Striking Wal-Mart workers aren't just fighting their employer. They're fighting a whole system.

[PrMaine]

17. What are the Alternatives?

Depending on where you live there are alternative places to shop and some of them are even good alternatives.

In many big cities around the country, shoppers have a Costco they can go to instead of Sam's Club. Costco has a good reputation for treating their workers well. Unfortunately, Costco has not opened a store in central Maine where I live; in fact I don't know of any Costco store in Maine so I don't have that choice.

However, Maine has retained more locally-owned and operated stores than most other parts of the country. They are not as big or well stocked as the big nationally operated stores but they do give good service and often good prices.

What occurs to me is that I really don't know what other nationally operated stores, including internet stores treat their employees well and should be supported. If anyone has some insight into where such information exists or could be gathered, that would be a great service to offer.