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Iggy

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15. I'm Former UAW, and I Get It, But...

Sun Oct 21, 2012, 07:25 AM

Oct 2012

isn't it a bit late for this?

How many of these folks initially thought the new local Wal-Fart was a GOOD thing? how many started
shopping at their local Wal-Mart after it opened; due to the convenience and the low prices on things they typically shop for?

did these folks not know that shopping at Wal-Mart, instead of the local mom and pop convenience/drug store--
where they used to shop regularly, would put the mom and pop stores out of business?

????

again, failing to learn from history means we have to repeat it.

it appears many in our nation don't understand monopoly capitalism-- and the fact this ultimately means higher prices for
everything we need to survive.

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A picture Wal Mart wishes was not on the net. [View all] Whovian Oct 2012 OP

Woah, when was that? Zalatix Oct 2012 #1

Last Wednesday. Whovian Oct 2012 #3

My in-laws can't find much about the Wal Mart strikes. I'd love to show them links and stuff Zalatix Oct 2012 #5

Google walmart strike. Whovian Oct 2012 #7

Something I never thought I'd see Cha Oct 2012 #2

knr leveymg Oct 2012 #4

KnR !!! sarchasm Oct 2012 #6

wow!! Swagman Oct 2012 #8

Huge K&R. nt DLevine Oct 2012 #9

Wal-Mart is the leading edge of the "evil empire" TahitiNut Oct 2012 #10

Jackson Stephens of BCCI fame also brought Waltons great fortune... Octafish Oct 2012 #20

Wow. Corporate media (R) did a great job of ignoring this Berlum Oct 2012 #11

+1,000,000. A Wal-Mart strike is an obvious lead story. reformist2 Oct 2012 #19

Good people are starting to wake up. aandegoons Oct 2012 #12

This was in protest to a Walmart grocery opening glowing Oct 2012 #13

Yesterday, I was party to a conversation where my friend proudly announced that no_hypocrisy Oct 2012 #14

I'm Former UAW, and I Get It, But... Iggy Oct 2012 #15

Better late than never, don't you think? n/t MadHound Oct 2012 #16

Uh, No Iggy Oct 2012 #17

So what do you propose? MadHound Oct 2012 #21

There's this thing called: Collaboration.... Iggy Oct 2012 #23

Ummm iamthebandfanman Oct 2012 #28

I like your thinking if it was an AND not an "instead of" proposition. Tigress DEM Oct 2012 #29

Not a business person, are you. MadHound Oct 2012 #30

Eloquently & effectively stated Sherman A1 Oct 2012 #41

That's not the original question posed by the Poster Iggy Oct 2012 #42

the fist step will be to stop blaming the victims reusrename Oct 2012 #50

we shop at a lot of mom and pop convenience stores grantcart Oct 2012 #32

This is a great idea and this underthematrix Oct 2012 #44

You say, "learn from history". Javaman Oct 2012 #33

lol. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #38

If only... 99Forever Oct 2012 #31

Wow! Glimmer of Hope Oct 2012 #18

Is the strike still going on? nt Honeycombe8 Oct 2012 #22

I really don't know but hope so. Whovian Oct 2012 #25

That photo gives hope lunatica Oct 2012 #24

Is there a Facebook link for this picture? LongTomH Oct 2012 #26

The relationship with poverty is BOTH cause and effect BlueStreak Oct 2012 #27

Yep. there are underthematrix Oct 2012 #45

Every Walmart shopper should be forced to watch "Walmart the High Cost of Low Price" ceile Oct 2012 #34

YES! Here's the whole movie: progressoid Oct 2012 #35

hey Wal Mart warrprayer Oct 2012 #36

thank you LittleGirl Oct 2012 #37

Walton family: You don't make enough money importing cheap junk, you have to screw employees too? 1-Old-Man Oct 2012 #39

Wow, what a great picture! nt valerief Oct 2012 #40

The big question is wny are we still shopping at WALMART? underthematrix Oct 2012 #43

heard the same song in the 1990s. the only change that came is walmart is even bigger. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #46

"Vote with your consumer dollar" may seem a 'fail' IF Lifelong Protester Oct 2012 #47

i don't shop there for the same reasons. under no illusion that unorganized individual consumer HiPointDem Oct 2012 #48

You are certainly right about 'vote with your dollars' against Wal-Mart Lifelong Protester Oct 2012 #49

I rarely shop there anyway and never knowlingly cross a picket line. TBF Oct 2012 #51