I don't much care about this subject, so I'm going to bow out now. I just want to say that I was not attacking Wal Mart.....i think they are a great business. Should have just kept my mouth shut.
Unionize, don't unionize, I don't give a shit....some are good, some are bad...I just found it interesting that a big company like that was issuing that kind of an edict. I'll slink away now. On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Workplace safety? At Walmart? Really? From what? A paper cut? An > out of control cash drawer? Maybe I don't have a complete picture of > what dangers await the daily lives of a Walmart worker. > > During my lifetime, I have watched an extended union strike put > Eastern Airlines completely out of business in Atlanta, which put alot > of my childhood friend's parents out of work. That was about money, > not workplace safety. > > The only thing I've seen unions do is ask for more money. I've never > seen any improvements other than negotiations for a raise, something I > think most people should know how to do themselves. > > Coal mines have collapsed in the US lately - have they gone on strike > over it yet? Are they Unionized? I'm actually asking, I don't know > the answer. It would be interesting to see if Unions are making a > difference even where safety is a big issue. > > -Cameron > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:265111 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
