On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 21:02:07 -0800, Terry Pulliam Burd
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> On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 16:21:25 GMT, "kilikini" <
[email protected]> arranged random
> neurons, so they looked like this:
>
> >Our WalMart opened about two years ago and employed a *lot* of people on the island. Most have
> >since quit because of unfair business practices. From what I understand, the majority of the
> >staff working at WalMart now are transplants from a Georgia location. Great, bring in more
> >people to the island! We don't have affordable housing and we have a lack of housing as it is.
> >WalMart *does* have great benefits, however. They carry Kaiser, which is the best Hawaii has,
> >and it really helped out a friend of mine who was on disability with WalMart for a year. They
> >covered her the entire time.
>
> There was an article in the LA Times a few days ago about how Wal-Mart pays such low wages
> that their employees are eligible for MediCal (California subsidized health insurance) and Wal-
> Mart provided pamphlets to their employees on how to apply for MediCal. So, in effect,
> California taxpayers are subsidizing Wal-Mart's bottom line, which explains the 5 month
> grocery strike out here while the groceries are trying to position themselves to compete with
> Wal-Mart, a/k/a NAFTA-Mart.
Up here it wasn't called a "strike". It was an "informational picket line". In any case, Safeway has
won the battle and will now have a two tiered system like the airlines had many years ago.
IMO: Knowing how Safeway treats employees in the first place, this is a really bad sign for their
workers....
Gag! I own Safeway stock. This screams *sell* to me, because I can't hold stock in a company that
disrespects workers to that extent.
We have to draw a line somewhere and that's where mine is.
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