Jonathan Tasini: Wal-Mart Jobs Vs. Auto Jobs

[marmar]

Wal-Mart Jobs Vs. Auto Jobs
by Jonathan Tasini

Friday 05 of June, 2009


The debate I took part in yesterday--well, it's hard to call it a debate when your opponent is not operating with a full deck of cards...meaning facts--on CNBC really illustrates, in the most starkest terms, the two visions of America. One vision sees unionized jobs, like those that many people have had in the auto industry, as the platform upon which you build a decent society where people can live with dignity and respect. The other vision is that that sees Wal-Mart as the model--where if you work full-time (which Wal-Mart considers as a 34-hour work week) and are part of a family of four, you don't make enough money to get above the poverty level of $21,000a-year.

Take a look at this: http://www.workinglife.org/blogs/view_post.php?content_id=13851


You want to both laugh and cry listening to Stephen Moore. If you try to follow his argument, good luck--because it simply isn't coherent beyond the point "people are lining up for Wal-Mart jobs and so that must mean Wal-Mart jobs are great". If this is the best the right-wing, pro-business folks can throw out there, boy, it's a thin bench.


http://www.workinglife.org/blogs/view_post.php?content_id=13851

[dkf]

1. Maybe the model for a union company is an employee owned company.

Then you can profit as a worker or an owner. But if the company goes down, you lose both your job and your investment so you better be thoughtful about keeping the company solvent.

[armyowalgreens]

2. COMMUNIST!!!

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