Walmart loses major union case. :)

[Miramonti]

story

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the nation's largest private sector employer and world's biggest company by revenue, obtained a nationwide injunction against the union in 2001 that said soliciting for new members in Wal-Mart stores constituted trespassing.

A spokeswoman for Bentonville, Arkansas-based Wal-Mart said the company was still reviewing the court's opinion and therefore couldn't comment specifically on the decision. However, she said Wal-Mart remained committed "to protecting our stores, our [naive] customers, our [underpaid] employees [as well as our $5-$10 billion in annual profits]... from aggressive and unsolicited [yet justified] actions."

 

[FuzzyBee]

booooooooooooooooooooooo.

there go those cheap prices at walmart. :|

Wal-Mart opposes unions, a stance that dates back to founder Sam Walton, who thought unions were divisive and anti-competitive.

that's the truth.

 

[Shantanu]

Why are you happy about this?

Unions come in. Walmart's costs go up. Walmart charges more. Walmart is market leader, so smaller chains follow suit.

You get fvcked, greedy union thugs and lazy workers benefit. Yeah, that's real good for America.

 

[Schadenfroh]

w00t, die evil walfart

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

When Sam was alive, he would fry a Bentonville exec who tried to pull crap on an employee due to position. Now Sam is gone, and Wally World is a different place, but not a better one. I can see where people are more interested in a union than they once were.

 

[Miramonti]

the executives make millions while the people that do the work get enough to buy dog food. Its basically racketeering of labor imo.

 

[Shantanu]

Originally posted by: jjsole
the executives make millions while the people that do the work get enough to buy dog food. Its basically racketeering of labor imo.

Uhhh... You are a dumbass.

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: Hayabusarider
When Sam was alive, he would fry a Bentonville exec who tried to pull crap on an employee due to position. Now Sam is gone, and Wally World is a different place, but not a better one. I can see where people are more interested in a union than they once were.

I think if they pay the workers what they deserve, they won't have to worry about them joining the union. They are worried now, and they should be.

 

[FuzzyBee]

Originally posted by: jjsole
the executives make millions while the people that do the work get enough to buy dog food. Its basically racketeering of labor imo.

hehe - damn those exectives that usually own large shares in the company. damn company owners for making the money!

share the wealth baby, share the wealth.

</sarcasm>

 

[FuzzyBee]

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: Hayabusarider
When Sam was alive, he would fry a Bentonville exec who tried to pull crap on an employee due to position. Now Sam is gone, and Wally World is a different place, but not a better one. I can see where people are more interested in a union than they once were.

I think if they pay the workers what they deserve, they won't have to worry about them joining the union. They are worried now, and they should be.

maybe they are paying them what they deserve.

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: fuzzy bee

Originally posted by: jjsole the executives make millions while the people that do the work get enough to buy dog food. Its basically racketeering of labor imo.

hehe - damn those exectives that usually own large shares in the company. damn company owners for making the money! share the wealth baby, share the wealth. </SARCASM>

Yep, but its not like they bought any out of their own pockets. Ridiculous unexpensed stock option incentives are an unchecked disease in greedy companies.

 

[Shantanu]

How old are you? I'm guessing that you're 14, and you've been brainwashed by your left-leaning, union card holding public school teachers.

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: Shantanu

Originally posted by: jjsole
the executives make millions while the people that do the work get enough to buy dog food. Its basically racketeering of labor imo.

Uhhh... You are a dumbass.

Yup...he's a dumbass and he doesn't understand a free market economy either. If you don't like you job find a new one.

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: fuzzy bee

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: Hayabusarider When Sam was alive, he would fry a Bentonville exec who tried to pull crap on an employee due to position. Now Sam is gone, and Wally World is a different place, but not a better one. I can see where people are more interested in a union than they once were.

I think if they pay the workers what they deserve, they won't have to worry about them joining the union. They are worried now, and they should be.

maybe they are paying them what they deserve.

I don't think so. And they are loosing lawsuits left and right reg. coercing workers to work overtime but not clock it.

 

[FuzzyBee]

Originally posted by: Shantanu
How old are you? I'm guessing that you're 14, and you've been brainwashed by your left-leaning, union card holding public school teachers.

 

[FuzzyBee]

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: Shantanu

Originally posted by: jjsole
the executives make millions while the people that do the work get enough to buy dog food. Its basically racketeering of labor imo.

Uhhh... You are a dumbass.

Yup...he's a dumbass and he doesn't understand a free market economy either. If you don't like you job find a new one.

yup - i don't see anyone forcing those employees to work there.

i'm just waiting for the mcdonald's union myself. now there's a bunch of underpaid employees.

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: fuzzy bee

Originally posted by: jjsole the executives make millions while the people that do the work get enough to buy dog food. Its basically racketeering of labor imo.

hehe - damn those exectives that usually own large shares in the company. damn company owners for making the money! share the wealth baby, share the wealth. </SARCASM>

Yep, but its not like they bought any out of their own pockets. Ridiculous unexpensed stock option incentives are an unchecked disease in greedy companies.

Minds like yours are actully the unchecked disease affecting our society today......maybe we will get lucky and a WalMart truck will run your ass over and remove you from the gene pool.

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: Hayabusarider
When Sam was alive, he would fry a Bentonville exec who tried to pull crap on an employee due to position. Now Sam is gone, and Wally World is a different place, but not a better one. I can see where people are more interested in a union than they once were.

I think if they pay the workers what they deserve, they won't have to worry about them joining the union. They are worried now, and they should be.

Are you stupid? Do you understand how our job system works? The average WalMart job can be done by ANYONE, and there are plenty of stupid highschool kids to hire, thus, they don't get paid much. That's the way the free market system works...it isn't that complicated. Cashiers or warehouse employees or whatever else WalMart has do NOT deserve more than the $6/hr they get.

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: Deeko

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: Hayabusarider
When Sam was alive, he would fry a Bentonville exec who tried to pull crap on an employee due to position. Now Sam is gone, and Wally World is a different place, but not a better one. I can see where people are more interested in a union than they once were.

I think if they pay the workers what they deserve, they won't have to worry about them joining the union. They are worried now, and they should be.

Are you stupid? Do you understand how our job system works? The average WalMart job can be done by ANYONE, and there are plenty of stupid highschool kids to hire, thus, they don't get paid much. That's the way the free market system works...it isn't that complicated. Cashiers or warehouse employees or whatever else WalMart has do NOT deserve more than the $6/hr they get.

Ahhhh...we have a winner, and obviously someone who uses their brain for something more than playing CS while sipping mommy's Coke.

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: Shantanu

Originally posted by: jjsole the executives make millions while the people that do the work get enough to buy dog food. Its basically racketeering of labor imo.

Uhhh... You are a dumbass.

Yup...he's a dumbass and he doesn't understand a free market economy either. If you don't like you job find a new one.

How does organizing labor equate to anti-free market? Labor is a commodity, and there's consolidation within companies and industries throughout the marketplace to gain market influence and effectiveness. Why should labor be excluded from this?

 

[AnyMal]

I want all crapping a$$holes who hate Walmart to do one thing, next time when you go into Walmart take notice how many elderly and/or disabled workers do you see? Then try to remember any other retail or food chain that lets people with disabilities to earn an honest living and to have the dignity and pride in knowing they don't exist on handouts.

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: Shantanu

Originally posted by: jjsole the executives make millions while the people that do the work get enough to buy dog food. Its basically racketeering of labor imo.

Uhhh... You are a dumbass.

Yup...he's a dumbass and he doesn't understand a free market economy either. If you don't like you job find a new one.

How does organizing labor equate to anti-free market? Labor is a commodity, and there consolidation within companies and industries throughout the marketplace to gain market influence and effectiveness. Why should labor be excluded from this?

Skills are a commodity, not labor. The kind of people who work at WalMart do not have scarce skills, hell it seems to me as if most were picked at random off the streets. Why should the employer be held hostage by a union for employees that are easily replaceable?

 

[Amused]

I see no reason to be happy about this.

While Unions have every right to organize workers, they do NOT have ANY right to go onto PRIVATE property against the wishes of it's owners.

If non-Walmart employees want to organize Walmart workers, they can do it off of Walmart's property.

This amounts to nothing less than an infringement of private property rights.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Time to put a 100% tax on income above a certain level. The execs deserve it.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: jjsole
Skills are a commodity, not labor. The kind of people who work at WalMart do not have scarce skills, hell it seems to me as if most were picked at random off the streets. Why should the employer be held hostage by a union for employees that are easily replaceable?

Who are you kidding? Just finding someone who will show up, on time, every day they're schedualed and actually do the work is scarce.