Wal-Mart workers grumble about new policies

[struggle4progress]

08:56 PM CDT on Sunday, October 1, 2006
New York Times News Service

Wal-Mart, the nation's largest private employer, is .. capping wages, using more part-time workers and scheduling more workers on nights and weekends ..

.. Wal-Mart workers say the changes are further reducing their already modest incomes and putting a serious strain on their child-rearing and personal lives. Current and former Wal-Mart workers say some managers have insisted that they make themselves available around the clock, and assert that the company is making changes with an eye to forcing out longtime higher-wage workers to make way for lower-wage part-time employees.

Investment analysts and store managers say Wal-Mart executives have told them the company wants to transform its work force to 40 percent part-time from 20 percent ..

.. in March, workers from a Wal-Mart in Nitro, W.Va., held a small protest rally in the center of town after Wal-Mart managers demanded 24-hour availability and cut the hours of workers who balked. And workers from other stores around the country said in interviews that similar demands had been made on them ..

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[DainBramaged]

1. Screwing the little guy yet again

40% part timers. Who are they kidding. By capping wages at 39 hours, most of their workforce IS part time and ineligible for benefits.They think that in the rural areas they can get away with this, but because they have destroyed the retail areas in their locations, they ARE the largest employer. They also think there are enough kids looking for jobs they can displace the seniors working for them.

Stupid fucks.


How come Target can do a better job than Wal-Mart. How come Costco can do a better job than Wal-Mart and Sam's club. And pay a living wage?