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| Philip J. Koenig 2006-04-13, 5:48 pm |
| On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:54:24 GMT, in article <Qqg%f.1359$az4.64@bgtnsc04-
news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, John Navas writes...
> Baloney. Walmart is clearly attractive to the many that apply
> for jobs there and then work there. Had they a better alternative,
> then they would take it.
It used to be accepted that 12-year old children worked in
factories too. Just because (as Einstein said, see .sig)
"the prejudices of their social environment" dictated that
those 12-year-olds were expected to work in the factory
doesn't mean that was their eternal destiny. Likewise
any employee who is led to believe that something is "the
best they can do", and "they should be happy with their
current lot in life". Bullshit, plain-and-simple!
> Criticizing Walmart for this is simply crazy, not to mention
> elitist and arrogant.
JN decries arrogance and elitism?!? Precious!
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| John Navas 2006-04-26, 11:48 pm |
| [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
In <MPG. 1eb2c7e072d064109897
a9@News.Individual.Net> on Fri, 21 Apr 2006
11:44:17 -0700, Philip J. Koenig < See_email_@ddress_be
low.This_one_is.invalid>
wrote:
>On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 00:40:40 GMT, in article <cSV1g.40$Dv6.20
>@tornado.tampabay.rr.com>, Doug Jamal writes...
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>Unfortunately the record shows that Walmart's competitors
>in the same industry, in the same geographical area, for
>the same types of stores pay their employees, on average,
>a much higher wage. How do you explain that?
No need, because it's not true. Feel free to prove me wrong with real facts,
rather than the usual vague charges.
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| Philip J. Koenig 2006-04-28, 5:48 am |
| On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:35:16 GMT, in article <8lU3g.5265$xX5.3577@bgtnsc05-
news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, John Navas writes...
> [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
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> In <MPG. 1eb2c7e072d064109897
a9@News.Individual.Net> on Fri, 21 Apr 2006
> 11:44:17 -0700, Philip J. Koenig < See_email_@ddress_be
low.This_one_is.invalid>
> wrote:
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> No need, because it's not true. Feel free to prove me wrong
> with real facts, rather than the usual vague charges.
According to Wal-Mart, its 1.2 million U.S. employees
earn an average of $9.99 an hour, less than two thirds
of Costco's average. Only 42 percent of Wal-Mart's
workers have health care coverage through the company,
compared with more than 83 percent at Costco.
Source: Seattle Weekly 12/2004
We find that in urban counties, a Wal-Mart store opening
led to a 0.5% to 0.8% reduction in average earnings of
workers in the general merchandise sector, and a 0.8% to
0.9% reduction in average earnings of workers in the
grocery sector. This translated into a combined 1.3%
reduction in total earnings (wage bill) of workers in
these sectors.
Source: Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley
On average, Costco pays its workers 65% more than
Wal-Mart, yet earns more profits per employee.
Source: NY Times 5/3/2005, Business Week 4/12/2004
New academic research shows that when Wal-Mart moves
into a community, it actually lowers wages in those
communities.
More important, and perhaps more surprising, is that
it lowers overall employment levels as well. Despite
the fact the new store brings lots of new jobs to the
community, the smaller, less efficient competitors
employed more people.
Source: WorkIndex.com
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* Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which *
* differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are *
* even incapable of forming such opinions. -- Albert Einstein *
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* To send email, remove numbers and spaces: pjkusenet64 @ ekahuna27 . com *
* Simple answers are for simple minds. Try a new way of looking at things. *
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