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Walmart employees on strike
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Walmart employees on strike
October 10, 2012 at 3:56 pm
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Walmart employees on strike
October 10, 2012 at 4:30 pm
Might be an interesting time to visit Bentonville and see how it all goes down... Guess my mom is going to be busy this week... Wish all the striking workers the best, but when the butchers struck and started a union, Wal*Mart simply stopped processing their meat in-house...
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RE: Walmart employees on strike
October 10, 2012 at 4:40 pm
A friend of mine once went on strike with her co-workers at walmart and they just got fired and replaced.
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RE: Walmart employees on strike
October 10, 2012 at 4:45 pm
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RE: Walmart employees on strike
October 10, 2012 at 4:46 pm
(October 10, 2012 at 4:30 pm)festive1 Wrote: Might be an interesting time to visit Bentonville and see how it all goes down... Guess my mom is going to be busy this week... Wish all the striking workers the best, but when the butchers struck and started a union, Wal*Mart simply stopped processing their meat in-house...

You're probably right. However, if they get the media involved in this, it could easily play to their advantage, especially if this had happened a couple of months ago; might have a significant impact on the election.
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RE: Walmart employees on strike
October 10, 2012 at 4:47 pm
So right now's the best chance I have to get hired at walmart? Tongue
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RE: Walmart employees on strike
October 10, 2012 at 4:52 pm
(October 10, 2012 at 4:47 pm)Violet Lilly Blossom Wrote: So right now's the best chance I have to get hired at walmart? Tongue

Actually, yeah, but right now most of their hiring is going to be seasonal anyway and you'll quickly find yourself unemployed again in January. Plus, they won't give you more than 35 hrs a week (or you won't be paid for more than 35 hrs a week) and therefore won't qualify for any benefits outside of a possible 10% Walmart discount card.
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RE: Walmart employees on strike
October 10, 2012 at 5:03 pm
(October 10, 2012 at 4:40 pm)JohnDG Wrote: A friend of mine once went on strike with her co-workers at walmart and they just got fired and replaced.

Because Wal Mart wants the same slave wages as Mitt Romney does. He took a visit to a Chinese sweat shop and "admired" their work ethic of 16 hour days 6 days a week, for 2 bucks a day and claimed they wanted to be there.

Yes, out of desperation Mitt! No one wants to be a slave, and Mitt advocates the same race to the bottom Wal Mart does.

GO WAL MART STRIKERS! FUCK CORPORATE BULLYING AND CORPORATE BLACKMAIL
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RE: Walmart employees on strike
October 10, 2012 at 5:10 pm (This post was last modified: October 10, 2012 at 5:11 pm by JohnDG.)
(October 10, 2012 at 5:03 pm)Brian37 Wrote:
(October 10, 2012 at 4:40 pm)JohnDG Wrote: A friend of mine once went on strike with her co-workers at walmart and they just got fired and replaced.

Because Wal Mart wants the same slave wages as Mitt Romney does. He took a visit to a Chinese sweat shop and "admired" their work ethic of 16 hour days 6 days a week, for 2 bucks a day and claimed they wanted to be there.

Yes, out of desperation Mitt! No one wants to be a slave, and Mitt advocates the same race to the bottom Wal Mart does.

GO WAL MART STRIKERS! FUCK CORPORATE BULLYING AND CORPORATE BLACKMAIL

Once again, it doesn't matter, our society has been trained not to stand up for its self. Those strike won't matter, and after a week people will lose interest and go back to not caring.

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RE: Walmart employees on strike
October 10, 2012 at 5:12 pm
(October 10, 2012 at 4:52 pm)TaraJo Wrote:
(October 10, 2012 at 4:47 pm)Violet Lilly Blossom Wrote: So right now's the best chance I have to get hired at walmart? Tongue

Actually, yeah, but right now most of their hiring is going to be seasonal anyway and you'll quickly find yourself unemployed again in January. Plus, they won't give you more than 35 hrs a week (or you won't be paid for more than 35 hrs a week) and therefore won't qualify for any benefits outside of a possible 10% Walmart discount card.

Because if you're earning Wal*Mart wages, the only place you can afford to shop at is... Wal*Mart.
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