with the treatment of the employees.

Not so much having to work .
Many people work on holidays

How many stadium employees got well-paid for a Holiday day's employment?

The ticket takers, security guards, ushers, parking lot attendants, concession stand operators are all financially secure?

throughout the year.

It's a blog, and looks more like a spoof.



My brother worked at invesco field wearing the "yellow jacket". He said most of them did for fun, not as a job

How can you sleep at night while forcing people to work on Thanksgiving so you can post on the Internet?

without

I see your point. Actually, I was thinking about this earlier. NFL and NCAA are playing games today, should they be picketed? Should I protest Walgreens because they're open? What about the corner gas station?

I think most of the people complaining about Walmart employees working on the holiday are ones that don't work there. I've worked major holidays before at stupid jobs. Shit happens, we deal with it.

when it can potentially have the greatest impact... i.e. it's a HUGE shopping day.) The boycott is about the deplorable wages and poor working conditions at Walmart.

Are you confident that every other activity, service or store you utilize meets your exacting standards for employee support?

that if you can't change/boycott/send a message everywhere about everything, you should do nothing? This is the biggest employer in the US, isn't it? I can't imagine a bigger way to send the message that low-wage workers should be treated and paid better than by boycotting the largest employer of low-wage workers in the US on their biggest day.

Though I never shop on Black Friday regardless.

many stores and products that I liked as a result. As another said above, we must do as much as we can even if we can't do everything.

Also, I did not reply to your OP, but to another poster who was confused about the reason for the Walmart boycott, so I am not exactly sure why you felt the need to "repeat" a question I hadn't responded to. But, since you asked me directly, I hoped I have now answered your question.

...are those doing the sweeping are union employees who are getting holiday pay. Also those players on the field in the NFL are also union...and make more in a quarter than the average Wally World "associate" makes in a year. The other folks there...ticket takers, food vendors et al, as noted in other threads, are seasonal workers who can make a nice buck on tips and extra pay on top of their normal jobs.

I worked in a field that operates 24/7...and worked many a Thanksgiving, Christmas and other holidays. It's "showbiz"...and part of "paying dues" was working those holidays and hopefully moving up the ladder to a position where you could pick and choose the holidays you worked.

Also...should be mentioned, there are many people who either like working or have little or no family to spend time with and would rather work than spend the day at home being depressed.

And I think Black Friday and Walmart can suck eggs.

I worked today because I am in the middle of my shift and will not be home until the 1st of December. But guess what, my employer is compensating me very well for working today.

Can you say that about Walmart.

Solidarity!

Or in Bangladesh?

I guess those make working at Walmart a fantastic opportunity.

All those people should shut up and be grateful for whatever conditions and pittance they get.

So says a Democrat. Roll over, FDR!

And thanks for your incredibly well-informed take on what the Walmart actions tomorrow are about.

in order to compensate. None of those teams will play again until next weekend, unlike the other 26 teams that play this Sunday and Monday.

Last I heard, there hasn't been a campaign by these employees for better working conditions.

Also: None of this is about working on Thanksgiving.

Contrary people, ugh.

HOWEVER, I think there is something you haven't considered.

The employees who are working in support of the NFL game, they aren't going on strike in order for us to support them.

Wal-Mart employees have really had enough and are mobilized and public support validates their own effort to stand up and speak truth to power.

It's good that you caused us to consider other groups that may need our support as well - whenever they DO decide that they want to strike for better wages etc...

Consider also. When Wal-Mart makes changes then it does affect others in the community. If THEY give their employees better wages and benefits, other companies have to match that to keep employees as well. So even your group working on Thanksgiving for the NFL game might get a little bump somewhere down the road. "Boss, I need a raise, or I'm going to have to leave this gig and go get a job at Wal-Mart. I don't want to, but I have to feed my family, help me out here."

Sounds crazy, but collective bargaining raises the bar across the board. Even non-union shops try to offer better wages to prove that their employees don't "need" the unions to get better treatment.

Emergency services of course have to be operating. Hospitals are staffed. Hotels have to be staffed. Some restaurants are open. Many McDonalds are open. 24-hour pharmacies are open. Most gas stations are open.

Disney World and every other theme park is open, airports, cruise ships, taxis, etc, etc... the list goes on forever.

The days when people had holidays off are long gone....unless you work at a bank or the post office.

I am not, actually. But I know full well that there are items I have used or owned that do not match up with the moral stances that I hold.

I can look at my desk and see multiple things that I am fairly certain were constructed with slave labor.

Does that excuse me to go spit on a service worker or trample a clerk in my local big box store? Or even just to go buy another slave labor construction, particularly if there is another similar choice that was made in a less horrific fashion available?

equitable compensation. But you know that. Would you continue even half a day without the compensation you feel you deserve?