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Originally posted by Optimist Prime
My guess is they are extremely ignorant of the conditions and corporate pratices of Wal-Mart. Either that or too deserately poor to relize they will be worse off a year from now if they work at Wal-Mart.
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I agree.
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Originally posted by Hoosier
Are you a union member?
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I don't know about Billy, but I'm not in a union. If fact, I'm pretty vehemently against them. That doesn't mean I don't think employers should provide decent benefits and work envirionment.
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Wal-Mart has been on the front page lately here in Maryland because the legislature just overrode Governor Ehrlich's veto of a bill requiring private companies with more than 10,000 employees in Maryland to spend at least 8 percent of their payroll on employee health benefits or make a contribution to the state's insurance program for the poor. People are calling it the "Wal-Mart Bill" because Wal-Mart is currently the only company in the state with the targeted number of employees which does not already do so.
Very un-Republican of me, but I applaud the legislature. I think they did a good thing. In that same session, they overturned the Governor's veto of a bill raising the minimum wage to $6.15 an hour. Still pretty lacking, but it's a start.
IMO, no one who is willing to put in an honest day's work should have to resort to public assistance.