Deception

Jan 04, 2006 17:28

Today I learned two funny things ( Read more... )

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elijahdprophet January 5 2006, 01:26:00 UTC
The made in the USA thing i knew about, the union thing i didn't.

makes me sad.

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killbox January 5 2006, 02:00:59 UTC
yah, the 2nd part was covered on democracy now today.

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Stories... buddhafiddle January 5 2006, 03:02:12 UTC
Can you source the story about unions? I'm curious which unions they are; my guess is that SEIU and the Teamsters are the main folks doing that. Unions have a history of part-timing people for their work, and paying (if they are working in a low wage market) lower wages. Every time I worked for a union, I worked for nothing as a volunteer.

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Re: Stories... attutle January 5 2006, 03:30:10 UTC
It wasn't any single story.

I saw someone talking about unions hiring people at low wages without benefits to protest Walmart paying low wages without benefits, and tried to find details with Google. I found several stories about unions hiring people to protest, but they wasn't just about Walmart.

Examples:

Union shifts Wal-Mart organizing campaign

Union's hired 'protesters' disrupting business

Local Unions Paying Homeless to Protest

The strange business of protesting jobs that may be better than yours

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