Workers at Colorado Walmart to Unionize?

[Dinner]

Originally posted by JohnT
Given that Wal-Mart sells the same brands that, say, Target or Kroger does, I find this statement odd. (Note that I have never bought clothes there, other than the odd pack of socks).

A few years back I bought some clothes at Walmart and found them to be very poor quality. The jeans were made of a very thin fabric, the color faded in a month even though I used cheer brand laundry detergent, the stitching didn't hold up and the pockets tore out. In all the jeans lasted about two months where as I have Levi's which have lasted me for years.

[GePap]

Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe


Greed and selfishness are simply the dark words used to describe the same motivations that describe the more nobler aspects called ambition, motivation and pride.

Ahem:

Pride, one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Pride cometh before the Fall- what Lucifer was guilty of.

Greed also one of the deadly sins.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Re: Workers at Colorado Walmart to Unionize?

Originally posted by David Floyd
Colo. Wal-Mart Makes Effort to Unionize


The National Labor Relations Board planned a hearing Thursday to consider the workers' request to be represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7.


"Wal-Mart workers don't have to be second-class citizens," said Ernest Duran Jr., president of the union, which also represents more than 17,000 grocery workers at King Soopers, Safeway and Albertsons stores.


Union officials argue the workers in the automotive service department are separate from the store and eligible for independent union representation. Wal-Mart officials disagree.


"With approximately 400 associates in that particular facility, we feel that more than 17 associates should have a say on such an important matter," said Christi Gallagher, a spokeswoman for Bentonville, Ark-based Wal-Mart.


Wal-Mart said it treats its workers fairly and has an open door policy that lets each negotiate directly with management.


"Our associates see they don't have to pay hard earned money to do what they can do every day," she said.


The union is in negotiations with the Colorado grocery stores, which have cited competition from nonunion discount chains such as Wal-Mart in offering wage and benefit increases that have been rejected by workers.


Efforts to unionize Wal-Mart stores in the United States have failed, while in Canada, a government agency this year certified workers at a Quebec store as a union and told the two sides to negotiate. Wal-Mart has said it may have to close that store.


In the United States, the closest a U.S. union ever came to representing Wal-Mart workers happened in 2000. Eleven members of the store's meatpacking department at Jacksonville, Texas, store voted to be represented by the UFCW.


In a move it said was unrelated to the union vote, Wal-Mart eliminated the job of meatcutter company-wide, and announced it would only sell pre-cut, pre-wrapped meat.


The workers were offered other jobs at the store.


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Good luck to Walmart in fighting the unions!

Yeah, good luck to them in ****ing their workers regardless of the workers expressed desire.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by David Floyd

I'm rooting for what I believe is most beneficial to myself. I'll elaborate if you want, but remember for a second that I currently work in retail management

What, they made you junior assistant night-shift leader at Mickey D's?

I guess that depends on whether or not you buy Nikes, designer shoes, gold-plated rims, and big stereo systems, or if you just buy the basics. There's also nothing wrong with getting a second job.

Here in San Diego, you don't even pay rent on Wal-Mart wages.

[David Floyd]

What, they made you junior assistant night-shift leader at Mickey D's?

Yeah, but only because I slept with the manager

[Odin]

Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe


Greed and selfishness are simply the dark words used to describe the same motivations that describe the more nobler aspects called ambition, motivation and pride.

Pride is Noble?

Libertarianism goes against human nature, it is rationalized greed.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Originally posted by GePap


Ahem:

Pride, one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Pride cometh before the Fall- what Lucifer was guilty of.

Greed also one of the deadly sins.

Ahem,

Pride is a part of describing one's image of one's self worth. To the extent one is comfortable with oneself I would argue Pride whilst Hubris .

Again descriptions of same motivations depending on whether one wishes to describe them flatterringly or otherwise.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Originally posted by Azazel


yeah, so stop doing it.

Don't you have a minimum wage job you should be chained to?

[OzzyKP]

Originally posted by Odin
Libertarianism goes against human nature, it is rationalized greed.

[Az]

No. It's part time, I am a student, opressor.

[Odin]

Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe


Ahem,

Pride is a part of describing one's image of one's self worth. To the extent one is comfortable with oneself I would argue Pride whilst Hubris .

Again descriptions of same motivations depending on whether one wishes to describe them flatterringly or otherwise.

Pride = Hubris, they are synonyms.

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by Odin
Libertarianism goes against human nature, it is rationalized greed.

Greed
BAMs
Libertarianism

[Az]

Sometimes, the evil vengeful side of me wants people like Jaguar to suffer horibly from the hands of poetic justice. I hope Agathon sells you into slavery, or something.

[OzzyKP]

Originally posted by Jaguar

Greed
BAMs
Libertarianism

Greed
BAMs
Libertarianism

[Jaguar]

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