The unions have nearly destroyed the American automobile manufacturers. The
Canadians are like the French...all agitators for socialism. I am glad
Walmart kicked their asses.
TS
"Ken Harrison" wrote in message
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> Very well put. You could have added how WalMart treated the Canadian
> employees who attempted to form a union; the company simply closed that
> department and fired the employees. So much for dialogue between employer
> and employee.
>
> Ken H
>
> The Dead Senator wrote:
>
>> Okay, you asked...
>>
>> Profit is one thing, all out greed is another. Remember when Sam
>> bragged about selling American products? They've come a long way from
>> that. They are now funding the Chinese worker and their
>> companies/government instead of our own. Do I sound like a
>> Protectionist? Yes. For good reason. Walmart is our leading exporter
>> of American money and jobs. Does Walmart care about America? Only so
>> far as Americans spend money there.
>>
>> Here's more food for thought:
>> Walmart (which also runs Sam's Club) has long been known to move into
>> an area, soak up the money with cheap prices till the Mom-n-Pop stores
>> have to shut down, then when Mom-n-Pop (and family) move to better
>> pastures, the Walmart revenue dries up. Wally then pulls up stakes and
>> goes elsewhere. Community destroyed. This is why there is a non-prfit
>> group that follows Walmart around the country helping communities to try
>> and stop the contruction of new stores. Thankfully, sometimes they are
>> succesful.
>> Walmart's suppliers are forced to drop prices further and further to
>> support the Happy Face's pricing model of lower and lower prices. This
>> causes the supplier to make cutbacks such as laying off workers in the
>> supply chain, cutting wages and outsourcing jobs to factories in other
>> countries and furthering unemployment in the area of the suppliers. If
>> suppliers don't comply, they're cut off and will probably wither and die
>> since the bulk of their sales go to Wally. It has happened (Vlasic,
>> Apex, etc).
>> The workers that get the privilege to work for Wally get lower wages
>> and benefits that also lower the local areas standards of employment.
>> Workers at other stores/companies get lower wages, benefits and raises as
>> a result. I haven't even mentioned the abuses and wrongs levied on many
>> of the workers. Wally always sidesteps the legal issues or pays out
>> while admitting no wrong-doing (a tactic by all too many companies these
>> days).
>> There is plenty more. Do a Google search and you'll see it for
>> yourself. Walmart is not the only company that employs these practices,
>> they just the largest abuser and the best at it. We have to start
>> somewhere.
>>
>> Instead, shop locally if at all possible. Think of the community and
>> what makes it unique. I enjoy buying from unique stores in different
>> areas of the country. Walmart (and others) make everything this
>> milktoast sameness that inspires nothing. Support Mom-n-Pop. Local
>> produce. Local dairies. Local hardware stores. Try not to buy it if
>> it's made in China (I understand the difficulty here and yes, I own
>> Chinese products, too). You may pay more, but there is much solace in
>> knowing that the money is staying local and not lining some company or
>> government's pocket in China. I don't hate China, but I do love my
>> country. Let's start fixing some of what ails us.
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