i think of this because it's another way wal-mart builds goodwill within the community, despite the awful things they do.
j
On Wednesday, March 24, 2004, at 10:56 AM, Michael Perelman wrote:
> This last weekend I participated in a forum on Wal-Mart. A large
> number
> of Wal-Mart workers showed up to vigorously defend their employer.
> They
> were obviously working-class people and not professional spokesman.
>
> Several mentioned their salaries. I responded that given their obvious
> intelligence, they deserved a far better income. Their answer was that
> Wal-Mart was the only job that they could find.
>
> Is the Chico behavior that common -- that Wal-Mart confined a retinue
> of
> such devoted workers who would volunteer a Sunday afternoon to defend
> their employer?
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> Michael Perelman
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> California State University
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>
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