Re: [Winona] Wal-Mart

[Terry Angst]

How about reality. If  Mr. Wang is working, making garbage for Wal-Mart at 13 cents an hour,  can we agree that it is likely the best job he can find to feed his family?  If Wal-Mart doesn't buy from Mr. Wang's employer, is it possible that someone will be without a job? If Wal-Mart agrees to pay more for the garbage, is there any reason to think that Mr. Wang will see anything extra at payday? Does this make any sense?  I wish Mr. Wang the best but........... On the other hand, I'm far from convinced that Winona's present employers are all that generous.  Before they opened, Menards was working the help over 70 hours a week. How well do the hotels pay their housekeepers? Full time work? Benefits? Vacations? Holidays? Before they opened, Menards was working the help over 70 hours a week. Area manufacturers send the help home (need I mention without pay?) if a line breaks down or is short of raw material. What a shame the small gas stations and grocery stores Winona had years ago didn't come up with a moratorium idea to keep out  the Kwik Trips, Econos and Country Markets. I'm not finding fault with Winona employers, rather pointing out that things are far from perfect now. Good, fair, reporting in the Sunday WDN  about Wal-Mart. Terry Angst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder if the person laboring for 13 cents an hour in a Chinese sweatshop to make the garbage Wal-Mart sells would consider it hyperbole? Dean Lanz