Lowe's Flashmob - April 4, 2011

In 2010 Lowe's made $2.1 billion in profit. In 2011, they are firing full-time workers and rehiring them as part-time workers in order to avoid paying health benefits. We organized an action at the Lowe's in South Seattle because this is an issue that affects our community.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Lowe's
• SEIU
• SEIU Healthcare 775NW
• Jobs
• South Seattle
• Michael Jackson

[mattheather31]

Hmmmm???? No Insurance this year!!!! OMG!!!! Oh wait I have my insurance this year. wow!!! You say they laid off there works to part time. That's not possible if your laid off your not working. Also Part time employee's to have insurance. Also if you look Lowe's donates billions of dollars to many organization's. Oh not including MDA Lowe's in the number one retailer in the world to give the most ever in money to MDA.

[MJSzeliga]

Is this a joke? Seriously? It looks like a bad SNL skit. LOL. Looks like a group of like maybe 10 bored housewives. Sad they dragged their little kids into it, too. What a bunch of idiots. Seriously.

[perrys62008]

Typical SEIU Bullshit. Hey SEIU, F*ck off. I hope every SEIU employee gets fired from their jobs. They are all POS.

[perrys62008]

Typical SEIU Bullshit. Hey SEIU, F*ck off. I hope they fire every damn one of you POS.

[llamaboy8807]

is this lady retarded? none of her facts are even slightly accurate!

[CrazyHermit]

this isn't even a flashmob, its more like a bunch of fatass union thugs who are disturbing the hell out of people on a typical day

[zakneifien]

Even if what you're saying is true, you probably deserve it for voting for Obama. Business need to react to laws that democrats forced down our throats and you got what you deserved.

With Obama everything has an equal or greater opposite reaction. He passed the stimulus to prevent unemployment from going over 8% and it's been sitting at nearly 10% for the past two years. There are less people with Health insurance now then before Obamacare was passed. Face it, Liberals are failures.

[kerriegamble]

WOW! Since when does a PRIVATE employer owe you a damn thing? When you shoved Obamacare down the throats of 50% of the population who OPPOSED it, and all of Corporate America, did you think they were just going to sit there and swallow?

[Sahwoosh]

As a long-standing member of the Rainier Valley community, were this particular Lowe's store is located, I am glad to have a strong, community focused multi-national retailer here! Did you know that Lowe's is a partner with Habitat for Humanity and has contributed to the building of nearby homes? Did you know that last year Lowe's made a substantial donation of products and labor to Aki Kurose school? Besides donating millions in relief funds to the Japan Earthquake and Katrina disasters!!!

[Sahwoosh]

FACT: Lowe's laid off 1 to 2 MANAGER'S per store to HIRE approximately 5-6 sales position employees per store instead.

FACT: The new positions created were part-time weekend positions since that's when the majority of consumers shop for home improvement items.

FACT: Part-time employees have a complete benefit program, including health care benefits!