Wal-Mart bans Jon Stewart's new book

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GHOULMAN

Monday, October 25, 2004 1:59 PM

^^^ yes, certainly I agree the current state of... er, the Unions (*chuckle*) is corrupt. But hey, so is everything people do. What I mean is, we just need an adjustment (like adjusting the 14th Amendment) - just as we don't need to burn down Corporations like the ending to Fight Club (though it is getting close to that since Corporations seem to have no problem going to literal war against the people in the name of profits) Unions need to become 21st Century creatures if they are to be relevant.

I suggest the UN is a good place to start.

SIGNYM

Monday, October 25, 2004 3:39 PM

Hey Ghoulman- thanks for letting me know that people (besides me) like my posts!!! Shiny!

RHYMEPHILE

Monday, October 25, 2004 5:13 PM

As for the thread topic, Wal-Mart is just following their policy, which extends to movies and music. I don't particularly care what types of movies/CDs/books they choose to carry, because I'd rather have the choice to buy something lewd if I really wanted to, and thus don't buy those things in Wal-Mart. But I have the option of frequenting Best Buy or Barnes & Noble to purchase things.

And as to the fact that Wal-Mart is bad to their employees, hell yes. I believe it was either "Now with Bill Moyers" or "Frontline" on PBS that ran a story recently about disgruntled workers in a California Wal-Mart. But it's an unfortunate fact of being underskilled and undereducated in our country today. You just can't survive on minimum wage, or working just an entry-level (i.e. not management) retail job. Perhaps you can in other parts of the country, but chances are the low wages they pay and the crappy work atmosphere will force you to find other work.

And it's not just retail. I worked for a newspaper for 3 years where you were lucky to get a lunch break, reporters and editors routinely worked over 40 hours a week without compensation, and overall the company sucked. And you know what? I got the hell out of there.

There's only so much a worker can take. Luckily for Wal-Mart, they keep going strong because the people who have had enough are easily replaced with fresh bodies. Then when they've had enough, the process begins again. Turnover is high, profits are high, but wages are low. Sadly enough, that's just how it works.

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SHADOWVESSEL

Monday, October 25, 2004 6:38 PM

I think you people have too much money and time on your hands.

(Gorramn Double Post)
"I'll be in my bunk."

GHOULMAN

Monday, October 25, 2004 7:16 PM

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Originally posted by SignyM:
Hey Ghoulman- thanks for letting me know that people (besides me) like my posts!!! Shiny!

I love your posts and I hope EVERYONE reads them.

PIRATEJENNY

Monday, October 25, 2004 10:08 PM

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I'll list the big one... and put it in caps: UNIONIZE!!!

This is exactly why people started forming unions in the first place.

I couldn't agree more ... I think people in this country forget that everything good in this country someone fought and died for it didn't just happen

Wal-Mart is Evil

I work there part-time as a cashier while I'm in school...and its an evil company

for starters the wages are patheic for the amount of work you do and most people who work there Work very hard indeed

I personally took the job because I wanted some mind numbing work..somthing I didn't have to care about or get to self- involved...and Wal-mart leaves more then your mind numb at the end of the day

when they 1rst hire you..they show you these movies..you can tell Sam Walton is an ultra right wing conservative even before they show the picture of him and Bush senior

but what really got me was how they try to tell their employees that Unions aren't a good thing and that if someone from a Union approches you don't sign the card...

They tell you that Wal-Mart doesn't need Unions because they'll only take your money and that Wal-mart offers their employees benifits so they don't need Union(BullCrap)..that turned my stomach..but I digress

They also foster an atomsphere of fear to their employees and everything is so micromanaged, it feels like your suffocating

I don't plan on being at Wal-Mart long..but I have to admit its kind of intresting if you watch what goes on closely..and I do..their is something fundamentally wrong with Wal-mart there is something very stifiling about it..you almost feel like your in the thick of something very big and very nasty on the brink about to happen..Like Wal-mart is going to take over the world or something ( blue Sun anyone!!)..and you wonder if the people around you ever stop to think long enough about it and if they feel the same way!!

just the other day something came up about employee benifits and I casually mentioned Union's and how benifical they were

which one girl replied.." but Wal-Mart doesn't need Unions because they have all that stuff for their employees"

which I replied "you don't really believe that hog wash they were selling you"

she looked surprised I gave her a quick 101 about Unions ...

needless to say if any Union guy approaches me, I won't hesitate to sign the card!!

SIGMANUNKI

Monday, October 25, 2004 10:45 PM

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Originally posted by piratejenny:

needless to say if any Union guy approaches me, I won't hesitate to sign the card!!

Even if you are *very* pro union, I'd say hesitate to sign the card. Take down there info and do some research about that particular union. As with any organization, some are more (far more) corrupt than others.

Basically, take it slow and figure out which one (if it is indeed decided that the employees want one) would be the best for your particular situation. As a bad desision in the beginning could lead to a worse situation that you have now.

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"Canada being mad at you is like Mr. Rogers throwing a brick through your window." -Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

PIRATEJENNY

Monday, October 25, 2004 10:55 PM

well your right some Unions are better then others, but I would be signing it more as a statement of protest then anything...honestly I haven't seen any Union guys lurking around..and 2nd.... I think Wal-Mart has most of their employees to scared to sign a union card or get involved if they were approached by someone

I'm Lucky in the sense that I don't need Wal-Mart to survive, but alot of the hard working people their do.. even a pitiful pay check at Wal-Mart is better then no paycheck at all..at least thats how alot of people look at it..

unfortuantley I think its a vicious cycle

but like I said its very interesting in a creepy sort of way!!

Unions give Workers a voice they wouldn't have other wise..

and yes to phrase Martha Stewart..Thats a good thing

and yeah Jon Stewart Rocks

SERGEANTX

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 2:02 AM

Getting banned by Wal-Mart has always been kind of an personal aspiration of mine.

SergeantX

"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock

NEUTRINOLAD

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 2:26 AM

Sounds like "Banned by Walmart" is quickly becoming as prestigious as a JB.

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