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Edwards and Obama Battle Against Wal-Mart

Submitted by B. Cayen, Nov 15, 2006 19:43

I started at Wal-Mart in 1997. I had just dropped out of college, and was badly in need of work. I knew by the end of my first shift I wanted to make a *career* at this place. The hours are not great (I hated working until 11pm) and I started at just about minimum wage. I heard all the talk over the years of how evil the company I work for is, and I could never understand it. If I need a day off, they give it to me. If I think I need a raise, they look at my work history and talk to me about it. Whenever a position opens up in the company, no matter what qualifications I may or may not have, I am able to apply for it....and might get it! I finished high school. That's it. And I'm a manager of a Wal-Mart in Canada. The only qualification for my job was 2 years of retail experience - they teach you everything else. My lack of college education did not disqualify me in any way shape or form. What other company in the world will do that? You can't even get a job at some places without them wanting you to have finished college, have 5 years experience in that field, and be willing to sign the contract in blood. I *love* my job, and I'd rather burn down the store I work in then see some union get their claws into my associates.

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It's amazing! Why is it that when someone becomes an elected offical, they become smarter and have all the answers.... [MORE]	Joe Avila	Nov 16, 2006 14:10
IF the employees aren't paid enough to their liking, don't work there. Find a job somehere else that pays better.... [MORE]	Dave Baumberger	Nov 16, 2006 12:07
When people have no other or better choices and are forced by circumstances (the economy, in this case) to work... [MORE]	Mike	Nov 17, 2006 09:48
This is exactly why people that want to work for my consulting firm are 1099 contractors. [MORE]	Mitch Johnston	Nov 16, 2006 11:19
Do you really think that two Democrats who have a huge net worth and tax exempt acoounts really give a... [MORE]	Charles Wheeland	Nov 16, 2006 11:06
If any of these 'public servants' had generated jobs and met a payroll, maybe I could hear their side without... [MORE]	Carol A Storm	Nov 16, 2006 10:34
Don't take much stock in Senator John Edwards, he is only looking after himself and people here in North Carolina... [MORE]	Linda Creech	Nov 16, 2006 08:50
If Wal-mart goes union ~ prices will increase. I don't want that to happen. That's exactly why I shop there.... [MORE]	Missy F	Nov 16, 2006 07:35
Wal Mart needs to stay clear of politics. If I was the spoke person for Wal Mart, I'd tell the... [MORE]	Becky Temple	Nov 16, 2006 01:30
These socialist democrats are either completely ignorant of economics in general or will say anything to get misinformed people to... [MORE]	W Cox	Nov 15, 2006 23:18
Obama, Why don't you picket FORD Motor Co. for losing so much money year after year and putting so many of... [MORE]	Andy Sacilla	Nov 15, 2006 23:17
When all your ideas are really nothing more than a consistent, hard push of Marxism it becomes very easy to... [MORE]	Jack Manheimer	Nov 15, 2006 21:44
The people who complain already have jobs with benifits that you and I would kill for. Why don't the politons... [MORE]	J Tiernan	Nov 15, 2006 21:22
I started at Wal-Mart in 1997. I had just dropped out of college, and was badly in need of work....	B. Cayen	Nov 15, 2006 19:43
WalMart is a large company benifitting a huge majority of the American population. It could, however, cease to be a... [MORE]	Bill Moyer	Nov 15, 2006 18:54
Before I sold my business in 2004 I had a Northeastern union group demand that my employees be paid a... [MORE]	Michael Galland	Nov 15, 2006 12:14
Why don't Obama and Edwards fund the "living wage" out of their own pockets not only for Walmart,but every company.... [MORE]	Bruce R. Heil	Nov 15, 2006 20:32
If unions provided a source of qualified workers and held those workers to a high standard of work output and... [MORE]	Paul Bazemore, Jr	Nov 16, 2006 08:54
Recently I've been doing my own survey. In several different Walmarts I have asked employees what it's like to work... [MORE]	J Fulmer	Nov 15, 2006 11:38
Yes. I am old enough to remember life without Walmart. Believe me it was not the good old days the... [MORE]	sam rodgers	Nov 15, 2006 18:05
The only reason why unions hate Wal Mart is because Wal Mart is non-union. Unions could care less about Wal... [MORE]	Tim	Nov 15, 2006 20:09
I'm shopping at Walmart this year for the opposite reason I didn't shop there last year. As the Walmart issue... [MORE]	Darlene Palmer	Nov 15, 2006 20:49
The only reason the unions are so obsessed with unionizing Wal-Mart is with the millions of Wal-Mart workers, think of... [MORE]	Sherry Stover	Nov 18, 2006 20:43

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