Forum Post: WallMart, 'Splained!
Posted 3 months ago on Jan. 30, 2013, 10:18 a.m. EST by shooz
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This is being billed as the most addictive infographic on the subject, I'd also call it the most informative.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022278343
It doesn't mention whether or not WallyWorld has taken out a life insurance policy on her yet.
more walmart protests
http://www.news-leader.com/article/20130131/NEWS01/301310097/Another-anti-Walmart-protest-planned-Friday
'The average pay of a Walmart worker is $8.81 an hour. A third of Walmart’s employees work less than 28 hours per week and don’t qualify for benefits. Walmart is a microcosm of the American economy. It has brazenly fought off unions. But it could easily afford to pay its workers more. It earned $16 billion last year. Much of that sum went to Walmart’s shareholders, including the family of its founder, Sam Walton.
'The wealth of the Walton family now exceeds the wealth of the bottom 40 percent of American families combined, according to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute. But how can Walmart expect to continue to show fat profits when most of its customers are on a downward economic escalator?
'Walmart should be unionized. So should McDonalds. So should every major big-box retailer and fast-food outlet in the nation. So should every hospital in America.
'That way, more Americans would have enough money in their pockets to get the economy moving. And everyone – even the very rich – would benefit.'
Taken from - 'The Non Zero Sum Society' by Robert Reich - http://www.nationofchange.org/non-zero-sum-society-1359471017
Neo-Liberal Economics and Debt-Peonage is strangling America and the Global 99% & those who say nothing and accept the status quo - give there tacit consent to this state of affairs.
Thanks for the great post and link. Solidarity. Never Give Up! Occupy Wall Street!
Union yes!
It's the negotiated way around the "minimum wage" issue.
'Coordinated actions are beginning to turn Walmart’s global dominance into a new opportunity for uniting the struggles of workers around the world.' - http://www.nationofchange.org/how-walmart-labor-struggle-going-global-1358353103 & also see -
http://makingchangeatwalmart.org/
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/14297/the_walmart_revolt/
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/18/business/walmart-bribes-teotihuacan.html?_r=0
'What started as a warehouse workers’ strike in California late last year has grown into a global struggle against the world’s largest private employer. The 2.1 million Walmart workers constitute the third-largest workforce in the world, following the U.S. Department of Defense and the People’s Liberation Army of China. And they are revolting.'
Never Give Up Aggregating, Coalescing & Uniting! Go Occupy! Solidarity.
What happened to the "wall mart protesters" on Thanksgiving? Where did they go to? I guess they just "gave up" didn't they?
Sounds like what alot of men said in the late 1800's during the early stages of womens suffrage.
Or what alot of factory owners said in the early stages of union organizing.
Or what alot of white people said in the early stages of civil rights.
I'm sure there was a alot of laughing and making fun of. By some people.
Those rights and that progress didn't always follow a linear path. It wasn't always visible and it didn't happen in 6 months. It took decades.
We must be patient, brave, relentless, strong. and understanding. There will be small successes, slow progress, & setbacks.
But if we persevere, we will defeat the corp 1% enemies of the 99%
A little walmart-Union news. FYI
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-12-13/walmart-vs-dot-union-backed-our-walmart
Well, those folks stood on the line for days, months or years - I don't see it today - so I doubt things will get done anytime soon - maybe 10 years from now something might change.
Then we protest again and again until non believers finally understand.
FYI Here is more new protests.
http://www.news-leader.com/article/20130131/NEWS01/301310097/Another-anti-Walmart-protest-planned-Friday
Well lets see how this turnout will be and lets see how long it will last - that will tell the story.
It will only tell the story of one protest. To attempt to define a whole movement with one event is inaccurate, desperate, and wishful thinking.
It has already been explained to you that this pro worker movement is growing, and as always fighting the greedy, selfish corp 1% in power will take years.
You should support your fellow hard working American workers.
Well from what I remember in days gone by - employees who protested because of wages, hours of work and working conditions stood on protest lines for days, months and years in some cases.
So as I stated - lets see how long this "protest" will last. Lets see if this generation has the "stamana" to do what needs to be done in order for them go get what they want.
Protests are different now. But it will take years.
And we expanded beyond walmart as well. Ports, and fastfood as well.
http://money.cnn.com/2012/12/05/news/economy/strikes-walmart-ports-mcdonalds/index.html
We're not done yet.
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/4113-brazil-first-ever-strike-against-walmart-
An a recent update/status of our strike plans.
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14240-in-walmart-and-fast-food-unions-scaling-up-a-strike-first-strategy
Whatta ya think.?
Recent Walmart news: Media pressure is needed along with protests and boycotts.
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_22531754/other-side-walmart-opinion
(and a bump up for his important issue)
Unite and WIN!
Yes!
Meanwhile, Wallyworld strikes back.
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130131/BIZ/301310461/
Good stuff posting on my post.
Don't say the U word!!!
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/02/our-walmart-black-friday-union
they should have added a picture of the slave labor tomato fields in Immokalee Florida where Wal-Mart policies contribute to slave labor.
or the many outsourced jobs that equal slave labor overseas.
Great post!
In Florida, the act of taking such a photograph is a felony.
Slave labor in China, or Bangladesh, or Saipan, or any number of other places is not.
That is phenomenal.
Theres a serious problem with the entire country when the largest company pays the worst
http://forrespect.org/
To insure their success, it's of paramount importance to fight "right to work" legislation and all of those that promote it, otherwise, it's just a pointless exercise.