<html><body> <DIV>Whole Feeds may be a wonderful place to shop, but they could at least pay their employees a decent wage. WF may not be as bad an employer as Wal-Mart but  they are every bit as anti-union. Why shouldn't their workers make comparable pay as those in Albertson's, Safeway etc? SR</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <P>-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: Wojtek Sokolowski <A href="mailto:sokol@jhu.edu">sokol@jhu.edu</A> <BR><BR></P> <P>> <BR>> So for me, the availability of the food that I like is worth paying the <BR>> premium, albeit I miss NYC where I could get the same stuff for less. <BR>> Another thing - Whole Foods is the only supermarket that does not subject <BR>> its customers to the gauntlet of tabloids, most of them right wing, while <BR>> standing in a check out line. I really appreciate that experience, albeit I <BR>> would not necessarily pay a premium for it. <BR>> <BR>> Wojtek <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ___________________________________ <BR>> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk </P></BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>