That is a very good site: http://blackfridayprotests.org/. It would be cool if some DUers would post their photos here, too.

I love seeing protest photos and reports from DUers participating in them, and I try to post mine when I can. This one, in Paramount, CA 2 years ago, turned out to be the largest Black Friday protest in the country that year, with more than 1,000 protesters:


More photos: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021875581

Great turnout. Hope this year's is equally successful.

and full of shoppers. Its one of the best places for young people to get a job. Of course, its not a career goal for most, so there's a lot of turnover, but its busy all the time, well stocked and clean, and the sort of place you can get a job with flexible hours and decent pay and work your way through college - a couple of checkers I knew did just that. I like to go there because it reminds me every time that a basic old business model can flourish: people like to work if they're treated well, and people like to shop at a well-run store. There its smiles and activity, while walmart is more like a cavernous pit of despair.

Nobody ever accused Wal-Mart of being the Happiest Place on Earth, lol!

And I think my next rock group will be named Cavernous Pit of Despair. Thankyou!

When I worked stocking beer and drinks, Walmart was always the store that should have been the easy, in and out, finished in under an hour store.

Should have been.

They were always understaffed to the point where the back room looked more like an LA freeway at rush hour than a stock room. There were half-hour waits just to get in at times. It was crazy. The shelves were always empty, the store not so busy.

I know how cheaply they can get and sell their goods for, but I'm still amazed they stay in business.

I hope the upcoming strikes are at least a little effective.