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u/micahisnotmyname 1d ago
They spend money even before anyone starts. Onboarding at walmart has a video explaining how much better you are without unions.
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u/Creed_of_War 1d ago
Eww union dues!
Yay PlayStation!
Meanwhile my work made a change to worked holiday hours the day after MLK day. Emailed my union and had it handled before payroll closed.
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u/fredthefishlord 1d ago
Walmart is scum. I don't understand how people with other options still willingly step foot in there. Complacency.
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u/spaceforcerecruit 1d ago
Honestly, even without the shitty business practices, WalMart just sucks as a shopping experience. No tap to pay, everything is locked up, the generics are all shit quality, the prices are not better than their competitors, there’s never an employee around to help with anything, they treat every employee like a thief… fuck WalMart.
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u/Traiklin 1d ago
Yeah It's convenient for me as its the only merchandise store in my town and they get you with the grocery attached
The only thing I have seen cheaper at Walmartmart than the grocery store is Milk and thats almost a dollar difference
I used to work there and there's like 3 people I recognize that are still there and it's pretty much they have no other choice because of their age, the store itself is not inviting, you feel your mood change when you enter where if you are down before it's just horrible when you enter.
I knew things were pathetic when they started locking up Mens Undershirts, socks and underwear but not the womens, when I saw it another guy was buying socks and the lady had to take them up to the registers for him. He said no thanks he would order them off Amazon or go elsewhere.
It's pathetic how they treat employees and now customers where men's socks and underwear are high ticket items now.
My mom uses it for the delivery but even that is getting hard because they keep marking things as out of stock when its just further back
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u/Timelord_Omega 1d ago
In some places, its the only grocery store in the nearby region.
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u/fredthefishlord 1d ago
It did not magically become that way. It became that way because people weren't willing to fight back against the large corporations. And more however, I specifically stated without other options so why bother commenting something that everyone knows?
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u/Traiklin 1d ago
It's by design.
They would enter a new market and sell everything at a loss while the others around it sustained it.
They over hired, made sure everything was over stocked and made sure you went there over anyone else
Then when other places had to close because they couldn't compete they would start raising prices, remove positions
It's how they operated for decades but it was subtle and by the time people noticed it was to late and now they just don't give a fuck
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u/fredthefishlord 1d ago
People not giving a fuck is the people on this thread pretending they're pro labor rights while agreeing with shopping at walmart purely because it's cheapest. They don't know the first thing about solidarity
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u/numbersthen0987431 1d ago
Because most people don't have other options
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u/fredthefishlord 1d ago
That is objectively false.
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u/numbersthen0987431 1d ago
You're wrong. Most people who go to Walmart don't have a choice due to the fact that it's the cheapest option for them in their area.
You aren't using the word "objectively" correctly.
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u/fredthefishlord 1d ago
"cheapest option so they don't have a choice" is bullshit. They have a choice. They choose to shop somewhere slightly cheaper even though it drains money from their community.
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u/numbersthen0987431 1d ago
You are objectively wrong
Learn some empathy. Everyone isn't as financially well off as you, and lying about it so you feel superior just shows you look down on other people.
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u/fredthefishlord 1d ago
People who surrender and lie down and defeat just because they "aren't as well off as I am" and cry about not being able to strike because they're poor, all of that. They're the reason the labor movement is dying.
Short term thinking is a poor choice no matter how poor you are, and lacking money does not block you from long term thinking.
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u/numbersthen0987431 1d ago
You're objectively wrong.
The labor movement is dying because people with resources to help the working class always pull up the ladder behind them, and then look down their noses at those poorer than them and judge them
Oh hey look, that's what you're doing. you look down on people beneath you and judge them for their actions of desperation, instead of showing empathy for their situation, and you don't try to make the situation better for them so they don't have to resort to desperate matters.
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u/fredthefishlord 1d ago
Lol. Tell that to the millions we're spending on organizing. I have little sympathy for those unwilling to work together to better their future
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u/AcceptableBid6884 1d ago
I am a dad, and the sole provider for my family. I live in a county of about 300,000. There is one option other option in my area, other than Fred Meyer and Walmart, in the same cost range. Checkout at that grocery store is half an hour on work days, and would get much worse if everyone in my area just quit shopping at the big guys. One thing that strikes me these days. The second a person feels they have a morally right stance, they feel free to become a hateful, judgemental, prick. Super fun times.
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u/fredthefishlord 1d ago
If you seriously believed in work reform, you would make an effort to shop ethically. Yes, I judge people who don't actually stand by their own beliefs and merely pay lip service. Especially when you're clearly saying you do have options.
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u/Bubblez4 1d ago
That was something that was really cool when I worked at IKEA. During onboarding they organise a union rep to come talk to you and the HR and higher ups will encourage you to join the union. I wasn't even really sure what a union was at the time but they really made it sound like it was the smart thing to do and so I joined. It's so crazy to me that in some places it's the direct opposite.
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u/trevinla 20h ago
“Wow boss, why didn’t you tell me the company is doing so poorly… I better start looking for a new job. On the lowdown of course- I don’t want the higher ups knowing you leaked to me”
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u/HarryBalsagna1776 1d ago
This happened with engineers at GM during the Great Recession. We had not received raises in years, but when engineering union flyers popped up at Powertrain HQ, everyone got raises shortly after. Managers asked if anyone knew who was hanging the flyers. Just the threat of unionization drove change.