Well that's your belief (which, incidentally, i somewhat agree with but i've got bills i've gotta pay), but it doesn't mean you can force that belief upon your sisters and other greeks.

You and I somewhat agree on something? That has got to be a first! :)

Stating my beliefs doesn't mean forcing them on others. I am well aware that there are many opinions out there and I am stating mine.

Do I really think people will change their shopping habits? No

Do I think GLOs will forbid the wearing of letters to certain stores? No

I agree - write that one down. I'd rather go without it than buy it at Walmart.

However, the thought of not being able to wear letters to someplace like TGIFriday's or in the gas station because there's alcohol there is just ri-damn-diculous, IMO. If our founders would have obsessed about minutiae like this there wouldn't be any sororities.

I'm pretty sure it's fairly new. The Shaws I go to at Copley sells it.

They're not illegal either and a store shouldn't stop them from forming to the degree Walmart does. If the union turns out to suck that's the employees' problem.

The employees at Wal-Mart are usually not earning a sufficient salary to cover their coshare of health insurance.

And you're basing that on???

Have you ever worked there??

Oh, by the way, I have (in high school, but I knew several lifers). The insurance co-share is extremely reasonable for what you make if you are full time. The profit sharing is excellent too. At just part time, and only there 1/2 year at profit sharing time, I got a check for $200. Now mutiply that by people who have been there for years at full time and that's a significant amount. I'm not saying it's a great living, but for those people who don't have the education and/or experience to do anything else, it's not bad.

Case studies in business school, media reports etc.

Which business school would that be??

And, please, the media?? Would that be the media that reported Brit & K. Fed's divorce, the one that reported the 3 headed wolf dog, or the one that reported on Bush's false military documents????

It's not elite to be objective ;)

Hey now, The Daily Prophet is a very reliable newspaper. Rita Skeeter is their ace reporter. Who wouldn't trust her?

So true. I think she must be distantly related to Alexandria Robbins. She's an excellent reporter too. So factual and in-depth.

We studied Walmart in business school also. The company's foundation and orginal business strategy was great. Recently the company has had some bad press due to contractors that hired illegal aliens to work (usually building or cleaning crews for non 24 hour walmarts). The company has also lost some of the orginal values that were established by its late founder.
Unions are not necessarily a good or a bad thing; it truely depends on the leadership of the union. Some industries need unions to ensure the rights of unions, but some do not. If a company is run with employees best interest (since employees are a primary resourse of companies) then unions should not be needed.

Walmart constantly does "Grass Roots Surveys". Everything from "Do you feel your pay is fair" to "Are your direct manager, associate managers, general manager fair, etc". I don't know how much it really impacts the company's decisions, but if they don't do anything with them, they sure go to a lot of trouble and waste a lot of time doing them.