[AT] Union Labor

Mon Dec 5 05:30:31 PST 2005

Hey Comrade no one ever forced anyone to take a job at Walmart or to buy 
anything from them.  I guess you would prefer a state store with one brand 
of plastic shoe and a ration card to get it.   ARGGGGG
WILL YOU GUYS SHUT UP ABOUT THIS.  SPENCER MUST BE OUT OF TOWN!

Charlie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne" <masseyharris at shaw.ca>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Union Labor

> They use pensiners and people with some form of income ie married to 
> subsidize them so they do not have to pay a living wage, sears canada does 
> this quite a bit
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dean VP" <deanvp at att.net>
> To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'" 
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> Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 11:58 AM
> Subject: RE: [AT] Union Labor
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>> Gee Whiz Louis.  I have a sister who works for Wall Mart, back in Iowa, 
>> and
>> I have repeatedly quizzed her about her work environment. She has only
>> offered one complaint and this will probably come as a surprise. As an
>> "associate" her concern is how much Wall Mart wastes due to poor 
>> purchasing
>> and inventory control. Apparently at the end of certain selling seasons 
>> the
>> unsold goods are disposed of rather than use up shelf space for other 
>> more
>> appropriate seasonal goods. Her complaint is they shouldn't be destroyed 
>> and
>> disposed of. They should be given to charitable organizations or the 
>> needy
>> that could make good use of them.
>>
>> Now that doesn't sound like an employee who is being abused. Now maybe
>> another point relative to wages is in order. I have no idea what her 
>> wages
>> are and it is none of my business, she has worked there for years. I 
>> doubt
>> it is very much.  I have asked her a couple times why she even works 
>> there.
>> She is 73 years old. She doesn't even need the income to survive. Her
>> reason:  "It keeps me young. I have to get up and do something, I get to 
>> do
>> some physical labor, I get to meet the customers and help them and I get 
>> to
>> make some decisions about what plants the store has for sale.  She loves
>> working with plants. Walmart offers her flexible working hours, she and 
>> her
>> husband go to California in the winter for three months and her job is 
>> there
>> for her when she gets back."
>>
>> Sounds to me like both parties are winning in this scenario.
>>
>> Dean A. Van Peursem
>> Snohomish, WA 98290
>>
>> Forbidden fruits create many jams!
>>
>> www.deerelegacy.com
>>
>> http://members.cox.net/classicweb/email.htm
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Louis R Godena
>> Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 10:28 AM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Union Labor
>>
>>>I just love everyone bashing Wal~Mart when they really DON'T know about
>>> the place. If you believe the crap that the UNIONS put out about it you
>>> may think that the place is terrible.
>>> Guess what, The are LYING.
>>> My wife is a 5 year employee of Wal~Mart. Loves the place. As for being
>>> poorly compensated
>>
>> There is a really good web site detailing the growing campaign against 
>> Wal
>> Mart by people of all political persuasions and from all walks of life 
>> all
>> across the country and in Canada http://Walmartwatch.com    Here and
>> elsewhere you can read about the 40% of Wal Mart employees who are 
>> eligible
>> for welfare (WalMart employees top medicaid recipients in at least 16
>> states), or the fact that the average Wal Mart sales "associate" earns
>> $1,000 LESS than the federal poverty wage.   And don't forget the massive
>> class action suits that have been brought by the abused women and
>> immigrants, victims of Wal Mart's cheap-labor hungry top management. But,
>> the biggest crime of all is how this corporate parasite SUCKS the blood 
>> of
>> taxpayers who are left subsidizing this behemoth to the tune of hundreds 
>> of
>> millions of dollars every year in tax breaks, welfare and medicaid 
>> payments
>> to their employees, and community dislocations (the average community 
>> LOSES
>> at least as many jobs as it "gains" whenever this monster shows up).   I
>> could go on and on, but my question to the list is this; what kind of a
>> person would grovel before such an entity and appear ready -- even 
>> eager --
>>
>> to wipe its rear-end with his bare hands?
>>
>> Louis Godena
>>
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