I agree that at one time unions at there place, but now? We have OSHA and other programs. Not to dump on unions. I also have a brother-in-law that is in the IBEW and I love there articles in there union magazine about hating Wal-Mart. You'd think that they could find something else to complain about. Like I said before I worked at a Wal-Mart in Raytown MO making $13.50 an hour and the guy working down the street at Kroger's (who is union) was making 9 or 10 an hour plus paying $80 a month in union dues.

Your point on union teachers is totally a different topic. It's hard to get a bad/lazy/apathetic teacher fired because he or she is protected by a union. There is something wrong with that.

 

Huh??? I didn't say one thing about your spelling. I said we can all see how well your boycott on walmart is working. I was kidding.

Tim

 

gotta love wally world. 132 retail units in Guatemala???? what I miss.

 

I can vouch for this. You should see how much of the merchandise is returned becuase it's defective or missing part.

ETA: AKA high employee turnover. That should tell you something right there. The local Walmart turns over 20% of it's work force every 3 months.

 

I know the history of the unions. I went to school long ago when history class included the stories of unions in America. I believe they once were a good deal. I don't think they are needed now. Many companies offer better wages & benefits without unions now. My job does.

 

Just thought I would throw my .02 in. I like our walmart and cant stand our kmart and still do shop at the local stores to. Alright thank yall, you can continue

 

That is true about one stop place. Yes they are alittle high, but our Krogers is higher too..

 

I'm very curious about this statement.....

I don't know if you consider NC the "deep south".......

In every Wal-Mart I've been in, the vast majority of floor personnel (or at least a preponderance" have been "minorities"......(blacks, hispanics). The customer base that I've seen is pretty close to that......(maybe not as high, but still high)........How are they racist?........Are you basing this statement on the lawsuit about promoting managers?........

I don't grocery shop at Wal-Mart either, but I damn sure go there when I purchase camping stuff, or fishing stuff, or whatever........and when it's time to purchase my quarterly load of 10 t-shirts, 20 prs underwear, and bagloads of socks......ditto........Can't beat the prices....and Fruit-of-the-loom at Wal-Mart is just as good as Fruit-of-the-loom at any other place.....

You'd probably find a higher percentage of shoppers in Wal-Marts from the lower economic strata, because they get more bang for their buck there.......Would you deny them this because you might not like their non-union status or high number of entry-level jobs?...........

 

And this is right on-the-money for retail positions..........so?.......

 

I completely agree!!!!!!!!!! They were once needed but now, They simply prolong business transactions and cost their members work trying to pinch out a meaningless topic.

About the "great american success story". Yes it is, but since Sam's passing the company has lost it's core value- customer first.

About racisim- They employ anyone. Next time your there take a break from staring at the rollback signs and watch who is working and who is wasting time. And the ones wasting time- never is there a word said to them. But if the workers do something wrong they get their heads chewed off by a CSM.

Home depot and lowes are large stores but, HD is an Atlanta company and Lowes is a North Carolina company. I cannot be mad at them yet because They both picked a spot of land near me that had structure on it and tore it down and built their stores. Also I only have one of each of these stores in my area, not four like wally. They know if they offer a good product the customer will come to them. Wally feels the need to offer crap and take it to the customers door step. It's called mass sight. The more of us they see the more tempted they'll be to stop. Why do you think casino's rent fifteen billboards one after the other on the highway near them..............so you'll stop and give them the $20 bucks in your pocket.

 

hey dude i wasnt yellin at ya just laffin.ya i see it worked good they still got more money than ill ever see even if i win the loto

 

If my writing ever comes off as angry, just disregard it, that's just the way I word my self.

 

Wal-mart is not the enemy. So many hate stories in the media, and then everyone hates them. I notice that a lot of people on truck and car boards say they buy their oil and filters from "Wally World", because the price is good.

 

AND, Walmart in NY sells gas! not just at BJ's, but the Walmart itself!

 

there definately not racist, actually with the amount of employees that are employed at walmart i dare say they have one of the highest minority hirings in the u.s.

unfortunately i gave two years of my life working for them in college, i didnt hate wally world just hated retail working on the floor. when i moved into loss prevention it got better.