makin wal nutz ????

 announcement:

there is now

an association of walmart workers 


hhhmmmmn


musical question:

 is the formation 
  of a ghost 
         of unions future 
 an effective  way to haunt wal mart's
                             sleep  today ???



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latimes:


"The United Food and Commercial Workers union
 formed Wake Up Wal-Mart
 earlier this year to push for changes 
in what it deems bad labor practices 
at the company"

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         "deems" 
 that's journalese
for we're weeners   ----------------------

" The Service Employees International Union 
provided seed money for Wal-Mart Watch
 a nonprofit group that also opposes 
the company's business practices"

"Wake Up Wal-Mart stresses 
that it is not attempting 
to form a union"

" But simply  organize Wal-Mart workers in as  wide a way
as possible "

"They are reaching out and offering the workers a service"
 but they are also laying out the possibility of workers beginning to work together," sez Harley Shaiken
"So as an individual,
 you don't have to confront 
the largest employer in the world. 
You can do it as a group."



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"Paul Blank, director of Wake Up Wal-Mart,
 said he hopes to reach 100,000 employees 
in the next several weeks
 to offer free membership 
            in the association"

"Any employee who signs up 
will have access to a Web site 
that includes a list of
 company's ongoing legal battles,
 a toll-free help line 
and a link to a recently disclosed memo
 outlining the company's attempts
 to cut health care "


     sounds wobbly 
but 
smells weebly 

   without
an action 
this all
amounts
to little more
then  growing stuff in the dark

won't work

unless its mushrooms
or pale aspergrass 

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 this i like though

very much ...



"Wake Up Wal-Mart raised money 
to provide $200 in health care assistance funds 
to 50 uninsured workers
since
 Wal-Mart does not provide 
adequate health care benefits 
to its employees"

 nice agitprop
plenty of smaltz 

as in ....

" That money was raised
 through 102 Halloween candy fundraisers
 that the group 
and its supporters held at Walmarts 
 throughout the country 
to highlight health care issues
 Blank said more money will be raised
 in the future for health care assistance"

damn well better its a beaut of a drive 

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 other site services:


"The site informs employees 
they may be eligible for unemployment compensation
 if their hours have been cut
 -- along with a link to state unemployment offices
 It explains overtime pay
 equal employment rights
 rights regarding 
occupational safety and health
 workers compensation
 and the Family and Medical Leave Act"

blah blah blah

no zing no zest
no gold tooth  smile into  the camera 

Joe Hansen, president of the UFCW :

"Wal-Mart Workers of America 
will mobilize and empower 
Wal-Mart workers 
to change Wal-Mart 
  into a responsible corporation."

can black and his gang
become as good at door belling
as the Witness Propagation guyz 

they're gonna need to 

but hey

there's a million souls to win ....


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