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tazzygirl -> RE: WAL*MART Strike Fizzles Out Under Record Sales (11/24/2012 6:16:48 PM)


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ORIGINAL: FatDomDaddy


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ORIGINAL: tazzygirl

I truly didnt think many would... sounded like a great threat... but reality is people need their jobs.



Unless you are a Hostess baker... they evidently don't


They made that decision.



dcnovice -> RE: WAL*MART Strike Fizzles Out Under Record Sales (11/24/2012 6:22:49 PM)

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I did my part, spent close to $500 yesterday.

I'm sure helping to put workers back in their place added relish to your shopping.



FatDomDaddy -> RE: WAL*MART Strike Fizzles Out Under Record Sales (11/24/2012 7:05:31 PM)

Nope... just really good deals and the Wal Mart workers I encountered were very helpful too



DesideriScuri -> RE: WAL*MART Strike Fizzles Out Under Record Sales (11/24/2012 8:01:19 PM)

FR,

I hit Menard's for some things for the house and it was stupid packed. I was surprised, actually. I wouldn't have thought that a DIY store would have drawn the crowds it did (it was also early afternoon and not the early bird stuff). They had an ass load of workers that day, too; possibly even twice as many as usual. I don't like crowds. I also don't care for the super early openings, though it's their business and the can make the choices they want. In general, you won't find me standing out in the cold waiting for a place to open hours later. Everyone has a choice to make. If they want places opening earlier and earlier, they can keep going to the earlier and earlier openings. Believe me though, if it wasn't profitable for them to open that early, they wouldn't do it. If people wouldn't chase the sales, they wouldn't have them. Obviously, they feel the demand is there.



slvemike4u -> RE: WAL*MART Strike Fizzles Out Under Record Sales (11/24/2012 8:54:05 PM)


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ORIGINAL: FatDomDaddy


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ORIGINAL: tazzygirl

I truly didnt think many would... sounded like a great threat... but reality is people need their jobs.



Unless you are a Hostess baker... they evidently don't

Why are you such a tool ?



slvemike4u -> RE: WAL*MART Strike Fizzles Out Under Record Sales (11/24/2012 8:55:15 PM)


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ORIGINAL: dcnovice

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I did my part, spent close to $500 yesterday.

I'm sure helping to put workers back in their place added relish to your shopping.

Exactly [:@]



tj444 -> RE: WAL*MART Strike Fizzles Out Under Record Sales (11/24/2012 9:09:44 PM)

Imo, its sorta crazy to try to strike a month before Christmas, that is the most expensive time of year.. whoever is doing the workers strategic planning is doing a poor job of it, imo.. what worker that needs to give prezzies to their young kids & family and buy Christmas din-din, not to mention pay the rent/mortgage, etc is gonna be able to afford to strike even one day at this time of year???

So yeah, of course it fizzled..



FatDomDaddy -> RE: WAL*MART Strike Fizzles Out Under Record Sales (11/24/2012 9:19:53 PM)


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ORIGINAL: slvemike4u


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ORIGINAL: FatDomDaddy


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ORIGINAL: tazzygirl

I truly didnt think many would... sounded like a great threat... but reality is people need their jobs.



Unless you are a Hostess baker... they evidently don't

Why are you such a tool ?


Feel better now?

In reality people DO NEED their jobs.

Hostess Teamsters and non Union workers needed theirs too! It's something you seem to care nothing about.

Wal Mart workers have constantly defeated attempts to unionize.

Wal Mart is a great place to shop, their employees are friendly and they have great products, prices and service.



tazzygirl -> RE: WAL*MART Strike Fizzles Out Under Record Sales (11/24/2012 9:23:09 PM)

Their products are no different than Kmart, Kohls or Targets, nor are their prices.



FatDomDaddy -> RE: WAL*MART Strike Fizzles Out Under Record Sales (11/24/2012 9:35:19 PM)

That's great... if you have a KMart, Target or Kohls in your town.




TheHeretic -> RE: WAL*MART Strike Fizzles Out Under Record Sales (11/24/2012 10:38:42 PM)


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ORIGINAL: FatDomDaddy

That's great... if you have a KMart, Target or Kohls in your town.





We've got all four, and no, the products and prices are not the same.



tweakabelle -> RE: WAL*MART Strike Fizzles Out Under Record Sales (11/25/2012 1:03:33 AM)

Here in Australia, the national minimum wage is about $16.50 per hour. I understand the American equivalent is much lower. How lower-paid workers in the US get by is not something I understand - it must be a never ending struggle just to keep one's head above water.

I'm told that even long term workers at Walmart get considerably less than $16.50 per hour. I also understand that the owners of Walmart are one of the richest families in the world. It's not too difficult to figure that one out is it? I also hear that Walmart is very antagonistic to unions and union organising. Again, child's play to work that one out.

Not much to do with principle and everything to do with greed.




tj444 -> RE: WAL*MART Strike Fizzles Out Under Record Sales (11/25/2012 2:39:57 AM)


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ORIGINAL: tweakabelle

Here in Australia, the national minimum wage is about $16.50 per hour. I understand the American equivalent is much lower. How lower-paid workers in the US get by is not something I understand - it must be a never ending struggle just to keep one's head above water.

some states have no minimum wage law...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._minimum_wages
I agree with you, how some survive is beyond me.. I have been looking at a few of the demographics of certain areas in the city I am in right now.. very low yearly household income in some areas.. of course the rents in those areas are lower.. and most of the people are black.. sometimes not even one white person lives in the area.. and then i look at the rich areas.. mostly white.. Oddly enough, in some of the poorest areas there might be lower or even very low unemployment rates, one area I looked at had only 3% unemployment rate (but very low household income)..
One reason I started looking at the demographics was cuz of this article:
Maps Of Extreme Income Segregation In US Cities
If you're looking for concrete evidence of the ever widening gap between America's rich and poor, here's a hint: check your area code.
Now more than ever, American neighborhoods are more likely to be segregated by income, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center.
That means the rich are living near the rich and the poor are packed together in large sections of the country's biggest metropolitan areas.
http://www.businessinsider.com/maps-of-extreme-income-segregation-in-us-cities-2012-8?op=1



FatDomDaddy -> RE: WAL*MART Strike Fizzles Out Under Record Sales (11/25/2012 5:16:23 AM)


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ORIGINAL: tweakabelle

Here in Australia, the national minimum wage is about $16.50 per hour.




In US dollars???



freedomdwarf1 -> RE: WAL*MART Strike Fizzles Out Under Record Sales (11/25/2012 5:25:05 AM)


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ORIGINAL: FatDomDaddy


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ORIGINAL: tweakabelle

Here in Australia, the national minimum wage is about $16.50 per hour.




In US dollars???


That would be AU$'s. lol.

Latest XE.COM exchange rate is AU$1 = US$1.04610

But that's still a very good minimum wage.



tazzygirl -> RE: WAL*MART Strike Fizzles Out Under Record Sales (11/25/2012 5:27:01 AM)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_law#Australia

1 July, 2012 [19] $15.96



JstAnotherSub -> RE: WAL*MART Strike Fizzles Out Under Record Sales (11/25/2012 5:37:41 AM)


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ORIGINAL: tweakabelle

Here in Australia, the national minimum wage is about $16.50 per hour. I understand the American equivalent is much lower. How lower-paid workers in the US get by is not something I understand - it must be a never ending struggle just to keep one's head above water.

I'm told that even long term workers at Walmart get considerably less than $16.50 per hour. I also understand that the owners of Walmart are one of the richest families in the world. It's not too difficult to figure that one out is it? I also hear that Walmart is very antagonistic to unions and union organising. Again, child's play to work that one out.

Not much to do with principle and everything to do with greed.



I was amazed by that minimum wage, until I found this.

http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/country_result.jsp?country=Australia

If those are correct numbers regarding the cost of living, I think the wages are about equal in reality.

I know numbers lie sometimes, but, that is some high dollar costs to just survive.



ElChupa -> RE: WAL*MART Strike Fizzles Out Under Record Sales (11/25/2012 5:43:31 AM)

Why not make the minimum wage $50 an hour or $100 an hour? Then everybody would be rich! YAY! And pay high high taxes so governments can use money the best way, that they decide of course! YAY for stupid "economics!"




kalikshama -> RE: WAL*MART Strike Fizzles Out Under Record Sales (11/25/2012 5:53:37 AM)

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You couldn't pay me to be in Wal Mart or any other store on black friday.


I went to the supermarket for more cranberry sauce, yams, and Pepperidge Farms bread crumbs.

I avoid like the plague any place with the potential for this insanity:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2QySsho2_Y





wnyThroatLover -> RE: WAL*MART Strike Fizzles Out Under Record Sales (11/25/2012 6:15:03 AM)

FR

We, for two, do our best to stay out of big chains period. Sometimes there are some things we go to Walmart for (there is no place we can find within 60 miles that sells short grain rice) but when we can, we support the little guys. We go to the small chain grocers...and Wegmans, because Wegmans is still amazing...local restaurants, and even mom and pop electronics stores. Walmart is doing its part to kill the American dream with its focus on greed and wealth.

And to reply to the pending "well don't you want to be wealthy" comments that always seem to appear. Sure I would, but I would much rather be comfortable and pay employees a nice wage and get them health insurance and give them paid vacation time and paid sick days than get wealthy by treating my employees like crap.



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