Comments on: Unionizing Wal-Mart

By: Accidental Verbosity

Accidental Verbosity — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:06:58 +0000

All I Can Say Is...
Life extension post Heh. One of my first jobs was in the shipping department at a factory that paid well and was a great place to work. They were one of the area's "big employers" and getting a job there was relatively… not prestig...

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 17:17:54 +0000

Pithy Kate, very, very pithy.

Well said.

By: Jack Tanner

Jack Tanner — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:52:35 +0000

'"I'm a mother of two children and I'm separated from my husband. It's very difficult." ' 'The world owes me a living' The next thing will be some Canadian lawmakers sticking their nose in to prevent store closings which will just prevent store openings. The people don't really understand basic economics.

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:20:28 +0000

Ahem. You don't need to be an immigrant to be happy to earn enough for your basic subsistance. You only need to be self-employed.

By: Diggers Realm

Diggers Realm — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 12:27:35 +0000

Wal-Mart Defeats Organizing Union By Closing Store
I hate Wal-Mart, but I hate unions as well. Not "legit" unions who are just trying to get basic workers benefits, but big unions who think they can blackmail companies into bankruptcy. I pretty much have no sympathy for the...

By: DC Loser

DC Loser — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 09:42:37 +0000

"There used to be a time when we had plenty of people in the US who would gladly trade a dayâs labor for enough to buy a slab of bacon and a bag of beans."

That time is now, and those people are called immigrants. In many parts of the country, just go to any latino immigrant neighborhood and find the 7-11 where the day laborers hang out for work.

By: kappiy

kappiy — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 06:44:06 +0000

Umm, Tig, what in the world does your story have to do with a Canadian WalMart store being shut down?

By: Tig

Tig — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 04:43:27 +0000

I had someone whining to me the other day about how all the jobs are going to China and such, and my remark, as always, was that when you decide to return to the work ethic of your forefathers who worked themselves into an early grave just to make sure their family had enough food to eat, instead of thinking your job ought to buy you the fanciest car and the biggest house, etc. then some of those jobs might come back to the US. He stared at me like I was crazy. I said you have billions of starving Chinese who will gladly trade a day's labor for a handful of rice and warm corner upon which to lay their bamboo mat. There used to be a time when we had plenty of people in the US who would gladly trade a day's labor for enough to buy a slab of bacon and a bag of beans.