attn: "Bernie Sanders is Declaring War on Walmart"

[Attorney in Texas]

link; excerpt:

Sen. Bernie Sanders is no fan of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and there are many reasons for that:

* The company doesn't provide benefits for most of its employees, and about $2.66 billion of taxpayer money goes to Wal-Mart employees in the form of food stamps and government healthcare each year.
* Wal-Mart lost a class-action lawsuit alleging wage theft by making employees work through unpaid breaks and meal times, among other things.
* Some have accused Wal-Mart of paying off foreign officials so they won't reveal the terrible conditions under which people labor in their overseas factories.

[Thinkingabout]

1. Walmart does give bonuses to their employees quarterly based on sales, etc.

[yeoman6987]

2. Also stock options

I enjoyed working there. I still have stocks from working. Not a perfect place but it does seem to bring negativity where other stores don't And some are even worse then Walmart. A friend of mine works for Joanne's fabric. Horrid place to work according to her.

[Thinkingabout]

3. Nope, a check you can take to the bank, cash it ans spend it as you please.

[FreakinDJ]

6. If you got stocks you were management

Not so bad when you're in the 'Good Ol' Boy' club

[yeoman6987]

21. No I was cashier

[Agschmid]

4. They aren't worth defending.

[Thinkingabout]

5. Not defending Walmart, it is true they give bonuses.

[leftofcool]

12. They also hire Seniors when no one else will.

[rhett o rick]

15. So let's guess your point. Walmart isn't so bad and Sen Sanders is bad for

exposing them for the greedy bastards they are. You do understand that poverty in the USofA actually kills people? 50,000,000 Americans living in poverty because of the greed of the corporations. d

[Ned_Devine]

19. I'm telling you man, it's just arguing for the sake of arguing.

I saw the responses too and it just makes me shake my head.

[rhett o rick]

22. I wish it were only that. There are people that support the corptocracy. They idolize the

wealthy and big businesses. They choose the 1% over the 99% and sadly claim to be Democrats.

[Ned_Devine]

23. If HRC had come out against Walmart, I'm pretty sure you wouldn't have seen positive remarks

about Walmart from her supporters.

[rhett o rick]

24. I agree. They are very, very loyal. They are afraid to discuss issues because

they are never sure what her current stand is.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/127710250

[arcane1]

28. That's their role n/t

[Fawke Em]

41. Seniors shouldn't have to work.

Our Social Security should be funded so that it is enough for them to live on. If they want to work, fine, but most of the sad seniors I see (well, used to see - haven't been to a Walmart in years) don't want to have to work.

[George II]

32. With all the attention and pressure they've gotten over the years, they've really cleaned....

....up their act. Not perfect, and still quite a bit to go, but they've changed quite a bit.

No doubt this wouldn't even have made it to DU but for a member of their board decades ago.

[Thinkingabout]

35. Exactly. They do offer medical insurance, etc which they did not do several years ago.

I have seen the remarks about they only hire old people. Not true, I see young folks working there and some young people have reached their golden years working at Walmart. It is not a high wage job but it does pay more than nothing.

[SheilaT]

42. Actually, it's my understanding that they offered medical

all along, but that it was generally too expensive for most employees, especially the part timers.

[Thinkingabout]

44. It lacks but still offered, and it has not been for a long time.

[Fawke Em]

43. That member stood by while they union busted and promoted that their employees

use welfare since they didn't pay enough.

Dream on.

[Wellstone ruled]

7. Rank and File get zip,

Managers and team leads get the perks.

[Rebkeh]

8. This. ^ n/t

[liberal N proud]

11. Hourly get bonuses as well

All full time employees

[daleanime]

16. Then why do so many Wallyworld Employees.....

need government assistance?

[liberal N proud]

18. Part time employees?

[SheilaT]

30. Then why are so many of them part time?

Why are so many on government assistance. I've read that part of new employee orientation has been known to include how to apply for food stamps.

While there are reliable stories of WalMart employees who are decently paid, and have worked their way up the rungs of the company, there are even more horror stories of inadequate hours and pay and so on.

[jmowreader]

37. In 2010 it didn't

It probably did in the past, and it may now, but in 2010 they didn't teach how to apply for food stamps - or even MENTION food stamps, except to the cashiers and they learned how to process a food stamp sale. They DID, however, teach you how to fill out a time sheet for "time worked off the clock"...if you did ANY work for the company when you weren't clocked in you were supposed to report it and get paid for it.

[liberal N proud]

38. Orientation does NOT cover food stamp application

[Wellstone ruled]

45. What percentage of their Employees

are full time? Not many. Worked Part Time in a Big Box DIY Store,153 Employees,28 Full Time and the rest Part Time. This is the Industry Standard,so if you are full time consider yourself darn lucky. With the so called increase in Wally Wages,Floor Numbers cut,part time hours cut,next will be full timers hours cut by 2-4 hours per week after New Years. And it is only going to get worse as Their Stock Price drops.

[Wilms]

9. That's weird. Hillary is proud of Walmart.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

26. In 1990. eom

[George II]

33. How predictable.

[bvar22]

10. WalMart?

Isn't that Hillary's Alma Mater?
I believe they teach "Free Trade" and Union Busting there.

[George II]

34. No, no...........and no.

[firebrand80]

13. I won't vote for a warmonger

[daleanime]

17. Amen....

[Ned_Devine]

20. Um, this person is trying to be funny.

The "warmonger" being referred to is Bernie for his war on Walmart, not Hillary for her war vote or hawkish view on foreign policy. Funny stuff.

[rhett o rick]

25. What? Even if nominated? nm

[ForgoTheConsequence]

14. Hillary is PROUD of Walmart.

During those years, Clinton sat quietly as Walmart waged a war on workers trying to unionize and fight for basic rights on the job. This fealty to Walmart never wavered. During her three trips to India as secretary of state, she tried to convince the government to reverse its law aimed at keeping out big-box retailers.

Clinton’s newfound populism would be laughable if it weren’t for her actual record — decades’ worth of cruel attacks on workers and the poor. From support for welfare reform and tough-on-crime policies in the 1990s to shilling for US corporations abroad as secretary of state, Clinton has never strayed from the Democratic Party’s aim — protecting corporate America’s bottom line.

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/05/hillary-clinton-president-walmart-business-feminist/

[Ferd Berfel]

27. Good For Bernie. I stopped going to WalMart and Sams in the late 90's

They are anti-American scum. Fuck 'em

The fact that anyone at DU would defend them proves that the Democratic Party has gone off the rails - on the right side

[SheilaT]

31. Same here.

Twice in the past two or three years I've been dragged protesting into a Sam's Club, and not only they didn't have what the other person was looking for, but the few things I priced were more expensive that at my local Albertson's.

Another time, when planning to make spaghetti for about 150 for my local homeless shelter, a friend priced out the ingredients at Sam's. I bought everything for at least a third less at the same Albertson's.

I think too many people who shop at WalMart or Sam's never go into another store, and they don't understand that often they are paying more.

[jfern]

29. Meanwhile, Hillary was on the Walmart board for 6 years

She had no problem with all the union busting that occurred. She is an enemy of working Americans.

[WillyT]

36. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!

[Omaha Steve]

39. What did Hillary do for the workers when she was on the board?

Anybody?

[TIME TO PANIC]

40. Fuck Wally World!

They make their new hires watch anti-union films. They pay their employees slave wages and generally treat them like shit. They don't schedule their employees full-time so they can avoid giving them benefits. They represent everything wrong with this country. They are EVIL!