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The Cleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 02:37 PM Original message |
Retail SLAVE LABOR and the So-Called "Robust Economy:" How Companies are Screwing Retail Employees! |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. So Sad. |
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The Cleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 02:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Sad thing is, it's rare to break into management level anymore. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 03:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Yep, that's called career networking, "Me and my friends take care |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
45. Thanks for the link. I figured this was coming, it just makes me sick. nt |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 07:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. Right, and ya know what? Ya know what really frosts me? |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
53. And It's So Much Worse With Consolidation |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. This is the walmart model |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 02:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Shop unionized stores if you can |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 03:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. I do both raphs and Henry's are |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 04:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Agreed |
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cut.your.crap (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 02:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
49. Union is not necessary |
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Cassandra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. When somebody says... |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. thanks for this. Further proof of just how far employers will |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
7. High level employees like lower level employees get to train their Indian |
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The Cleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 03:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I've always wondered, WHY do employees acquiesce to this! |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 05:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. Financial desperation. |
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The Cleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 10:11 AM Response to Reply #26 |
39. I can see that, BUT... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 05:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. Oh, I don't know. Rent, maybe? Food? Children's medical needs? |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 06:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
32. Also there is that "at will clause " |
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The Cleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 10:05 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Yeah, I like how companies paint "at will employment" to YOUR benefit |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 02:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
47. That sucks. I live in an "at will" employment state too. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
55. We've Become Dependent on Two-Income Families, That Doesn't Help |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. They also discriminate more that private companies |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. This Is Why People Formed Unions |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 03:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I hope you're not saying they deserve it |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 03:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. The federal government has to strenthen the Warner |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Who can organize such a thing? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. So you want pure Marxist theory |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 04:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Nice thought |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 06:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Corporations Are No More Powerful Today Than They Were in 1900 |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 08:32 PM Response to Reply #29 |
56. read up on the Ludlow Massacre in Colorado in 1914 |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 06:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. The government has often been ambivalent towards worker causes. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 06:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. And we are quickly entering the same territory |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 06:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. Ok correct me if I am wrong |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 03:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I was talking to a friend of mine |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. Get an education?!? |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
18. Degrees are starting to become like a height requirement. |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 04:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Fifteen years ago? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 06:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Hence : CANNON FODDER. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 02:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
48. Right on! |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. Education is nothing these days... |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
24. We NEED UNIVERSAL HEALTH ...soon NOBODY |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 05:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. We NEED UNIVERSAL HEALTH now roger that |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
27. Barbara Ehrenreich. |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
35. sausages |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-27-06 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
37. It's not only retail where people are treated this |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
40. two parties |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
41. Corporations are screwing everyone from |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. kick |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:24 PM Response to Reply #41 |
54. They are bloodsuckers, |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
42. not everyone is college material. doesnt mean they are throw away |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 02:05 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. A lot of college graduates now have jobs that don't require college degrees |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-29-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. well it already is in many, many cases |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
50. sad |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
51. one of the women i work with at wal-mart got her hours cut from 40 to 8 |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
52. this is an "ownership society" |
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Minnesota_Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
57. When I worked for Target Corp, those of us whom worked at the corporate offices were told.... |
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951-Riverside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
58. I love how some people attack wal-mart yet ignore these farms and factories who |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-01-07 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
59. I've worked retail and it's tough |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-06-07 11:43 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Many folks like you out there |
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