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2013-05-08 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Fred 2013-05-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Some returning vets need a job and a civilian career path. Walmart STARTS people out at 8.81 but promotes from inside, once people have proven themselves.
We all can't start at the top like Trumka

Posted by Mikey Hunt 2013-05-08 01:43|| 2013-05-08 01:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Red on Red. We should be moving along now.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-05-08 01:49|| 2013-05-08 01:49|| Front Page Top

#3 His real beef is they are non-union.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2013-05-08 07:24|| 2013-05-08 07:24|| Front Page Top

#4 It's never 8.18 to the employer. Add in their share of social security, unemployment insurance and workers comp. That can quickly double and will as Obamacare kicks in. This lowballing is the BS pushed by the unions and their political sock puppets.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-05-08 09:33|| 2013-05-08 09:33|| Front Page Top

#5 I know a lot of very good people that make good $$ working at Wal-Mart.

They do promote from within based on initiative and work ethics. Of course, that logic flies in the face of a sniveling union entitlement weasel like Trumka.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2013-05-08 10:15|| 2013-05-08 10:15|| Front Page Top

#6 No wonder Thug Trumpka hates Wallmart so much. Can you imagine? Rewarding good work....

Posted by CrazyFool 2013-05-08 12:41|| 2013-05-08 12:41|| Front Page Top

#7 Granted Walmart shoppers can be the butt, literally of many jokes but, no one slams people for working at Costco or Home Depot. Both non-union and promote internally. At least here in the Peoples Democratic Republic of Kalifornia (PDRK)

Posted by Retired LEO 2013-05-08 20:59|| 2013-05-08 20:59|| Front Page Top

#8 Lets see there Mr Tumpka - how do you propose that Walmart can hire at a higher wage rate (presumably dicated by government or union use/threat of force)? Raise wages, then you raise costs, which, unless passed to customers, eliminates profits. Or pass them on to consumers, who will no longer be able to afford the products and services. So your policy results in fewer jobs (less employment), lower profits (or even going out of business), higher costs to consumers (hits the poor the hardest). So, exactly who are you saying is helped by your policies? Thats right - your fat ass, and the lawyers and government jackals that would be enforcing the policy,

Such attempts at coercion should be a hanging offense when they threaten so many people.

Posted by OldSpook 2013-05-08 21:11|| 2013-05-08 21:11|| Front Page Top

#9 Walmart shoppers can be the butt, literally of many jokes

People like me shop at WalMart, too. People who like to mock WalMart shoppers prefer to forget that.

Posted by trailing wife 2013-05-08 21:54|| 2013-05-08 21:54|| Front Page Top

#10 I prefer not to shop at WalMart/Sam's Club but I do sometimes. They carry some staples (food, not office supplies) I can't find elsewhere.

Posted by Glenmore 2013-05-08 21:57|| 2013-05-08 21:57|| Front Page Top

#11 TW, sorry, I meant that as sarc, I shop there myself.

Posted by Retired LEO 2013-05-08 23:53|| 2013-05-08 23:53|| Front Page Top

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