----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 10:45 PM Subject: What are the real rules? and a bit on unions
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Brin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 9:35 PM > Subject: Re: Brin: some thoughts and quotes. > > > > > > --- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is there any indication that their treatment of > > > workers is unusual for > > > retail? We do know that without Wal-marts, K-marts, > > > Targets, etc., lower > > > income people would have a much lower effective > > > standard of living. I'm > > > willing to change my mind if places like Abercrombie > > > and Fitch having high > > > prices only because their employees get such good > > > benefits. > > > > I never cease to be amazed by supposedly educated > > people who have no clue how important the US Labor > > movement was. > > > > Not only did it play a huge role in the creation of a > > middle class so huge that we got the "diamond shaped > > society" (that the Bushies have vowed to destroy.) > > But it also was THE MAJOR FORCE THAT DEMANDED A POLICY > > OF VIGOROUSLY CONTAINING COMMUNISM, INSTEAD OF > > RETREATING INTO ISOLATIONISM. > > > > If you had such things anywhere on your horizons, you > > would be able to parse it simply. The chains that > > have union contracts pay living wages with basic > > benefits and decent conditions, lifting their workers > > out of poverty in fair recompense for a hard day's > > work. A decent minimum wage law and overtime > > protection also help. > > That is a false statement. Kroeger's is union, and pays less than > Randall's which is not. thinking about it, I'd be more comfortable with claiming HEB pays better. I'm pretty sure about Randall's....I know the word on the street is that Kroeger's treats its employees horridly, but I don't want to make a false statement myself. :-) I'd much much rather my kids work HEB or Randall's than Kroeger's, that's a fact. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
