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The view from across the pond. So how do you measure sucess? 20 odd actual Wal-Mart employees out of tens of thousands nationwide who actually walked off the job and, sort of some big time apologizing, are probably former Wal-Mart employees today?
1 posted on 11/27/2012 9:20:02 AM PST by Vigilanteman
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Millions stayed home because of the protesters....Sure they did.


2 posted on 11/27/2012 9:23:05 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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Less than 50 out of over one million employees.

That isn’t even enough to be a rounding error.


3 posted on 11/27/2012 9:26:14 AM PST by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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That’s what the guy in the green shirt said.

(Anyone who say live coverage on Friday knows what I am talking about)


5 posted on 11/27/2012 9:27:10 AM PST by ilgipper (Obama supporters are comprised of the uninformed & the ill-informed)
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Typical union idiots. They called the strike at Hostess a success, too.


6 posted on 11/27/2012 9:27:44 AM PST by snowrip (Liberal? You are a socialist idiot with no rational argument.)
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Is WalMart a big Obama supporter?


7 posted on 11/27/2012 9:27:49 AM PST by frogjerk (Obama Claus is coming to town!)
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“Today’s protests at Walmart stores across the country are a reminder of the enormous power of working people uniting to demand a better future with a living wage, affordable healthcare and respect on the job,” said Mary Kay Henry, president of the 2.1 million-member Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

She says words for those listening, or reading to interpret as they see fit. Otherwise she is saying nothing relative to the outcome of their actions at Wal-Mart.

This is BS.


8 posted on 11/27/2012 9:30:46 AM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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What ever happened to the concept that if you dont like a job, you quit?

Or as the union boss says, “Look a foot! Shoot it!!!”


9 posted on 11/27/2012 9:34:54 AM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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5,000 + transactions per minute for Walmart nationwide is not exactly a “failure”.

In fact, the very idea of the protest invoked sort of a “Chick-fil-A” moment for Walmart and people turned out just to spite the protesters.

Why does the press insist on treating the lefties, and minorities, like retarded children, and constantly rewarding them with “participation trophies”?


11 posted on 11/27/2012 9:38:46 AM PST by FrankR (They will become our ultimate masters the day we surrender the 2nd Amendment.)
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I was at the Walmart in Plastow, NH on Saturday. The lassies said the Friday traffic was slow, no commies. When I left at 8:30 THE incoming traffic was terrible, lined up for a half a mile, still no commies.
12 posted on 11/27/2012 9:42:36 AM PST by Little Bill (A)
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so the protest was a success???

I would think that the record sales says otherwise...


16 posted on 11/27/2012 10:22:57 AM PST by joe fonebone (The clueless... they walk among us, and they vote...)
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So what would failure look like?

lol


18 posted on 11/27/2012 10:43:07 AM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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Unions always lie. Always.


19 posted on 11/27/2012 10:58:51 AM PST by ozzymandus
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The Union/Commie Thugs want to control something that is successful without them and they fear that. If Walmart went Union it would also go the way Sears has gone.

The Complainers and that includes the LSM knew what the job was when they applied. They are trying to make a $10.00 an hour job into a $30.00 per hour job.

When the San Francisco Walmart opened a few years back they had 20,000 applications for the 465 jobs when the store opened. That sure looks like the only people left out is Union Thugs.

Just imagine you have waited up half the night to get what you want on Black Friday morning and some Union “Official” calls for a shutdown because of some perceived wrong doing by management! That would go over how with you?

Lastly they were complaining about working on a Holiday? Well it is Retail, if they cannot understand that, there is no hope for them.


20 posted on 11/27/2012 11:02:46 AM PST by DeweyShootem
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Wal-mart pays so little that up to 80% of its employees are on some sort of public assistance. Wal-mart employees collect around $2.7 billion in welfare a year.

This is an issue that needs addressing.


21 posted on 11/27/2012 11:08:18 AM PST by ksen
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They (the real Walmart workers) measure success by the fact that so many people flocked to Walmart to do their shopping (and smirk at the protesters) that their jobs are secure for another year.... No idea how that ties in with the actual story.


22 posted on 11/27/2012 11:13:07 AM PST by trebb (Allies no longer trust us. Enemies no longer fear us.)
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This reminds me of the pro-gay activists who declare a “wear jeans if you support gays” day, then claim victory when millions of people who never heard about their proclaimation wear jeans.


26 posted on 11/27/2012 11:21:53 AM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (Obama being re-elected is the political equivalent of OJ being found not guilty.)
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I visited two Walmarts on Black Friday; no protestors. Stores were in Frederick MD and Charles Town WV.


48 posted on 11/28/2012 11:02:05 AM PST by NRA1995 (CNN should be PNN (Propaganda, Never News))
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