Ahh... An update:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/wal-...story.html
So Wal*Mart is calling foul on the living wage bill, which is set to be up for official voting by the City Council on Wednesday. HOWEVER! According to several community leaders which the company has been wooing and reassuring, in an attempt to win them over to supporting their move into the DC market, Wal*Mart has on various occasions promised to pay a "living wage" to all DC associates. This ranging from the Northern Virginia wage of $12.39/hour to $13.00/hour dependent on who you're talking to and which meetings they attended.
Wal*Mart is screaming "BAIT AND SWITCH!!" But if they were planning on paying workers a minimum of $12.39/hour anyway, what is the big deal of the Council forcing them to pay a minimum of $12.50/hour? Something is rotten in the state of Denmark... In a battle of who do I trust, between Wal*Mart and DC community leaders? The community leaders win, hands down, no question, even if they are clergy.
The article states:
To me this is the crux of the matter for Wal*Mart. The DC Council wants to support union shops, and Wal*Mart hates unions. Period.
Wal*Mart hates unions? How much? This is how much.
I personally knew John Tate. I know that his views on unions were and are, in fact, shared by current Wal*Mart executives. One of his main jobs as executive VP, was to write, shape, and enact Wal*Mart's labor policies and practices. Riddle me this: IF his views were NOT reflective of Wal*Mart's attitude, why was he brought in as an executive VP? Prior to joining Wal*Mart, he was an independent attorney working with many different companies regarding their labor disputes. Sam Walton, personally, wooed him to leave his firm and join Wal*Mart.
Bah! Venting... I really hate waking up and seeing shit like this in the paper. /end rant #WalMartSucksBalls
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/wal-...story.html
So Wal*Mart is calling foul on the living wage bill, which is set to be up for official voting by the City Council on Wednesday. HOWEVER! According to several community leaders which the company has been wooing and reassuring, in an attempt to win them over to supporting their move into the DC market, Wal*Mart has on various occasions promised to pay a "living wage" to all DC associates. This ranging from the Northern Virginia wage of $12.39/hour to $13.00/hour dependent on who you're talking to and which meetings they attended.
Wal*Mart is screaming "BAIT AND SWITCH!!" But if they were planning on paying workers a minimum of $12.39/hour anyway, what is the big deal of the Council forcing them to pay a minimum of $12.50/hour? Something is rotten in the state of Denmark... In a battle of who do I trust, between Wal*Mart and DC community leaders? The community leaders win, hands down, no question, even if they are clergy.
The article states:
Quote:They [Wal*Mart lobbyists] say the legislation is an effort by politicians sympathetic to labor to protect unionized businesses by making life harder on nonunion retailers, including Wal*Mart.
To me this is the crux of the matter for Wal*Mart. The DC Council wants to support union shops, and Wal*Mart hates unions. Period.
Wal*Mart hates unions? How much? This is how much.
Quote:Wal-Mart's anti-union efforts were headed by one of Clinton's fellow board members, John Tate, a Wal-Mart executive vice president who also served on the board with Clinton for four of her six years.http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4...dlxtxaYdhA
Tate was fond of repeating, as he did at a managers meeting in 2004 after his retirement, what he said was his favorite phrase, "Labor unions are nothing but blood-sucking parasites living off the productive labor of people who work for a living."
Wal-Mart says Tate's comments "were his own and do not reflect Wal-Mart's views."
I personally knew John Tate. I know that his views on unions were and are, in fact, shared by current Wal*Mart executives. One of his main jobs as executive VP, was to write, shape, and enact Wal*Mart's labor policies and practices. Riddle me this: IF his views were NOT reflective of Wal*Mart's attitude, why was he brought in as an executive VP? Prior to joining Wal*Mart, he was an independent attorney working with many different companies regarding their labor disputes. Sam Walton, personally, wooed him to leave his firm and join Wal*Mart.
Bah! Venting... I really hate waking up and seeing shit like this in the paper. /end rant #WalMartSucksBalls
