[lbo-talk] the Costco model

Mark Rickling mrickling at gmail.com
Fri Jun 27 07:06:41 PDT 2008


On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


> Wage Against the Machine
> IF COSTCO'S WORKER GENEROSITY IS SO GREAT, WHY DOESN'T WAL-MART
> IMITATE IT?
> By Liza Featherstone

"So why does Costco bother being nice to workers, given that it is so difficult to calculate a clear payoff for decency? One reason is old-school: a union . . . Yet the relationship shows that even a lackluster union like the Teamsters can help make life better for employees."

This would seem to augur against the CNA's position that RNs are better off with no union than SEIU, no?



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