In a message dated 1/13/2005 9:11:24 AM Eastern Standard Time, "Dennis Tester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>Let me ask a naive question, as someone who has resisted mandatory >>collectivism since I was a young teen: �If the union deal is such a good one, >>how can Wal-Mart or Target succeed in hiring anybody? � I will take that as a truly naive question...because all of the union jobs are filled! The twin cities have been very lucky to have a strong presence of organized workers in the grocery industry. These folks have actually enjoyed the benefits of health insurance for full time workers and a relatively decent pay for standing on their feet (and handling a lot of cash) for eight hours a day. We as a community have been truly blessed that the regional chains who have done business in the twin cities over the years have viewed having a work force that was paid a living wage as a positive thing and brought good will in the community. Union workers staid in their jobs for years and regular shoppers got to know their cashiers and they knew the regular customers. Today, the Target's and Wal-Mart super stores that sell groceries are challenging that notion. Disposable cashiers get paid minimum wages, usually work less than 32 hours a week, to avoid paying any benefits and your miserable bag-boy job has been eliminated entirely, so we have less jobs for teens. But, as all champions of unrestricted capitalism know, if business holds out long enough the workers will work for crusts of bread, because they have to feed their families. >And isn't it collusion or worse that several business can >band together and >petition the government to hurt their >competitors? > The constitution still grants the citizens the right to petition the government. At least George II has taken that one away yet. JMONTOMEPPOF Chuck Repke
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