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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5330026So I sent an e-mail to the organizers:
Are you TRYING to hurt Wal-Mart workers??
These people are making a pittance and are frequently "encouraged" to work off of the clock. Why would you advocate making their lives more difficult (especially with your recommendation of abandoning "hard-to-reshelve" items)?
Do you REALLY think that this will have any effect of Wal-Mart as a corporation?
The only thing you're accomplishing is making an underpayed, uninsured and overworked employee's day a little more difficult.
If this is indicative of the methods you're advocating to hurt Wal-Mart, I can see why Wal-Mart's been so wildly successful. THIS is the e-mail I got back:
The suggestion from Fairbanks, Alaska I think is a reasonable one, and
part of a much larger effort. Whether the WM worker is collecting carts in
the parking lot, or restocking shelves, WM is suppposed to be paying them
their hours, and the company swears that they do not condone off the clock
work.
Remember it is WM management that poorly pays these people, not citizens
who are fighting WM. These people in Fairbanks are taking their time,
without pay, to go to WM to engage in civil disobedience.
Do I REALLY think it will have an impact on WM? Well, it had an impact on
YOU.
If you have a better suggestion to pass along to people about stopping WM,
please let it be known. I have been urging people not to shop at WM, and
apparently as many as 8% of WM shoppers surveyed recently said they are no
longer shopping because of the company's bad reputation. Would you tell me
not to urge people to boycott WM? That will hurt workers much more than
the "leave a cart" plan.
Al
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