possibly a legal thing? can't just fire everyone for wanting to unionize, close the store for 6 months, all those employees go elsewhere for work, rehire process a month before store opens, don't rehire people who used to work there.
pretty solid business strategy.
or possibly a cover for something else altogether, we'll probably never know the truth.
I think we already know. It's far more cost effective to shut down 5 stores for 6 months than it is to let unions get even one foot in the door. Wal-Mart easily has the cash flow to shutter hundreds of stores if necessary and they wouldn't hesitate for a second if that's what they needed to do to keep unions out.
And as much as it pains me to say this, good for Wal-Mart. There are very few organizations I hate enough to root for Wal-Mart, but labor unions are definitely on that short list.
I think we already know. It's far more cost effective to shut down 5 stores for 6 months than it is to let unions get even one foot in the door. Wal-Mart easily has the cash flow to shutter hundreds of stores if necessary and they wouldn't hesitate for a second if that's what they needed to do to keep unions out.
And as much as it pains me to say this, good for Wal-Mart. There are very few organizations I hate enough to root for Wal-Mart, but labor unions are definitely on that short list.
I think we already know. It's far more cost effective to shut down 5 stores for 6 months than it is to let unions get even one foot in the door. Wal-Mart easily has the cash flow to shutter hundreds of stores if necessary and they wouldn't hesitate for a second if that's what they needed to do to keep unions out.
And as much as it pains me to say this, good for Wal-Mart. There are very few organizations I hate enough to root for Wal-Mart, but labor unions are definitely on that short list.
unions have their place. thanks for your input. i'd rather unions get more out of walmart instead of my tax dollars supplementing those employees income to close the gap.
Then raise the minimum wage at the national level. Why should we not "supplement" Walmarts employees but continue to supplement every other minimum wage job? If it's your tax dollars you are concerned about it seems like an issue for Congress to address and not an issue for labor unions.
I live in this world...trust me.I don't know, seems kind of drastic to shut down 5 stores for about 6 months each cause some of the employees pissed you off...
Good for WalMart.... America's largest private employer... where most employees earn more than minimum wage... while providing affordable goods to the people most hurt by Obama's policies
Love them.
Then raise the minimum wage at the national level. Why should we not "supplement" Walmarts employees but continue to supplement every other minimum wage job? If it's your tax dollars you are concerned about it seems like an issue for Congress to address and not an issue for labor unions.
Good for WalMart.... America's largest private employer... where most employees earn more than minimum wage... while providing affordable goods to the people most hurt by Obama's policies
Love them.
WalMart is a sponge in every community it is located, siphoning out money to Arkansas, while paying their employees the least amount legal while keeping their hours low to decrease benefits, with those employees using public assistance to pay their bills.Good for WalMart.... America's largest private employer... where most employees earn more than minimum wage... while providing affordable goods to the people most hurt by Obama's policies
Love them.
And you hate unions because... what, exactly?
As with anything, you need moderation.So your fine with poor treatment of employees? They can just work elsewhere and market forces will change how Walmart does business? Employees shouldn't even try to make things better, they should just go get an education and work for someone batter? You're part of the problem.
I'm not a fan of unions however, there are some cases where big business absolutely will not change unless forced to. What other options do Walmart employees have?
Small-picture thinking in action.What kills me about the whole us versus them when it comes to those who want cheap stuff and those who want respectable pay is the fact that those who are punching down should be punching up instead. Those at the bottom are facing reality; inflation has killed the minimum wage and trying to live on it is almost impossible. Those in the 'middle' don't want the minimum wage to increase because prices on the goods they enjoy will invariably go up too.
And people wonder why it can seem so difficult to raise a typical family anymore. They're being prodded to maintain a certain standard of living on what is effectively an ever-decreasing paycheck, while often facing uncertainty at work, knowing that management is making every effort to outsource their job to another country. Widespread uncertainty and chronic worrying are also not good for an economy.What's wrong here is that 'middle' is missing out on the fact that not only are executives screwing over the minimum wage worker, they are screwing over nearly everyone who isn't an executive or absolutely essential to the operation of the company.
And who is more likely to get advance warning of an impending layoff, and more likely to get a nice severance package? Mhmm.Even then the executives are going to push to get everything they can for as little as possible. Everyone else is an expense to be minimized, even the workers in the 'middle'. While you might feel that your wages are fair, you too have been shortchanged in the name of corporate profits and executive compensation. Everyone but the shareholders and those at the top, who often one and the same, pays to make their corporation profitable for them.
One yacht and one private jet aren't enough. I want to be able to have a lavish means of transport available within 10,000 miles at all times, and I will step on as many people as I need to in order to get it. That, and being able to afford the cost of having significant influence over my politician(s) of choice.Regarding executive compensation, how much is too much? From what I have seen so far from some people, there is no amount of executive compensation that is too much. It's as if they don't realize that part of the cost for the expensive item they want to buy is because of excessive compensation. In our corporate economy, the worker and the consumer get screwed both coming and going while the executives make out like bandits. Yet some people are stupid enough to cheer these rich bastards on, as if it's some competition and their team is winning. Here's a clue; they don't give a shit about you people who defend them.
They own the politicians you voted into office and they get what they want because they have the influence (money) to do it.
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... It's investing in significant increases in the future profitability of the company. But all sights seem to be set on the short-term.
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And you hate unions because... what, exactly?
Are you aware that Walmart doesn't actually receive one penny of public welfare?Are you aware that Walmart is the largest recipient of public welfare in that so many of their employees qualify for welfare benefits because their pay is so low? You, the taxpayer, are subsidizing their wages and yet you defend their preventing employees from organizing a union to push for better wages that would remove them from the welfare rolls? Interesting views. I'm more of the opinion that employees should be able to negotiate their wages. As individuals at the Walmart level, they have no real chance of negotiating anything. It's take it or leave it. ...snip....
Exaggerate much? I suppose "sponge" is a pretty subjective term, but I wouldn't consider (at most) $0.035/$1.00 spent (the avg. profit margin per store) as "siphoning out money to Arkansas." Why don't you quit believing the liberal lies and instead say to yourself "Every dollar spent at Walmart helps support 400 employees in the community, many of which couldn't get employed at any other local business due mostly to the fact they are unskilled with little work experience" ?WalMart is a sponge in every community it is located, siphoning out money to Arkansas, while paying their employees the least amount legal while keeping their hours low to decrease benefits, with those employees using public assistance to pay their bills.
Every dollar spent at a Walmart is one less dollar spent at a local business that pays locals a decent wage, who would go on to spend that dollar again and again and again inside that same community. Instead, it enriches a Walton. Hooray!
Walmart prices are so cheap because it it a monopsony (yeah, right, google it, you've never read/heard the word before) and imports a lot of garbage from China. USA! USA! US...er, CHINA! CHINA! CHINA!
I'm glad you're comfortable worshiping Mammon, though. Never apologize for being you!
Are you aware that Walmart doesn't actually receive one penny of public welfare? ...
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Oh, lots of reasons. I've been in one and have seen how they operate from the inside and they make Wal-Mart look like the good guys. They're lazy, corrupt, inefficient, selfish, unrealistic, greedy and would happily sink and entire company employing millions of union members just to protect a couple of incompetent deadbeats.
I work in a business that is heavily unionized. There are some pockets of resistance though. It's not areas where unions are not allowed, it's areas where the employees themselves look at the cost/benefit of the union and work to keep the union out. That doesn't stop the union though, about once a year you can count on the union picketing the location. And since the employees don't want the union and won't participate in the strike, the union goes into the closest slums and hires picketers. It's pretty funny. Until the union starts vandalizing cars of their prospective employees who don't want to be in the union. Then it's less amusing.
Wal-mart employees are typically bottom of the barrel. They're not educated or skilled, trained or motivated. They can be replaced with any warm body off the street without it impacting the store in any way. Yet they feel unappreciated and scream they want more money. For what? The market decides what the job is worth. Working in a Wal-Mart is not the same as working in a coal mine where you have a company store and are indentured servants. If you want a better job with more pay, get one. If you can't, then you're probably at the right place on the earnings ladder. Nobody hands out raises to employees when those employees can be replaced with somebody just as good for the same pay. Why would they? Yet unions seem to believe that's their birthright. You don't have to be good at your job, you just have to hold a sign and scream GIMME!!! at the top of your lungs until it works.
In 2004 the Pennsylvania toll collectors union held a strike for better wages. At the time the minimum wage was something like $5.15 an hour. The Pennsylvania toll workers average pay was like $18 an hour for standing around making change. And they were screaming for a raise.
Oh, lots of reasons. I've been in one and have seen how they operate from the inside and they make Wal-Mart look like the good guys. They're lazy, corrupt, inefficient, selfish, unrealistic, greedy and would happily sink and entire company employing millions of union members just to protect a couple of incompetent deadbeats.
I work in a business that is heavily unionized. There are some pockets of resistance though. It's not areas where unions are not allowed, it's areas where the employees themselves look at the cost/benefit of the union and work to keep the union out. That doesn't stop the union though, about once a year you can count on the union picketing the location. And since the employees don't want the union and won't participate in the strike, the union goes into the closest slums and hires picketers. It's pretty funny. Until the union starts vandalizing cars of their prospective employees who don't want to be in the union. Then it's less amusing.
Wal-mart employees are typically bottom of the barrel. They're not educated or skilled, trained or motivated. They can be replaced with any warm body off the street without it impacting the store in any way. Yet they feel unappreciated and scream they want more money. For what? The market decides what the job is worth. Working in a Wal-Mart is not the same as working in a coal mine where you have a company store and are indentured servants. If you want a better job with more pay, get one. If you can't, then you're probably at the right place on the earnings ladder. Nobody hands out raises to employees when those employees can be replaced with somebody just as good for the same pay. Why would they? Yet unions seem to believe that's their birthright. You don't have to be good at your job, you just have to hold a sign and scream GIMME!!! at the top of your lungs until it works.
In 2004 the Pennsylvania toll collectors union held a strike for better wages. At the time the minimum wage was something like $5.15 an hour. The Pennsylvania toll workers average pay was like $18 an hour for standing around making change. And they were screaming for a raise.
Now I understand. You hate unions because you're an opinionated & self important prick.
I was just checking to be sure.