Texans Call For Boycott Of Retailers That Fought Wage Bill

[Coyotl]

August 09, 2013 - http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/08/09/210491458/texans-call-for-boycott-of-retailers-who-fought-wage-bill

Texans Call For Boycott Of Retailers That Fought Wage Bill

A group is calling on back-to-school shoppers to boycott Macy's and Kroger stores in Texas this weekend, in retaliation for the national retailers' efforts to quash a bill that would have strengthened the state's wage discrimination law.

The bill was vetoed in June after winning bipartisan approval in the legislature. Its sponsors included state Sen. Wendy Davis, , "if a woman didn't discover [a pay imbalance with her male colleagues] within her first 180 days of employment she has no cause of action in the State of Texas."

Gov. Rick Perry offered no explanation for the veto — but this week, the that Perry had received "letters against the measure from the Texas Retailers Association and five of its members," including the two companies.

From NPR member station KSTX, Ryan Poppe filed this Newscast report from Austin ...........

[Th1onein]

1. Consider it done.

Native Texan here. I'll talk to my family about it, too.

[CurtEastPoint]

2. They are huge national chains. Let's not limit it to Texas. Consider GA in!

[mick063]

3. Boycott franchises

with exceptions.

Costco has publicly demonstrated a different model.

In general, though, fight the centralization of money.

Use local banks, credit unions, retailers. Diminish the centralization of money and you diminish the centralization of politics.

[Politicalboi]

4. We need to boycott Texass

Including by not making a trip to Dallas this November. Fuck them. Don't give Texass ANY money from gory tourism. Massachusetts should have some kind of 50th anniversary remembrance for JFK. Leave Elm St EMPTY this year.

[Paladin]

7. How are things in Califuckya these days? (nt)

[A Little Weird]

5. Kroger?

That is disappointing, I had always heard they were one of the better companies in terms of labor relations. My choices here for groceries are Kroger and Wal-Mart.

[Scurrilous]

6. K & R

[Igel]

8. What were the other 3 companies?

Moreover, Kroger is a grocery store. I'd only get back-to-school stuff there on an ad hoc basis. "Oh, forgot the protractors, but while I'm here picking up milk I'll get a dozen."

Spent close to $400 Friday on back-to-school supplies. Perhaps $10 was for back-to-school stuff for the Igelito.


As for the "if it's unnecessary, why veto it?" comment ... Huh? IMHO at this point there are enough laws on the books, too frequently unnecessary and unenforced, any one of which can be resurrected at inauspicious times and spun to say something insane. There should be a mandated maximum number of characters allowed in the set of laws in every state. Any new law should require the elimination of one or more old, out-dated laws to not exceed the maximum character count.