WalMart's evils
I will not shop at WalMart or Sam's Club. WalMart's policies towards worker treatment is so wildly out of sync with fair treatment that it is laughable. They are vigarously anti-union. They pay minimum wage. Their health-care, as a result, only covers a minority of workers. These are the three things that make me not shop their, their position as arbiter of culture to the masses is NOT.
The anti-union stance is completely understandable considering their goals as a company. Unions cost lots of money, and when you are a company priding yourself on "More for less," that can be a very significant thing. Understandable does not make it excusable.
The ideal worker for WalMart is someone looking for a second job, someone who is looking for a little extra money, and someone who is already covered for health insurance. Summer Job students, retierees, people with spouses already working full time somewhere else. Not primary bread winners. Not sole income earners. Not the uninsured. Not the working poor.
Unfortunately it is also the uninsured working poor that end up working there. WalMart is somewhere you can work if you really have no other job skills. WalMart is a place that can take practically anyone.
The same was said of the sweatshops of the 1800's and early 1900's. WalMart is as close as you can get to a sweatshop and still stay completely legal. I will not support them.
The anti-union stance is completely understandable considering their goals as a company. Unions cost lots of money, and when you are a company priding yourself on "More for less," that can be a very significant thing. Understandable does not make it excusable.
The ideal worker for WalMart is someone looking for a second job, someone who is looking for a little extra money, and someone who is already covered for health insurance. Summer Job students, retierees, people with spouses already working full time somewhere else. Not primary bread winners. Not sole income earners. Not the uninsured. Not the working poor.
Unfortunately it is also the uninsured working poor that end up working there. WalMart is somewhere you can work if you really have no other job skills. WalMart is a place that can take practically anyone.
The same was said of the sweatshops of the 1800's and early 1900's. WalMart is as close as you can get to a sweatshop and still stay completely legal. I will not support them.
posted by Corwin at 12:07 PM
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