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Walmart workers demand better wages


Tell me why that is, Haymarket. Why have those few people put WalMart in their sights? I suppose you would answer, "They import all their junk from foreign countries." True. So does every other retailer in the United States. Or, you might answer, "They treat their employees like ****." Well, if that's true? So does every other major retailer in the United States. Or, you might answer, "They move into a town and mom-and-pop stores go out of business." The same thing happened with Pamida came to town (in Wisconsin), when Kohl's came to town, when Sears came to town.

So riddle me, Haymarket: Why WalMart? You and I both know the answer to that question.
 

Nonsense, these are WILDCAT STRIKES ... meaning no union involved.

Also no union makes their money through low wage workers dues ...
 

You've nailed your lean, RGacky.
 
Isn't it assumed that if the pay and work at Walmart was not adequate, that people would not take the jobs for that pay. If people didn't take jobs for that pay, Walmart would have to increase their pay level and maybe benefits until it attracted employees so the company can continue operations. No one forces them to work at Walmart. People took the job and the pay at what the market is dictating.

Isn't this the conversation every Thanksgiving and Christmas with Walmart?
 

Lets face reality, shall we? most walmart employees are not high skilled and are performing pretty easy jobs. Those who demonstrate hard work, incentive, and abilities will be promoted to management and higher pay, those who do not will remain at basic wages.

As with everything in life, supply and demand should set the price of labor, more skills and abilities warrant higher pay.
 
RGacky3 said:
Nonsense, these are WILDCAT STRIKES ... meaning no union involved.

Also no union makes their money through low wage workers dues ...
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What planet are you from? Be honest.
 
many a walmart worker wants better conditions, better pay and benefits, and the events of this last weekend were led by those who work at these stores, these protests were not just unions 'busing' people in to protest, actual employees were involved...it pains me to see so many people here on dp so poorly informed about what happened.
 
MaggieD said:
What planet are you from? Be honest.
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Do you know what a wildcat strike is?

Also unions are non profits ... and democratic, also low wage workers doen't pay that much more in dues than the cost.

Also The organization doing this, Our Walmart, is not a union.

I'm from the nailing leans planet.
 
RGacky3 said:
And wages go up overall when workers organize.
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Yes, and the employer has no option but to raise prices to account for the higher labor cost---then he loses sales, and has to lay off workers----so who wins?

Have you followed what the unions did to Hostess?
 
Bobcat said:
Yes, and the employer has no option but to raise prices to account for the higher labor cost---then he loses sales, and has to lay off workers----so who wins?

Have you followed what the unions did to Hostess?
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have you? piss poor management is what did hostess in.
 
Bobcat said:
Yes, and the employer has no option but to raise prices to account for the higher labor cost---then he loses sales, and has to lay off workers----so who wins?

Have you followed what the unions did to Hostess?
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No he doesn't, he can cut into profits or executive pay ... short term, because if more companies unionize and get higher wages aggrigate demand goes up, meaning so does revenue ..

This is why heavily unionized european countries have higher living standards.

I've debunked the inflation argument over and over and over again, should I just repost the debunking?
 

LOL, you obviously know nothing about unions. NON profit???? BS. Who do you think pays the union bosses? The union's profits go into the bosses pockets.
 

It's pretty much all over the internet. Just Google:


OUR Walmart, an organization backed by the United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) union, said it counted 1,000 protests in 46 U.S. states, including strikes in 100 cities - figures that Walmart said were "grossly exaggerated."
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How would the UFCW even know this unless they had organized it? At least be honest, Randel.

Nine arrests in Walmart protest, business still brisk - Yahoo! Finance
 
Bobcat said:
LOL, you obviously know nothing about unions. NON profit???? BS. Who do you think pays the union bosses? The union's profits go into the bosses pockets.
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Legally non profit ... also I don't see that many Union bosses in the fortune 500, also union leadership compensation is DEMOCRATICALLY CHOSEN.
 
Deuce said:
"The free market did it, therefore it's good."

Have you accounted for the massive subsidies WalMart is receiving from the taxpayers?
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Government should not be subsidizing business.
 

Why should a business cut its profit rate? Does an employer have a duty to pay his employees whatever they demand? Why do you think there is no longer a textile industry in the USA? Unions, my friend, unions destroyed thousands of american jobs. Why do you think GE and GM are building their products in China and Mexico? Unions.
 
RGacky3 said:
Legally non profit ... also I don't see that many Union bosses in the fortune 500, also union leadership compensation is DEMOCRATICALLY CHOSEN.
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Yeah, right, and Jimmy Hoffa is alive and living in Costa Rica.
 
randel said:
have you? piss poor management is what did hostess in.
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Wrong, union wage demands put them out of business. Please stop the lies, it makes you look foolish.
 

Well, let's see . . . when I entered ourwalmart.com into my address bar . . . here's what came up:


And, in case there's further questions about OURWalmart:


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/22/walmart-strike-dallas_n_2175697.html
 
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Because they have too ...

An employer has no duty to do anything, neither do employees.

The reason there is no longer a textile industry in the US or all of those things is because of the LOSS of unions, outsroucing happened majorly in the 80s and 90s, when Unions were being destroyed, because unions previously were making sure that outsourcing didn't happen.

You're speaking out of total ignorance.
 
randel said:
i never said that many of my union brothers and sisters didnt protest with the walmart workers, i debunked your claims that it was just all 'outside' people, with no walmart workers...
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Oh, Christ. There we have it: "My union brothers and sisters..." :rofl
 
Bobcat said:
Wrong, union wage demands put them out of business. Please stop the lies, it makes you look foolish.
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i have, and you are very poorly informed...perhaps if YOU actually did some research, and not depend on the right wing talking points that are fed to you daily, perhaps you would realize this.
 
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