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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri
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The difference is DS, Wal-Mart is a VERY large company with gross income measured in the billions. An that for 90% of employees are paid at minimum wage of that area ($7.25 unless higher by city/state).
http://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-employees-payThe average Walmart "associate," Wake Up Walmart reports, makes $11.75 an hour.
You might want to update your files against WalMart. Apparently, they pay a bit more than you think.
No, actually, they really don't. In the industry, Wal-Mart is considered the leader in making employees feel like actual slaves. An seeing as most conservatives bitch of people on the welfare system should get jobs and make money; these people do just that, and they are STILL in poverty!
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Where do you shop that doesn't source stuff from China, Joether?
I check what I purchased. You must throw in anything that looks neat without an ounce of consideration. You do not stop to consider the big picture. That when you buy that one toy from China, how much does it hurt the US economy? Not worth noting right? How about 10,000 Americans, each buying that toy that costs $39.99? Can that effect the US Economy? Not really. How about the few hundred toys, games, dolls, and objects within the toy are....during the Christmas rush? And across the nation? OH YEAH! So you, unwittingly and unknowing until this post, have been happily contributing to undermining the US Economy. You help ship jobs over seas, and force fellow Americans to be paid an hourly wage they can not live on, even if they go lean!
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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri
You have every right to decide where you spend your income. If you don't like how a business treats its employees, you don't have to shop there. Understand, too, that employees of a particular store (doesn't matter what store) are generally not forced to work for that company (there are Mom and Pop stores that might force their kids to work at the store). Apparently, there are people who are willing to work for WalMart at the wages WalMart pays. Why?
Have you been living on planet Mars, in a cave, with a blanket over yourself for the past seven years straight?
I seem to recall that ever since the economy was tanking and heading towards an economic depression, its been an employer's market. I'm going to assume you know what an is defined by "employer's market". As such, obtaining a better job is tough when your competing with those with better educations than yourself for a job neither one of you would take during a good economy. So why don't they go get a job with a higher pay? Because there really are not many of those jobs right now. Anyone with a serious understanding of the employment conditions within the United States would agree with me.
The difference between a 'ma & pa' store that forces their kids to work, and adults at Wal-Mart is VERY different on several different conditions:
A ) The kids are STILL under the protection and guardianship of their parents until they are 18 years of age.
B ) The parents can ground the kid by forcing them into MORE work without pay.
C ) Wal-Mart has to follow all the laws of the land, as they'll be sued by individuals, organizations and the NLRB for a huge sum of money
D ) Kids can pick up some really useful knowledge about their parent's business; a worker stacking shelves in Wal-Mart is NOT going to write the next #1 best seller book.
Are those people working at Wal-Mart REALLY want to work there? Why not stop by the store and ask the employees and see what you get for an answer.
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