Faded Glory*
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006 @ 2:40 am | Uncategorized
An easy way to push workers around is to increase “labor flexibility”. One technique is to fire the full time staff and hire a slew of part time people. Not only can you forget about pesky benefits you also have effective new bludgeons like retaliatory scheduling available to you. If you’ve worked a retail job you know exactly where I’m coming from.
Wal Mart, always advancing their Brooks Brothers clad battalions against the flagging defenses of the Wagner Act, have taken up a new offensive. Predictably, the battle plan includes paying their employees less. Not exactly a surprise attack to those sporting a blue smock.
-mg
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