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Demsrule86

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22. Really? I know several people that work there and they like it and are paid a decent wage.

Reply to swimboy (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 8, 2022, 12:29 PM

Jan 2022

Our local grocery store here in Ohio is Sparkle...not in the Cleveland area but in Trumbull and Mahoning...they only hire teenagers as cashiers because they don't want union workers. Giant Eagle pays less than Walmart too.

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Effing Walmart [View all] samplegirl Jan 2022 OP

CDC has been sloppy in their rules. But it's their rules to be followed. jimfields33 Jan 2022 #1

CDC decisions are sometimes based more on politics than science. Crunchy Frog Jan 2022 #5

I've never set foot in a Walmart swimboy Jan 2022 #2

Really? I know several people that work there and they like it and are paid a decent wage. Demsrule86 Jan 2022 #22

Amazon reported to have done the same SheltieLover Jan 2022 #3

link Celerity Jan 2022 #9

Sounds like Amazon is doing the same thing. Boycott them, too? TreasonousBastard Jan 2022 #4

Yes just read that. samplegirl Jan 2022 #13

Some perspective Deminpenn Jan 2022 #6

And since we have a mask mandate here in New York, the local Walmart is the only store that has Rhiannon12866 Jan 2022 #7

I heard that too...you know what is a shitty company that pretends to be so great is Starbucks. Demsrule86 Jan 2022 #21

Retail Deminpenn Jan 2022 #30

That is not true around here. Demsrule86 Jan 2022 #32

link Celerity Jan 2022 #8

We are suffering shortages in labor and goods that could get worse. Hortensis Jan 2022 #10

As I pointed out below...many companies including my husband's offer no leave of any sort. Demsrule86 Jan 2022 #20

Ouch, Dems! The real thing. A painful loss to most and Hortensis Jan 2022 #25

My husband would have had two weeks if he had been made permanent...but his boss was out with Demsrule86 Jan 2022 #33

Conservatism and feudalism are indistinguishable Ponietz Jan 2022 #11

I believe the title Effing Shopper is more accurate than Serf In Training. Hortensis Jan 2022 #26

My people too Ponietz Jan 2022 #29

Link??? USALiberal Jan 2022 #12

Sorry, but being an owner/operator, MarineCombatEngineer Jan 2022 #14

Why are you focusing on walmart? Mosby Jan 2022 #15

Is it just me or does anyone else have a problem with citing stories from... XacerbatedDem Jan 2022 #16

That doesn't make the story untrue. nt BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #17

True, but it does influence others to seek out those publications, read other stories and articles. XacerbatedDem Jan 2022 #18

Well perhaps, but imo, most of us on this forum read a wide variety of media. BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #27

Fully dismiss a progressive site that supports the labor movement? Ponietz Jan 2022 #23

Sorry, my apologies to the Daily KOS, thus the question at the beginning of my post. XacerbatedDem Jan 2022 #28

Dkos has a lot of Op Ed type Deminpenn Jan 2022 #31

At least they offer paid leave...hubs was mandated to stay home two weeks from the date of his Demsrule86 Jan 2022 #19

Far from perfect Zeitghost Jan 2022 #24