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Old 09-13-2005, 06:17 PM   #12
Hack&Lube
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Unions are so hypocritical and even more destructive in other circumstances. Unions need their own unions to protect workers.

http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/2005/09/08/awsi1.html
Check out this horrible story about a union hiring poor folks for $6/hour to picket Wal-Mart while the actual people who belong to the union live much better lives. These guys are like virtual prisoners, being bused to a Wal-Mart in the middle of nowhere and basically dumped on the streets.

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The shade from the Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market sign is minimal around noon; still, six picketers squeeze their thermoses and Dasani bottles onto the dirt below, trying to keep their water cool. They're walking five-hour shifts on this corner at Stephanie Street and American Pacific Drive in Henderson—anti-Wal-Mart signs propped lazily on their shoulders, deep suntans on their faces and arms—with two 15-minute breaks to run across the street and use the washroom at a gas station.
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They're not union members; they're temp workers employed through Allied Forces/Labor Express by the union—United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW). They're making $6 an hour, with no benefits; it's 104 F, and they're protesting the working conditions inside the new Wal-Mart grocery store.
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