I hate to be the bearer of bad news, did you know that you, the tax payer, are subsidizing Wal-Mart? Thats right. you support Wal-Marts workers with your taxes. Save mioney at Wal-Mart? Not really. You pay less at the cash register, but pay more in taxes. That does not sound fair to me, and that sounds very, very, Un-American.
When I worked at Walmart, my store tried to Unionize. Walmart sent corporate goons from Arkansas in corporate jets to intimidate us to not Unionize.Every day we had to sit through Anti Union videos, lectures, and threats. They took away our bonuses, and hours.They said we will not get them back unless we said no to the Union, and unless we rat out the people who wanted Unions. Every employee was interrogated, and watched like a hawk. We lost over 60 employees, Fired for BS reasons.
If you try to Unionize in a place like Walmart, they will send their corporate goons ( AKA Union Busters) to intimidate every worker to:
A: Rat on the person who started the Union petition.
B: To not vote towards a Union, with threats of termination, lawsuit, etc.
If a Walmart becomes Unionized, Walmart would rather close the store down, and take the hit than to have a Unionized store. Meanwhile hundreds of employees become unemployed.
@oJKBo Walmart does not want Unions because it would hurt their pockets, it's because Wal-Mart is an Anti-American company that would screw over all its employees to save a nickel. I worked for Wal-Mart for many years before I quit. I remember people getting fired for getting injured on the job, and they did not want to pay the medical costs. People hours getting cut for no reason. Horrible working conditions, bad health coverage ( If they even qualify for it)
@grendel1013 so let me get this straight--corporations should not try to maximize profits through providing a low cost good or service? Anti-american? lol the most american ideal is freedom. Walmart has no obligation to its workers, only its consumers. The purpose of corporations is not to give people jobs, it's to provide goods and services to its consumers.
@oJKBo There is nothing wrong with increasing profits, as long as the burden of supporting your employees is not pushed onto taxpayers. Yes, when a multi billion dollar company can't pay its employees enough so they can afford the simple basic necessaries, and they have to go on Welfare, then that is just wrong. After all, every corporation does not get the simple fact, their employees are consumers too.
@grendel1013 if a company can decrease the cost of it's product significantly by replacing it's workers with machines that's definitely bad, right? people being able to buy goods at cheaper prices...bah dirty capitalist pigs. But i guess capitalism really is unamerican
@oJKBo Those machines need people to work them. Places like Wal-Mart need people to work, machines can't do the jobs people can do. buying products from over seas, and screwing your American suppliers to the point that they have to close, resulting in more job losses IS very Un-American. Making Billion dollar profits at the expense of the tax payers IS very Un-American.
voiceofintelligence, you must be management and/or republican. One fact is true, you are not educated on the facts.
American's are financing this Country through Corp. bailouts therefore, we deserve the right to collective bargain for a fair wage and safe working conditions.
@reogurl there is no such thing as a collective right. Each individual has his own right to bargain for his wage, a collective bargain violates that individual right.
@oJKBo Since when did any Wal-Mart, or retail establishment allow any of their employees to bargain for wages? If you want the job, you get paid what they want you to get paid. And, Wal-Mart can change you wages at any time for any reason with or without you consent by either cutting your hours, or fire/rehire loop holes. Unions would never allow any of that to happen,
@oJKBo Agreed. We live in a time where low skilled jobs are disappearing, Middle class is going by by, mainly due to out sourcing. I have a Bachelors degree, and I had a great paying job. I lost my job and had to work at places like Wal-Mart. I went from making 60K a year to 18k a year. That is poverty level wages. It pissed me off when I would hear Wal-Mart made record breaking profits, when the back bone, the heart and soul of the company had to scrape just to make it month to month.
Unfortunately "voiceofintelligence" is not well informed. Under the Employee Free Choice Act if 30% of workers on a site want a secret ballot then they will have secret ballots. This law would give workers the choice between majority sign-up (which was legal from 1935 to 1974).
2nd point: since 1974 there has been 42 violations of the National Labor Relations Board by unions and over 16,000 violations by corporations. Union "intimidation"? Try 16,000 cases of corporate intimidation.
What they are not telling you in this video is that the "Employee Free Choice Act" would ELIMINATE the employees' right to a secret ballot when voting for or against unionizing. If Union representatives can persuade, strong-arm, or intimidate enough workers into signing the union's card, The union wins. This is a GUARANTEE of abuse and fraud. Even if you don't believe the verifiable fact that unions destroy every business an community they infect, you must vote against this horrible lie!
It would be nice if Americans actually had worker's rights. We lag behind two thirds of the world when it comes to that.
N33DL3R 9 months ago
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, did you know that you, the tax payer, are subsidizing Wal-Mart? Thats right. you support Wal-Marts workers with your taxes. Save mioney at Wal-Mart? Not really. You pay less at the cash register, but pay more in taxes. That does not sound fair to me, and that sounds very, very, Un-American.
grendel1013 1 year ago
When I worked at Walmart, my store tried to Unionize. Walmart sent corporate goons from Arkansas in corporate jets to intimidate us to not Unionize.Every day we had to sit through Anti Union videos, lectures, and threats. They took away our bonuses, and hours.They said we will not get them back unless we said no to the Union, and unless we rat out the people who wanted Unions. Every employee was interrogated, and watched like a hawk. We lost over 60 employees, Fired for BS reasons.
grendel1013 1 year ago
If you try to Unionize in a place like Walmart, they will send their corporate goons ( AKA Union Busters) to intimidate every worker to:
A: Rat on the person who started the Union petition.
B: To not vote towards a Union, with threats of termination, lawsuit, etc.
If a Walmart becomes Unionized, Walmart would rather close the store down, and take the hit than to have a Unionized store. Meanwhile hundreds of employees become unemployed.
grendel1013 1 year ago
@grendel1013 a union would mean increased costs for walmart, so they're evil for trying to remain a retail superpower?
oJKBo 1 year ago 2
@oJKBo Walmart does not want Unions because it would hurt their pockets, it's because Wal-Mart is an Anti-American company that would screw over all its employees to save a nickel. I worked for Wal-Mart for many years before I quit. I remember people getting fired for getting injured on the job, and they did not want to pay the medical costs. People hours getting cut for no reason. Horrible working conditions, bad health coverage ( If they even qualify for it)
grendel1013 1 year ago
@grendel1013 so let me get this straight--corporations should not try to maximize profits through providing a low cost good or service? Anti-american? lol the most american ideal is freedom. Walmart has no obligation to its workers, only its consumers. The purpose of corporations is not to give people jobs, it's to provide goods and services to its consumers.
oJKBo 1 year ago
@oJKBo There is nothing wrong with increasing profits, as long as the burden of supporting your employees is not pushed onto taxpayers. Yes, when a multi billion dollar company can't pay its employees enough so they can afford the simple basic necessaries, and they have to go on Welfare, then that is just wrong. After all, every corporation does not get the simple fact, their employees are consumers too.
grendel1013 1 year ago
@grendel1013 if a company can decrease the cost of it's product significantly by replacing it's workers with machines that's definitely bad, right? people being able to buy goods at cheaper prices...bah dirty capitalist pigs. But i guess capitalism really is unamerican
oJKBo 1 year ago
@oJKBo Those machines need people to work them. Places like Wal-Mart need people to work, machines can't do the jobs people can do. buying products from over seas, and screwing your American suppliers to the point that they have to close, resulting in more job losses IS very Un-American. Making Billion dollar profits at the expense of the tax payers IS very Un-American.
grendel1013 1 year ago
@nachodaddy Now tell me how you really feel.
LaiHuode 2 years ago
voiceofintelligence, you must be management and/or republican. One fact is true, you are not educated on the facts.
American's are financing this Country through Corp. bailouts therefore, we deserve the right to collective bargain for a fair wage and safe working conditions.
reogurl 2 years ago
@reogurl there is no such thing as a collective right. Each individual has his own right to bargain for his wage, a collective bargain violates that individual right.
oJKBo 1 year ago
@oJKBo Since when did any Wal-Mart, or retail establishment allow any of their employees to bargain for wages? If you want the job, you get paid what they want you to get paid. And, Wal-Mart can change you wages at any time for any reason with or without you consent by either cutting your hours, or fire/rehire loop holes. Unions would never allow any of that to happen,
grendel1013 1 year ago
@grendel1013 yes because it's their company...when you agree to work for them you enter into a contract with them. If you don't like it, quit.
oJKBo 1 year ago
@oJKBo Agreed. We live in a time where low skilled jobs are disappearing, Middle class is going by by, mainly due to out sourcing. I have a Bachelors degree, and I had a great paying job. I lost my job and had to work at places like Wal-Mart. I went from making 60K a year to 18k a year. That is poverty level wages. It pissed me off when I would hear Wal-Mart made record breaking profits, when the back bone, the heart and soul of the company had to scrape just to make it month to month.
grendel1013 1 year ago
Unfortunately "voiceofintelligence" is not well informed. Under the Employee Free Choice Act if 30% of workers on a site want a secret ballot then they will have secret ballots. This law would give workers the choice between majority sign-up (which was legal from 1935 to 1974).
2nd point: since 1974 there has been 42 violations of the National Labor Relations Board by unions and over 16,000 violations by corporations. Union "intimidation"? Try 16,000 cases of corporate intimidation.
PAlcmaeonidae 2 years ago
What they are not telling you in this video is that the "Employee Free Choice Act" would ELIMINATE the employees' right to a secret ballot when voting for or against unionizing. If Union representatives can persuade, strong-arm, or intimidate enough workers into signing the union's card, The union wins. This is a GUARANTEE of abuse and fraud. Even if you don't believe the verifiable fact that unions destroy every business an community they infect, you must vote against this horrible lie!
voiceofintelligence 2 years ago
WOW, fantastic!!! We stand with Y'ALL!
mista56293 2 years ago