Distorted propganda about new Walmart in Atlanta.

napi21

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Wed Mar-22-06 03:38 PM
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Distorted propganda about new Walmart in Atlanta.

Wal-Mart opens new Atlanta store
Atlanta Business Chronicle - 9:22 AM EST Wednesday
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has opened its first store inside the Perimeter and donated $1 million to the Washington D.C. Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project.

The new Wal-Mart Supercenter is at 2427 Gresham Road near Interstate 20. The store got more than 8,000 job applicants and will employ more than 500 people. The average wage at Wal-Mart for full-time hourly associates in the Atlanta area is $11.11 an hour.

"The fact that 8,000 people applied for jobs here is a testament to DeKalb residents understanding that Wal-Mart provides not only good jobs, but a career with a growing company," said Vernon Jones, CEO of DeKalb County. "This store is the first one inside Atlanta's perimeter and is part of an urban renewal plan in which we are very glad to play an active role."

Cute that they said the avg. wage for f/t is $11.11, but FAILED to mention just how many jobs there are full time! Out of the 500 people, I bet there aren't even 100 f/t!!! It also doesn't mention that f/t at WM is 37 hrs. a week!

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trotsky

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Wed Mar-22-06 03:40 PM
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1. Yep, my mom's story...

Got hired at a new Wal-Mart, started out f/t but within months they had cut her hours to below that, which of course also allowed them to strip her benefits.

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RubyDuby in GA

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Wed Mar-22-06 03:44 PM
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2. Someone tell Vernon Jones to shut the hell up

I read about this on ajc.com and nearly gagged. Urban renewal plan? If they wanted urban renewal they should have fought tooth and nail to keep this out.

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Richard Steele

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Wed Mar-22-06 03:44 PM
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3. 8000 people fighting for 500 starvation-wage jobs....

That's how you know the economy is doing REEEEEEL well!:sarcasm:

Just keep catapultin' that propaganda, Repubs!
Keep telling everyone how much better off they are;
some of them will probably believe it!

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laheina

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Wed Mar-22-06 03:46 PM
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4. Wal Mart has been working the sneaky PR.

I saw an article on Monday bashing the hell out of Whole Foods. Not until the last paragraph did the story get to, what seemed to me to be, the real point--Wal Mart is going to start selling organic fruits and veggies, and they claim that they will make organic egalitarian (?) .

Sneaky, deceptive, back-door stuff.

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SeattleRob

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Wed Mar-22-06 03:46 PM
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5. hmmmmmm

Instead of donating money to charities, or doing a big PR push, why doesn't Walmart just pay their employees and better wage with benefits?

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Beaverhausen

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Wed Mar-22-06 03:47 PM
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6. I thought full time there is 28 hours?

and who much $$$ in incentives did WalMart get for building there?

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0rganism

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Wed Mar-22-06 03:51 PM
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7. "average" wage is bullshit, the median wage is where you find the truth

All it takes is a handful of highly-paid management pukes in the mix to make that $7.50/hr wage most of the staff earn average out to $11.

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madmom

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Wed Mar-22-06 03:55 PM
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8. If one person makes $49 and another makes $1 the "average is still

$25,so if you think about it averages say nothing.

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