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Sep 13, 2005

minimum wage union pickets protest non-mimimum wage Wal-Mart

there's too much irony in this story to highlight every instance.

Link via drudge: Las Vegas Weekly.

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.

Sep 13, 2005 at 10:46 AM |

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Comments

Rolf

Great! Seems like the unions are finaly embracing outsourcing.. (of non-core activities?)

Posted by: Rolf | Sep 14, 2005 at 09:46 AM

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