like everything else with liberals, this is all about politics and power masquerading as concern for the little guy.
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It's mostly pure seething jealousy and hatred, because the Walmart heirs are dirty, rotten, filthy, stinking rich, and, aren't raging libs. The rest is because talkingpointsmemo and Daily POS tole them Walmart's eeeeeevil.
 
Helix said:
i'm not just for walmart workers organizing. and yeah, i do have a lot of concern for the little guy.
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Yes, your concern for the little guy by raising the cost of everything, is touching. :roll:
 
danarhea said:
A lot of stuff at Wal-Mart is made in China, so Wal-Mart can say it treats it's workers well all it wants to, while importing items made with slave labor.
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Every big box store in the country sells a lot of Chinese goods, why are you (and others) singling out Walmart? Walmart also sells a lot of goods made in the good ole USA, do they get zero credit for that?
 
Hatuey said:
Please educate yourself on Walmart's business practices. This is not the job of forum members. If you don't have the knowledge, then move along and quit wasting bandwidth by asking everyone what they know. :shrug:
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In other words, you got nuthin'. Lol.....
 
Helix said:
there should be a way to move up the ranks, much like in the military. not everyone in the military is a general, but not everyone is a private, either. if i were running the union, that's what i'd ask for instead of unrealistically high base pay.
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That sounds wonderful but is genrally rare in a union. Unlike the military, where the rank is attained based on merit, with time at the previous rank also a prerequisite, unions (with the exception of trade unions) tend to favor time at the previous rank (seniority) as the only requirement to advance in "rank" (like the within grade step increases doled out by the civil service). Unions generally exclude company management from their membership altogether since they are generally given better salary and benefit packages than the union can obtain for its membership.
 
Helix said:
there should be a way to move up the ranks, much like in the military. not everyone in the military is a general, but not everyone is a private, either. if i were running the union, that's what i'd ask for instead of unrealistically high base pay.
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There is, it's called hard work and perseverance.
 
countryboy said:
Yes, your concern for the little guy by raising the cost of everything, is touching. :roll:
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it's touching to me that you think so.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
That sounds wonderful but is genrally rare in a union. Unlike the military, where the rank is attained based on merit, with time at the previous rank also a prerequisite, unions (with the exception of trade unions) tend to favor time at the previous rank (seniority) as the only requirement to advance in "rank" (like the within grade step increases doled out by the civil service). Unions generally exclude company management from their membership altogether since they are generally given better salary and benefit packages than the union can obtain for its membership.
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i'd say that being a loyal employee should earn one some degree of "merit." give them something to work towards. they will be better employees because of it.
 
countryboy said:
Do higher prices help the little guy, and the poor? Yes, or no.
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yes, if slightly increased prices result in more opportunity for the worker.
 
Helix said:
i'd say that being a loyal employee should earn one some degree of "merit." give them something to work towards. they will be better employees because of it.
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Loyal in what way? Simply by virtue of showing up?
 
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