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Thanks Tall for the infos.

Yep, it may be in Canada then. Nevertheless, labor laws are different in Qu

I don't buy from Wal-Mart because I feel like white trash when I shop there.

But what did it do for Vlasic? The pickle maker had spent decades convincing customers that they should pay a premium for its brand. Now Wal-Mart was practically giving them away.

Maybe Wal-Mart will start selling Mac G5 for $299.   

Oh man I love a good anti-walmart thread. I agree with all of that article, except this statement:

Wal-Mart wields its power for just one purpose: to bring the lowest possible prices to its customers

There's more to it than that. They exist for power. Walmart wants it all. They are the modern equal of the Roman Empire, ruthless and killing anone who opposes them. They will not rest until:

1. There is no other place to buy anything, and I mean anything.
2. Their employees live in company owned housing, and are paid in company scrip, just like the coal miners of more than a century ago. (Writing this down Saruman?)
3. Unions exist only in memory. All traces of employee unions have been erased from all history.
4. Nothing will be manufactured in this country at all. Not a bicycle, not a t-shirt, not a single toy, not a pair of bluejeans or even a bar of soap. Nope, nothing. 

I am very concerned about where this country is headed.

Low prices?  As I have said before, I tell people I don't shop in walmart, because it's too expensive.

Cocoamix, here is a link you might find interesting

You've all seen the ads for Walmart, where they depict their employees doing great things for their communities?  And how they cherish "american values" so much?  Uh-huh. The right to have union representation is an american value. If those are real walmart employees, I would like to meet them, on the job, wearing the blue smocks, while they are punching in.

Oh yeah, walmart has what amounts to a secret police force which rivals the East German STASI in their viciousness. This is why so many are scared to death.  Store level managers and supervisors are nothing more than two-bit, cowardly thugs, hiding under cover of authority,  (Yeah, I am a little pissed. Sorry)

Anyone else think this whole thing with Walmart is going to turn bloody in a few years?

Enigma.

So, um, what happens to the millions of people without high skills and education?

Seriously, not everyone is capable of skilled labor. What of them?

You've all seen the ads for Walmart, where they depict their employees doing great things for their communities?  And how they cherish "american values" so much?  Uh-huh. The right to have union representation is an american value. If those are real walmart employees, I would like to meet them, on the job, wearing the blue smocks, while they are punching in.

Oh yeah, walmart has what amounts to a secret police force which rivals the East German STASI in their viciousness. This is why so many are scared to death.  Store level managers and supervisors are nothing more than two-bit, cowardly thugs, hiding under cover of authority,  (Yeah, I am a little pissed. Sorry)

Anyone else think this whole thing with Walmart is going to turn bloody in a few years?

Enigma.

I couldn't agree more. This country needs to be able to produce for itself. What happens if our trade treaties etc go south, where would that leave us- screwed. IMO we should be making as many products in the US as we are having made in other countries as a saftey feature so to speak. In many cases though (like where I go to shop) Wal-mart has become the only option, buying out the competition etc.

Walmart must go.

Ender

You didn't say "low skilled laborers will keep low paying jobs" you said that low skill jobs will stop existing.

You didn't say "low skilled laborers will keep low paying jobs" you said that low skill jobs will stop existing.

Sorry - I didn't mean to imply all low-paying jobs will dissappear.  I don't see that every happening.  Do you?

I was refering only to the low-skilled, high-paying jobs in manufacturing that have historically existed in this country.  Sorry for the confusion.

Last year, a man entered the Walmart super store in Hudson MA, on a typical saturday afternoon. His purpose in going there was simple enough:  He wanted to buy some undershirts, shaving cream, and some other basic items. Pretty simple, right?

What happened:  as he strolled through the enormous store, he kept noticing people following him. Not ordinary "associates', but management employees, with the walmart name tags, but without the smocks. They started asking him if he "was finding everything okay", and "do you need any help". Every time he turned a corner, there was another one. This continued until he paid for his items and left.

Efficient customer service?  Nope. The problem was that he was proudly wearing a t-shirt which bore the logo of "Teamsters local 25".   Once spotted, they wanted to make damn sure he had zero contact with any of the associates. They were extremely careful so as not to cross the line.


Side note:  This particular Walmart was not built until Digital Equipment corp, once a large employer in the town of Hudson, was gone.   I think that pretty much sums up what is happening.


Enigma