THINK BOYCOTT WALMART CAMPAIGN?

[MrMickeysMom]

At least plant seeds all around you. I am personally thinking that few on DU would be Walmart people, even though these are desperate economic times...

I'm thinking highway bandit stuff and BIG FUCKING LETTERS... BOYCOTT WALMART... CORPORATE HATRED OF WOMEN'S EQUAL PAY, or some such thing like that.

I think this is the quickest way to stick it up the with red hot poker, men and women.

[Kurmudgeon]

1. I was already thinking of doing this on my own, the more the merrier!

[MrMickeysMom]

2. Excellent!

[rsmith6621]

3. How About a Simultaneous Outburst of FLASHMOBS at Walmarts

.......across the USA with a song to address the issue.

[Maru Kitteh]

4. "She works HARD for the money!"

I like this idea.

[MrMickeysMom]

7. Something on the order of this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz1nWKV0YxE

[Maru Kitteh]

10. Yes but less complicated and difficult. Something easy and something that would fit

easily in a short story on the nightly news - everywhere.

ETA - that it should be done at the same time in Wal-Marts across the country for maximum saturation.

[MrMickeysMom]

5. I wish I were a choreographer or a dancer...

On the other hand, some talent is bound to run into a local WM.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

13. SOUNDS GREAT TO ME

[AlabamaLibrul]

6. I will have to ask that any highway bandits please spell it "boycott", for everyone's sake n/t

[MrMickeysMom]

9. oops...

heh-heh (edited, for everyone's sake)

[Bozita]

8. I'd suggest all women join in. But then, that's probably too big a group.

5-4

[lbrtbell]

22. Love that cartoon! - n/t

[Zoeisright]

11. I've never spent a penny at WalMart and I never will.

[MrMickeysMom]

12. Makes me sick to think that some of my family members do...

... They say, "out of necessity", but I BEG to differ. These are the same people who don't care who makes what until it effect THEM.

[Hugabear]

35. Support local mom-and-pop stores whenever possible

If you have a choice between a small mom-and-pop store and Walmart or any other large corporate store, always go for the small mom-and-pop. The only way we'll ever get our economy back to normal and put power back in our hands is if we return to the local economy.

[RandySF]

14. I have not been inside a WalMart or Sam's Club in over a decade.

[SoapBox]

15. Ditto...I simply refuse to shop or go there...however, now in a quandary over Target.

...and a Flash Mob at Walmart...

They will probably get a law passed, like at the National Parks, where dancing is now "protest" and is illegal.

[City Lights]

27. Same here. nt

[nobodyspecial]

16. I guess I'll double down on my current boycott

Hard to stop what you've already stopped long ago.

[LiberalAndProud]

17. Walmart's motto

Women
Are worth
Less than
Men are worth
And you can
Rot if you don’t
Think so

[MrMickeysMom]

18. to which I say...

We
Are
Likely to spend
Money elsewhere
And greedy practices
Results in everyone seeing who decides
To tell Walmart to shove it!

[Springer9]

19. I guess I'll have to not spend twice as much money

as I already don't spend at Walmart because I'm still doing Jim Hightower's boycott from almost 10 years ago and we got them on the ropes already. I expect any day now they'll be giving in to our demands and we will have vanquished this evil from the land.

May 08, 2002 News » News Feature


Boycott Wal-Mart
Why you should wipe that smiling yellow face off your shopping list.

by Jim Hightower

Wal-Mart is now the world's biggest corporation, having passed ExxonMobil for the top slot. It hauls off a stunning $220 billion a year from We the People (more in revenues than the entire GDP of Israel and Ireland combined).

http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/boycott-wal-mart/Content?oid=1186460

[Sherman A1]

20. Agreed

I have been there a couple of times in the last few years.

Generally when on vacation and in need of an item or two with no known alternative.

They did recently remodel a store nearby to add groceries sending out $5.00 gift cards, so I went and spent the FREE $5.00 they sent took a look around and left. If they want to hand out money, I will gladly take it.

[lbrtbell]

21. In some places, it's just not possible

As much as I'd like to help, I live in a rural area, and the only alternatives to Wal-Mart are tiny local stores that sell food that's way beyond its sell-by date. I buy as many non-food items as I can online, but that's the best I can do.

I hope this isn't TMI, but I'm currently battling diarrhea caused by eating some food I got from our tiny little market. I had to shop there, because I injured my back and couldn't make it to the nearest city (which has CRAPPY shopping; Walmart is its crown jewel--need I say more?). I'm never buying anything but bread and junk food from any of these little stores again. I simply can't afford to get food poisoning, when I don't have health insurance OR someone to drive me to the doctor/hospital. There is a very real phenomenon of poor nutrition in areas like mine, and Wal-Mart is our only source of decent food--whether we like it or not. :(

If it's any consolation, our local Wal-Mart's managers are all women, except for one man.

IMHO, it's more important to support Democratic candidates in 2012, because that will help stop all this union-busting across the board, not just the problem at Wal-Mart. And we need Dem presidents now and in the future, to make sure that the SCOTUS isn't as right-leaning as it is today.

[MrMickeysMom]

24. Understood... hope you're right about union-busting

It would make sense, based on your rural choices what Walmart continues to do. In areas like that, I suppose they're glad to have "women" in charge to take that heat.

Meanwhile, maybe grain, flour eggs and your own garden is in order, if that's possible.

[Bill McBlueState]

25. yep, that's the problem with the boycott strategy

Boycotts help, but they can't be the only trick in the bag. In many places Walmart has already run all the competition out of town, and what are people supposed to do then?

[Ron Green]

32. If enough people in your area decided to shop at the local market,

I'll bet things would get better there.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

33. We have Kroger and Brookshire's

for alternatives.
I can't find anything I need at Brookshire's.
There are some things that they only have at wallyworld out here in redneckistan.

We have a Lowe's and Walgreen's in the same town as wallyworld, 20 miles away.

Not a whole lot of choices.

If you buy food at a convenience store (Stop 'n' Rob, as it's called in Houston), you take your chances on whether it's fresh or not. I've seen some pitiful looking veggies in those places.

[flpab]

23. I have not been in a walmart for nine years

and I am doing fine...I have co-workers that now think twice about going to the evil empire. You have to plant the seeds.

[Brickbat]

26. Many of us have been boycotting them for years.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

28. I already do

[LynneSin]

29. Well I've been boycotting them for about 10 years so why not

:shrug:

[Romulox]

30. What's the overlap between people who DON'T care for Union rights, living wages, environment, but DO

care about (or know about) female workers' wages?

Exceedingly small, I'd wager. :hi:

[MrMickeysMom]

31. I'm guessing about non-existent

The question is, "Are WE good enough for the Environment?"

How can any thinking person pay attention to one without the other?

But, I'm also reminded of what a supporter once yelled out to Adali Stevenson.... "The thinking people are for you!” And Stevenson answered, “That’s not enough. I need a majority.”

[pstokely]

34. The other places aren't much better

all big box stores are anti-union