Canada's Supreme Court Penalizes Walmart for Closing Store After Workers Unionized

Posted by sdesapio 11 years, 8 months ago to Business
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Canada's Supreme Court ruled Friday that Wal-Mart must compensate former workers at a Quebec store that was closed after they voted to become the first Wal-Mart store in North America to unionize.

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  • Posted by Hiraghm 11 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Wrong again.
    The country was remarkably free of class warfare until the communist agitators began waging it.
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  • Posted by UncommonSense 11 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Regarding your last sentence: it is no accident. Yes, it is by design. The bought-and-paid-for MSM outlets are merely parroting what they are told to. Yet, it is the truth. There isn't any difference between the R's and D's. It's a 2-head, one body politic.
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  • Posted by UncommonSense 11 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You don't understand what I was subtly referring to: Pawns In The Game, by William J. Carr. Read it & pass it on. Written back in 1962.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 11 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You can sum up SA and RforR in one simple acronym - BAMN: By Any Means Necessary. The methods are immaterial, only gaining power is important, and those seeking it should do whatever it takes to gain it.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 11 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I don't doubt that this is the case, but if so, then it is the gov't officials who are at fault. WM can ask/propose whatever they want. Only by gov't actions are those proposals made manifest.
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  • Posted by UncommonSense 11 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Saul Alinsky was a thug. I have his book "Rules For Radicals" from 1971. He worked along side with Al Capone's henchmen in the 1930's. NOTHING he says is for good. He was just another pawn in the game. Ovomit loved the guy. And so does Hellary.
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  • Posted by khalling 11 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Rand supported laissez faire capitalism. The more limited the government is regarding commerce, the less likely corporations can grab too much power. A large multi national welcomes regs because they have the means to comply. In fact they often push for regs in their industries to discourage competition.
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  • Posted by Maphesdus 11 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    As much as I enjoy Ayn Rand's stories, one of the single biggest problems with her theories is that she failed to recognize that corporations can potentially be a form of tyranny as well.

    When government controls corporations, that's called Communism. But what do you call it when corporations control government?
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    Posted by Maphesdus 11 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Saul Alinsky didn't suggest spreading false information or class warfare. He simply pointed out that class warfare was already taking place, and suggested fighting back.

    "There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning."
    — Warren Buffett

    Several media outlets on both the right and the left have recently reported that the United States is no longer either a Republic or a Democracy, but rather has become a Plutocracy. Did you think that just happened by accident?
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  • Posted by khalling 11 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The part where he suggested class warfare or the part where he encouraged false information spreading?
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    Posted by Maphesdus 11 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I think it depends on the specific situation. It's not really possible to make a sweeping, generalized statement like that about all unions without the statement being wrong in at least some instances.
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    Posted by Maphesdus 11 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I actually think Saul Alinsky's idea of community organizations sounds like a good idea. That's something significantly different from a labor union.
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 11 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Walmart is far from the only company lobbying government officials to get favorable land prices via eminent domain. There was a US Supreme Court case that a recently retired justice from NH was in charge of writing that made eminent domain takings easier to do, and it was a Judge Narragansett moment.
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  • Posted by UncommonSense 11 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You should mark this date down: I actually agree with you on this one. Hell, crack out a beer for this.

    Can you guess what happened after Prohibition was lifted? Well, in Chicago, Al Capone and his minions (Saul Alinsky worked with his henchmen) infiltrated into...can you guess?

    Unions. And so did the communists. It's never been the same since.

    My take on unions is this: if you (the angry union member/boss) think you can do a better job AND provide better benefits than the company/corporation boss, then PROVE IT by STARTING YOUR OWN COMPANY. Show us how it's done. Otherwise, STFU or QUIT.

    But don't give this BS excuse 'But you can fire anyone at any time for any reason...we gotta have a union to protect against that!' Because IF you are one of the best employees who really knows his/her stuff AND is a MENTOR to JUNIOR employees AND is reliable: WHY on earth would I (as a company boss or manager) be stupid enough to fire you, just so you could go to my COMPETITION and assist them in putting my dumb arse out of business??? Western PA knuckleheads simply didn't understand that. If you're guessing that's where I'm from ~ you guessed correctly! NO UNIONS!! PERIOD. EVER. Kas sa saad aru? Comprende?
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 11 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    When a company asks for a piece of land to be considered "blight" for eminent domain purposes so that they can buy the land at a discount by devaluing the property of the current landowners, I will keep attention on both WalMart and on the corrupt government officials. This is a standard practice for WalMart. Look up WalMart and "eminent domain", and you will see countless cases around America like this.
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 11 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I wasn't able to find anything that was specific to Brevard County, FL on the Internet directly linking WalMart and eminent domain. I know that it was discussed once or twice on the local radio show. However if you type WalMart and "eminent domain" into Google, you will quite a few web sites like

    http://reclaimdemocracy.org/independent_...

    describing WalMart and its abuse of eminent domain.
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  • Posted by khalling 11 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I'm with Hiraghm. Unions have given employees entitlements above and beyond what the market bears for the level of skill.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 11 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Depends on the employees.
    A large company can do better without some employees.

    Union employees qualify as "parasites", as they always suck away more than they contribute.
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  • Posted by Rozar 11 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I would keep the focus off walMart and on the corrupt government officials. Most businesses have a motivation to make as much money as possible, and that isn't going to change. Governments job is to keep its nose clean and do an honest job regulating, which is extremely important considering they have the monopoly on force.
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