[AT] Union Labor

[Gerald Johnson]

WELL SAID !


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Union Labor


> 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'"
> > <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 11:58 AM
> > Subject: RE: [AT] Union Labor
> >
> >
> >> 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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