Re: Say NO NO NO to Wal-Mart!!!

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> On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 10:29:42 -0500, Harry Krause <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> 
> >Their employees are almost free...
> 
> They're totally free. Free to take the job, or turn it down.
> 
> Bob


That's part of the problem.  They're offering so little the only ones 
willing to step up are either the painfully impoverished or illegal 
immigrants whose pay in dollars eclipses what they can earn at home.

Walmart won't pay a living wage.  That's not letting market forces 
determine the price paid for labor.  It's skirting the labor market at 
the same time they play very aggressively in driving manufacturer's 
prices down.

It's not fair to use market forces on the purchasing side of the 
equation while screwing labor on the other.

jps