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Re: Wal-Mart on Keeaumoku
this is a fallacy.
quoting;
In some testimony I read, payroll personnel stated they were told by store managers to go into the payroll system and "erase" overtime hours of some employees, or to show break times for employees, even if they took no break, to keep their payroll budget in line.
In other cases, managers told employees to clock out, and then called them back to their department to do additional work. Or, asked them to come in early, and then would not permit them to clock in for a couple of hours.
Behavior like this is not just illegal, it's morally bankrupt.
Wal-Mart will also create more jobs than Mom and Pop could ever commit to.
this also is a fallacy.
Wal-Mart, by pushing out competition, eliminates three jobs for every two jobs it creates.
More jobs means the government gets more taxes and less subsidy recipients. With more tax dollars in the general fund, our legislators can direct more funds to greater causes like education and human services while reducing those on subsidies.
yea. they are great for the economy:
Walmart has been caught instructing their employees how to apply for public assistance so they can keep their wages down.
Mom and Pop may have been a tradition, but it's an expensive burden on society because they provide limited jobs and thus miniscule tax revenue. Mom and Pop cannot provide for their employees in the form of benefits the way Wal-Mart can.
wow.
Craig. You should work for the Walmart PR.media liaison dept.
When it comes to putting food on the dinner table, keeping my kids well and paying for their education, Wal-Mart takes care of it's employees.
try taking a look at the web sites that recount in first person how these employees are taken care of.
People looking for jobs embrace businesses like Wal-Mart because it's an equal-opportunity employer,
another fallacy
They were using Illegal Aliens in their stores. This problem is probably corrected now since the big publicity shake up on it, but Walmart was willing to break the law to save money.
I quote:
Wal-Mart: An Equal Opportunity Exploiter
Just when you think Wal-Mart couldn't exploit its employees any more, you find out they've been preying on another group of vulnerable workers. A grand jury is investigating Wal-Mart for its role in exploiting undocumented workers who clean Wal-Mart stores.*
"We Czechs are willing to sacrifice and work hard, but we definitely weren't earning enough money," said Pavel, one of the detained workers who told the New York Times (11/5/03) he worked every night for eight months without a night off, overtime pay or health benefits.
*Wal-Mart had profits last year of $8 billion and the CEO received $18 million in total compensation.
On Oct. 23, government immigration officials arrested 250 alleged undocumented immigrants at 61 Wal-Mart stores in 21 states. Almost all the workers were employed by contractors to provide overnight cleaning services. Ten were Wal-Mart employees recently hired away from contractors.
Federal officials said that wiretapped conversations suggested that Wal-Mart executives knew the contractors were using undocumented workers. This comes several years after 13 Wal-Mart cleaning subcontractors pleaded guilty to illegal hiring practices. Wal-Mart could face criminal charges and possible fines of up to $10,000 per illegal worker.
In nearly 40 lawsuits across the country, Wal-Mart faces charges from forcing their employees to work overtime without pay....
Shoppers hate Mom and Pop stores because there is little selection available on the shelves and the prices are higher because Mom and Pop cannot wholesale buy the way Wal-Mart can.
Walmart does not only buy wholesale. They contract to china for knockoffs when name brands here are not willing to cut their profits to a few percentage points, which many do, reducing jobs or forcing the company out of business. Read the web sites for allll the examples of this.
The only thing Mom and Pop has over Wal-Mart is nostalgia.
it is a sad day when all these little stores we grew up with have and had only one thing to offer, in retrospect; nostalgia.
sad empty heart and memory, that.
The problem with nostalgia is that it doesn't pay for your health coverage, it doesn't put food on the table for your family, it doesn't bring in enough tax revenue to take care of our needy on subsidies, or repave Kapiolani Blvd, or pay our government workers like police, fire, ambulance, trash.
One thing Wal-Mart cannot do that has hurt the Bush administration is to out source it's cashiers and stock clerks to an overseas company, so jobs created stay in the borders of the U.S.
No they simply outsource everything else. And all the jobs are in China at a buck an hour. American jobs are decimated via the walmart way of doing business.
Originally posted by craigwatanabe
quoting;
In some testimony I read, payroll personnel stated they were told by store managers to go into the payroll system and "erase" overtime hours of some employees, or to show break times for employees, even if they took no break, to keep their payroll budget in line.
In other cases, managers told employees to clock out, and then called them back to their department to do additional work. Or, asked them to come in early, and then would not permit them to clock in for a couple of hours.
Behavior like this is not just illegal, it's morally bankrupt.
Wal-Mart will also create more jobs than Mom and Pop could ever commit to.
Wal-Mart, by pushing out competition, eliminates three jobs for every two jobs it creates.
More jobs means the government gets more taxes and less subsidy recipients. With more tax dollars in the general fund, our legislators can direct more funds to greater causes like education and human services while reducing those on subsidies.
Walmart has been caught instructing their employees how to apply for public assistance so they can keep their wages down.
Mom and Pop may have been a tradition, but it's an expensive burden on society because they provide limited jobs and thus miniscule tax revenue. Mom and Pop cannot provide for their employees in the form of benefits the way Wal-Mart can.
Craig. You should work for the Walmart PR.media liaison dept.
When it comes to putting food on the dinner table, keeping my kids well and paying for their education, Wal-Mart takes care of it's employees.
People looking for jobs embrace businesses like Wal-Mart because it's an equal-opportunity employer,
They were using Illegal Aliens in their stores. This problem is probably corrected now since the big publicity shake up on it, but Walmart was willing to break the law to save money.
I quote:
Wal-Mart: An Equal Opportunity Exploiter
Just when you think Wal-Mart couldn't exploit its employees any more, you find out they've been preying on another group of vulnerable workers. A grand jury is investigating Wal-Mart for its role in exploiting undocumented workers who clean Wal-Mart stores.*
"We Czechs are willing to sacrifice and work hard, but we definitely weren't earning enough money," said Pavel, one of the detained workers who told the New York Times (11/5/03) he worked every night for eight months without a night off, overtime pay or health benefits.
*Wal-Mart had profits last year of $8 billion and the CEO received $18 million in total compensation.
On Oct. 23, government immigration officials arrested 250 alleged undocumented immigrants at 61 Wal-Mart stores in 21 states. Almost all the workers were employed by contractors to provide overnight cleaning services. Ten were Wal-Mart employees recently hired away from contractors.
Federal officials said that wiretapped conversations suggested that Wal-Mart executives knew the contractors were using undocumented workers. This comes several years after 13 Wal-Mart cleaning subcontractors pleaded guilty to illegal hiring practices. Wal-Mart could face criminal charges and possible fines of up to $10,000 per illegal worker.
In nearly 40 lawsuits across the country, Wal-Mart faces charges from forcing their employees to work overtime without pay....
Shoppers hate Mom and Pop stores because there is little selection available on the shelves and the prices are higher because Mom and Pop cannot wholesale buy the way Wal-Mart can.
The only thing Mom and Pop has over Wal-Mart is nostalgia.
sad empty heart and memory, that.
The problem with nostalgia is that it doesn't pay for your health coverage, it doesn't put food on the table for your family, it doesn't bring in enough tax revenue to take care of our needy on subsidies, or repave Kapiolani Blvd, or pay our government workers like police, fire, ambulance, trash.
One thing Wal-Mart cannot do that has hurt the Bush administration is to out source it's cashiers and stock clerks to an overseas company, so jobs created stay in the borders of the U.S.
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