racerfan Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I just got this texted to me: Walmart Black Friday Strike: Workers Threaten To 'Take Action' On Retailer's Busiest Day http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/10/walmart-workers-black-friday-strike_n_1954782.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFQueenofNY Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I used to be part of the UFCW when I worked commercial grocery. This will be very interesting. I am curious if the 12 states are union states or right to work states that the union is trying gain access into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjimslade Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Any thoughts? We will cover this on our webcast this Saturday!! http://abcnews.go.com/Business/walmart-worker-protests-spread/story?id=17445295#.UHZSLC7A8s0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkrbel Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 eeehh....I'm iffy about signing it, there are some valid points but then others are kinda pretty common in the workplace now a days. It would be nice to have a more dependendable schedule and I would think if enough people want it, it should be easy enough to accomodate but I don't know the logistics. Full time hours and benefits is another stickler but not many places are hiring full time and MOST use that as a way NOT to offer you benefits. This is not specific to Walmart and while I don't agree with it, it's what you agreed to when you took the job. Retaliation for joining unions, lack of privacy/respect for Open Door policy/reports are unacceptable and should be corrected ASAP. It's kind of sad given such great quotes from Walton that the company seems to care so little for its employees but this seems to have been a long time in the process but again I find its pretty common. It's all a matter of how much faith you put into people or how realistic (some might say skeptical you are). I'm currently in my 8th month of what should have been a 3 month temporary assignment. They have been talking since day 1 about all the opportunities for permanent placement, yet they have 2 employees who have been temporary for over 2 years and are basically in the same boat and care very little to give them any job security. It's a nice way to give people hope and get them to perform well without providing anything concrete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julz0420 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Wal mart is not a great place to work for. They are nosy and they do punish via hours. They intentionally keep people just under full time so they arent full time, and if you make the right person mad you will lose your hours. And they are reading this right now so if you work there I wouldnt post. I worked there years ago. Posted here and they pulled me into the office and, as non threatening as possible, threatened me. Tried to bring my child and husband into the conversation, to scare me into thinking they knew I had a kid because I posted here and where I lived, and how would I feel if something happened to them. (and yes, I am 100% serious. He even told me I could "open door" him for what he said to me.. cause we all know that would have done anything :/) This all from the store manager that was an A$$. That said, I've never been fond of unions either. I call them lazy man protectors. My dad was in a union and hubby is in one now, because it came with the job. Before this job he spent 11 years working in a non union job so at least he doesnt abuse it. But too many people do. In the end wal mart isnt going anywhere. And they know it. So they will continue to do what they do and I'll get a check every so often in the mail from the latest law suit that I didnt ask to be a part of but somehow got included in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momlori Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Most retail jobs are not full time with benefits. Walmart is not the only employer to have bad managers that threaten employees. Yes, those managers should be gone, but sometimes it takes time to do that. Will a union solve the problem? Probably not, but they are looked at as saviors by a lot of people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkrbel Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Most retail jobs are not full time with benefits. Walmart is not the only employer to have bad managers that threaten employees. Yes, those managers should be gone, but sometimes it takes time to do that. Will a union solve the problem? Probably not, but they are looked at as saviors by a lot of people.100% Agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peppysfireball Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Unions are a wonderful thing. My dad was a union carpenter. He retired with a full pension,. We had full medical growing up, eyecare, dental, etc. with no worried. Pay was good, he retired making around 25.00 an hour. He got my husband in the union when we got married 28years ago. We have annuities on top of the retirement benefits in the tens of thousands that will pay out when my husband retires in 4 years at age 56. Pay is now at 31.00 an hour. My husband works all year, the union is a wonderful thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtsuboy Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Unions are a wonderful thing. My dad was a union carpenter. He retired with a full pension,. We had full medical growing up, eyecare, dental, etc. with no worried. Pay was good, he retired making around 25.00 an hour. He got my husband in the union when we got married 28years ago. We have annuities on top of the retirement benefits in the tens of thousands that will pay out when my husband retires in 4 years at age 56. Pay is now at 31.00 an hour. My husband works all year, the union is a wonderful thing. Yeah. Unions are wonderful. Ask anyone at GM or Chrysler. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kranky Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Link to story: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/10/walmart-workers-black-friday-strike_n_1954782.html I doubt anything will happen though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iliveforblckfri Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 I had to laugh at the article saying that they may try to disrupt things flash mobs, isn't that what we see every black Friday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kranky Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 I had to laugh at the article saying that they may try to disrupt things flash mobs, isn't that what we see every black Friday?Yeah, how would anyone know if people were trying to disrupt BF shopping? What would they do to be disruptive - sit in the parking lot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momlori Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Yeah, how would anyone know if people were trying to disrupt BF shopping? What would they do to be disruptive - sit in the parking lot? Seriously, BF shopping is a show in itself. How can they expect to do something to eclipse that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momlori Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Unions are a wonderful thing. My dad was a union carpenter. He retired with a full pension,. We had full medical growing up, eyecare, dental, etc. with no worried. Pay was good, he retired making around 25.00 an hour. He got my husband in the union when we got married 28years ago. We have annuities on top of the retirement benefits in the tens of thousands that will pay out when my husband retires in 4 years at age 56. Pay is now at 31.00 an hour. My husband works all year, the union is a wonderful thing.Retirement at 56 is unrealistic for most Americans. So while a union has been good for you, most workers do not have those types of benefits. Makes me wonder how much we could save without the extra benefits that most do not get in real life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dblbj Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Yeah. Unions are wonderful. Ask anyone at GM or Chrysler. LOL.My husband a retiree of GM...after 32 YOS. We do still have his pension, thank goodness. No further discussion from me except to say I will be glad to be able to get medicare in 9 months. Hopefully, some health issues can be taken care of then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaymacfla Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 In one of the videos is a "worker" with an SEIU for Obama tee shirt. Interesting if these infiltrators will adversely affect the outcomes for the actual employees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pottert Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 hmm... interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToastyOasty Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 How does the discussion go from wal mart workers going on strike to Obama? I love how people find a way to blame him for everything. If bananas suddenly had bones in them people would blame him for that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjncmj Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 How does the discussion go from wal mart workers going on strike to Obama? I love how people find a way to blame him for everything. If bananas suddenly had bones in them people would blame him for that too.The same way some people still blame Bush for everything, and some still blame Clinton, or the other Bush, heck people blamed Reagan for decades. People tend to blame the guy they don't like, and defend the guy they do like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2monkiesx3 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Bones in Bananas, thats Bush's fault for SURE, We all know that by now! I honestly don't think talk of Union and talk about the President is that far of a stretch... I do wonder how this will play out for Walmart though....talks have been going on for years with disgruntled employees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaver41 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Unions are a wonderful thing. My dad was a union carpenter. He retired with a full pension,. We had full medical growing up, eyecare, dental, etc. with no worried. Pay was good, he retired making around 25.00 an hour. He got my husband in the union when we got married 28years ago. We have annuities on top of the retirement benefits in the tens of thousands that will pay out when my husband retires in 4 years at age 56. Pay is now at 31.00 an hour. My husband works all year, the union is a wonderful thing.I really do not understand why a carpenter makes 31 an hour. not to be rude but isn't that a bit high?in the same breath, I do not know why union auto workers make such a high pay for a job not requiring an college degree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaver41 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 (edited) How does the discussion go from wal mart workers going on strike to Obama? I love how people find a way to blame him for everything. If bananas suddenly had bones in them people would blame him for that too.i guess people are entitled to their opinion, you know what people say about opinions. Edited November 8, 2012 by seaver41 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjimslade Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Closing the thread..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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