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Walmart has a PR nightmare

trkingmomoe — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 10:19:38 +0000

Walmart has a PR nightmare going on right now. They are being viewed as being a Scrooge. I just read a article in The Guardian. The Brits were having a field day with the greed of the retail industry in the US in the comment section.

Maybe the sequester and shut down will take a bite out of their profit any ways.

I wonder if people just

Ramona — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 03:41:19 +0000

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I wonder if people just aren't buying Christmas decorations at full price stores like they used to. Our thrift stores are jam packed with them this time of year and some of the items are gorgeous. We go to our kids for Christmas now so I haven't decorated in years, but I still miss it. When we lived in the city I would spend days and days getting my house ready--and then of course days and days taking it all down again after New Years Day. I don't miss that part!

I'm glad you were able to get your turkey at such a reasonable price. We usually have to spend $25 or more in order to get the discount but that's not hard when we're buying for Thanksgiving anyway. We're going to our grandson's home downstate this year and it'll be both a traditional and a yuppie feast. Ha ha. We'll do the traditional stuff and they'll get fancy, but it'll be great to all be together.

She was told because she has

trkingmomoe — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 02:48:04 +0000

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She was told because she has supervisory duties but is still hourly. She told me that her Walmart has gotten in an unusual amount of large flat screen TV but very little of Christmas PJ's, tee shirts, and small holliday home dec. So I took a look at our store in our neighborhood looks like they have done the same thing. There is less small gift items and Christmas themed items. It will be interesting to see if they complain that they had a bad retail season.

I got the turkey for $.59 lb. at a different chain grocery store in a smaller size. I drove to the suburb to get it. My store had sold out yesterday. It was a brand new store so it was fun to walk around and look. The butcher gave me a $1 off coupon too when he cut it in half. He encouraged me to go on line to sign up to follow their coupons. I guess I can use my smart phone if I want and not have to print them out. I would rather have the coupons in my hand because I have always shopped that way and have my own system with an envelop with my list written on the out side. I recycled junk mail envelops for this.

Is she being told she has to

Ramona — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:48:44 +0000

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Is she being told she has to work 12 hours that day or is she choosing to? Either way, she's probably feeling forced. That Norman Rockwell portrait never rang true for too many families, and now it's even worse.

Food banks and shelters can't keep up on normal days, but their greatest fear is that they'll have to turn people away on Thanksgiving. There's something especially tragic about Americans going hungry on a national holiday set aside to give thanks for our bounty.

Your neighbor is a lucky woman after all. She has you for a friend.

My next door neighbor gave me

trkingmomoe — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 12:46:15 +0000

In reply to Walmart, the Benevolent Provides Bins for Low-Wage Employees Food Drive

My next door neighbor gave me her turkey to cook for Thanksgiving because she has to work 12 hours that day at Walmart. Her 85 year old dad who lives with her will go with out Thanksgiving if I don't send their share back on Thanksgiving. I have no room at my table but I can certainly cater a nice meal for them in exchange for the Turkey. She is just a couple of years younger then me so I know she will be exhausted. I am getting ready to go to the store to pick up a turkey on sale for $.69 a pound. They are only large 20 lb. so I will have the butcher cut it in half. I will cook one half on the day before for them and take it over that night. I keep the other half for Christmas because it will fit better in my freezer. It is just the 2 of them. I will cook the small turkey for my family Thursday.

I guess they are trying to justify this because the Christmas shopping season is 6 days shorter this year.

Breaking News: The NLRB is

Ramona — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 01:27:03 +0000

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Breaking News: The NLRB is ready to prosecute Walmart for violating workers' rights. This could only happen now that the NLRB is fully staffed.

Walmart has already pushed back:

In an emailed statement, a Walmart spokesperson said, “We disagree with this position by the Division of Advice. This is just a procedural step and we will pursue our options to defend the company because we believe our actions were legal and justified… It’s important to note that there has not been one decision in the last 5 years by the NLRB or by a court finding that Walmart violated the National Labor Relations Act. That is because we take our obligations under the Act very seriously and we train our managers accordingly.”

Yeah, that was before the NLRB got its legs. Let's see what happens now.

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/11/18/2962751/nlrb-walmart/

I have read so many articles

Richard Day — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 23:21:54 +0000

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I have read so many articles on the subject of class lately.

I have come to the conclusion that the Kock bros and limbaugh and beck and bachmann and palin would just like to give us this message:

Stay in your place or you will lose what you have.

You must earn your health protections at $7/hr, you must earn your food at $7/hr, you must earn your residence at $7/hr, you must earn the protection of your children at $7/hr and you must earn your personal honor at $7/hr.

Be grateful in your 'position'.

If you protest, you should be thrown in jail as being traitors.

McDonalds and Wallmart and a thousand other employers just reward this message.

SLAVES UNITE, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT THE SLAVEHOLDER'S CHAINS.

They also donate tons of food

Ramona — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 22:19:06 +0000

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They also donate tons of food to food banks. I know because my son works at a food bank near Ann Arbor and sometimes picks it up. Good for them.

But this is a whole different story. This is an ongoing refusal to respect their employees enough to pay them wages that would keep them from having to rely on charity in order to feed their families.

And yes, a resurgence of unions would be good.

Wal Mart exploits their

Aaron Carine — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 21:55:51 +0000

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Wal Mart exploits their workers, but it should be noted that they provide the poor with goods at bargain prices. Andrew Young commended Wal Mart for that.

I think employers who can afford to pay a living wage should do so, but I don't know if it is practical for the state to force them to. Perhaps we should hope for a resurgence of unions.

The new America: Why don't

Michael Maiello — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 21:38:07 +0000

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The new America: Why don't you beggars go out and get jobs so you can... beg from your fellow employees? Show some gumption!