Comments on: Wal-Mart http://www.nearfantastica.com/soapb/2006/07/08/wal-mart/ Sort of a Prostest Blog - Solving world issues and the personal things. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:47:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: KevBo http://www.nearfantastica.com/soapb/2006/07/08/wal-mart/#comment-3034 KevBo Sun, 09 Jul 2006 16:05:19 +0000 http://www.nearfantastica.com/soapb/2006/07/08/wal-mart/#comment-3034 Same thing happened in Quebec last year or so. check out the movie Walmart: the high cost of low prices. Same thing happened in Quebec last year or so.

check out the movie

Walmart: the high cost of low prices.

]]> By: Anton http://www.nearfantastica.com/soapb/2006/07/08/wal-mart/#comment-3030 Anton Sun, 09 Jul 2006 04:19:05 +0000 http://www.nearfantastica.com/soapb/2006/07/08/wal-mart/#comment-3030 i understand that unionization isn't always the answer but i still don't feel it's right to close down an entire store just because the people formed or tried to form one. i understand that unionization isn’t always the answer but i still don’t feel it’s right to close down an entire store just because the people formed or tried to form one.

]]> By: Jon http://www.nearfantastica.com/soapb/2006/07/08/wal-mart/#comment-3029 Jon Sun, 09 Jul 2006 03:41:44 +0000 http://www.nearfantastica.com/soapb/2006/07/08/wal-mart/#comment-3029 Anton, I don't think you understand the futility of unions in unskilled labour positions. I worked Superstore (Westfair foods, sub company of Loblaws). We where unionized under the UFCW1400, The union was the most ineffective bureaucracy. The union didn't provide for decent pay, and benefits, all it did was create a seniority system that made the entire operation ineffective. I would like to believe that a union would be the answer, but given that people can be replaced with the next teenager to walk in the door, a union cannot be effective. Anton, I don’t think you understand the futility of unions in unskilled labour positions. I worked Superstore (Westfair foods, sub company of Loblaws). We where unionized under the UFCW1400, The union was the most ineffective bureaucracy. The union didn’t provide for decent pay, and benefits, all it did was create a seniority system that made the entire operation ineffective. I would like to believe that a union would be the answer, but given that people can be replaced with the next teenager to walk in the door, a union cannot be effective.

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