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The bottomline: If employees are unhappy they have the right to quit. If they insist on a union, Walmart has the right to preserve its business model, and close the store. Everybody will know when Wal-Mart employees are underpaid. Nobody will be willing to work there. No employees, no customers, no Wal-Mart. Simple. Let the free market work.

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I would willingly give my left marble for $18/hr.

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most of the management in my bank don't make $18/hr.

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...... A larger income doesn't do you much good if the cost of living is even higher (i.e. California).

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I am currently earning less than 80% of what I was four years ago - but in the same time I have moved from a 700sqft townhouse, built in 1905, with a 15ftx35ft back garden to a substantial single family home on three acres. It's not how much you earn that is important, it's what you can buy with your take home pay.

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I know the manager of a Sam's Club in FL, and he makes a base of about $70k and a bonus of $175k last year.

Cha-ching.

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most of the management in my bank don't make $18/hr.

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Are you sure you're talking about "management" and not just "supervisors"?

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i would never shop there. no one i know shops there. if there was no walmart where would poorer people shop? i cry when i hear employees have no benefits. walmart should be banned. i dont want one in my town. i asked my councilman if we could get an ordinance banning walmart and he said it would not pass constitutional review. so i asked if we could ban all retail stores over say 5000 square feet. they are looking into it. another town i know walmart came in and a mall too and their downtown died. if our towns lose their downtowns we lose the character and the very soul of our communities, plus a lot of small shops and the jobs they create. i prefer to shop in small specialty shops anyway. even if prices are higher. i shooped once at walmart i wore a hat and sunglasses so no one would see me. it would be to embarrassing to be seen there like i was too poor to have nice things or that i was too concerned about saving money.

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That's weak man. When I was trying to get on at this other bank they were going to start me at 20.00 p/h as Branch Manager.

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i would never shop there. no one i know shops there. if there was no walmart where would poorer people shop? i cry when i hear employees have no benefits. walmart should be banned. i dont want one in my town. i asked my councilman if we could get an ordinance banning walmart and he said it would not pass constitutional review. so i asked if we could ban all retail stores over say 5000 square feet. they are looking into it. another town i know walmart came in and a mall too and their downtown died. if our towns lose their downtowns we lose the character and the very soul of our communities, plus a lot of small shops and the jobs they create. i prefer to shop in small specialty shops anyway. even if prices are higher. i shooped once at walmart i wore a hat and sunglasses so no one would see me. it would be to embarrassing to be seen there like i was too poor to have nice things or that i was too concerned about saving money.

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i would never shop there. no one i know shops there. if there was no walmart where would poorer people shop? i cry when i hear employees have no benefits. walmart should be banned. i dont want one in my town. i asked my councilman if we could get an ordinance banning walmart and he said it would not pass constitutional review. so i asked if we could ban all retail stores over say 5000 square feet. they are looking into it. another town i know walmart came in and a mall too and their downtown died. if our towns lose their downtowns we lose the character and the very soul of our communities, plus a lot of small shops and the jobs they create. i prefer to shop in small specialty shops anyway. even if prices are higher. i shooped once at walmart i wore a hat and sunglasses so no one would see me. it would be to embarrassing to be seen there like i was too poor to have nice things or that i was too concerned about saving money.

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Well, that's insulting.

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I agree. Very snobby!

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Unfortunately, the hat had "I heart Wal-Mart" on it and their cover was blown.

Wal-Mart is a big clumsy behemoth, but where else are you going to get papertowels for a buck? In the tiny town where my in-laws live, they have both a Wal-Mart and a K-Mart. The "mom and pops" are still in business, although they may have altered how they do business - more customer service and specialty services. If you can't beat 'em, do it a little different and a little better.

Signed,
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most of the management in my bank don't make $18/hr.

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Are you sure you're talking about "management" and not just "supervisors"?

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Let me clarify, anybody short of branch presidents or senior vps. We are a decent size bank, 2.6 billion in assets but are only state chartered.

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