Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa - unions/WalMart
From
Politico:
Trumka blasts Obama on Walmart
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka bashed President Obama and Vice President Biden for "valorizing" Walmart pledges to hire returning veterans.
"Walmart�s recent announcement of a plan to hire returning honorably discharged veterans is more about public relations than honoring our heroes," Trumka said. "That this effort was valorized by President Obama and Vice President Biden reflects an acceptance of economic failure out of line with America�s history or future.
"We owe it to our returning veterans to make sure they are treated as the heroes they are, rather than as symbols used to �greenwash� Walmart�s eroding brand. After facing enemies abroad, is an $8.81 an hour part-time job the best we can offer returning veterans?"
Pants on Fire. Trumka is just a naughty little boy vexed that he cannot unionize WalMart. His precioussssssssssss lies just out of reach. Those nasty capitalist Hobbitsessssss...
A couple of things -- WalMart does pay minimum wage
at the start for door greeters, etc. but you
move up to around $12 pretty quickly. Starting wage in North Dakota is $17.
As for hiring Veterans, considering the crappy economy (thanks Barry!!! - how about a big shout-out to our President), this will be a godsend and WalMart will get a fiercely dedicated crew.
As for "
eroding brand" -- this is complete and utter bullshit. WalMart
posted at number one in the 2012 Fortune 500 with $469.2 Billion in revenues (not profit -- revenues) and it's
stock price reflects the strength and growth.
Hey Trumka -- stuff it. You are a dinosaur whose head doesn't know that its body is dead.
Posted by DaveH at May 7, 2013 9:44 PM