Re: Ah Larry!

On 04 Dec 2003 01:23:15 GMT, Totalswimm wrote:

>>First, to imply that WalMart got to be a dominant as they are simply
>>by underpaying people is a gross oversimplification.
> 
> Are you suggesting they should be forgiven for their well-documented
> exploitation of those who are relatively powerless -- simply because it's only
> part of the picture. No one but no one disputes that their pay and benefit
> policies keep the average Walmart employee in the ranks of the working poor. I
> frankly don't care a whit about the rest of it. I will personally boycott
> Walmarts and speak out against them for their failures in simple human dignity
> for workers.

No, I'm not suggesting that they be forgiven - if laws were broken - as
you've suggested. If that's the case, I say throw them in jail. Fast and
without mercy.

You said the grocery workers are going on strike in California because of
WalMart's entry into the market. 

Are any other states boycotting or is this just happening in California? If
it's just California - I'm not surprised - you have make a lot of money to
maintain a lifestyle in that state. Is that WalMart's fault...or the fault
of one poorly run state?

Also, are WalMart employees going on strike or is it the employees of their
ineptly-run competitors? If the latter...I would humbly recommend they go
on strike against the real villans - the nimrods who are running the
company they work for.

As for the poor pay and benefits for WalMart employees...seems to me this
newsgroup should focus on a more central issue - poor pay and benefits for
swim coaches. Not long ago on the ASCA web site they advertised a session
at their national convention about "How to make $30,000 per year"....that's
not much more than a WalMart employee makes.....