The No Cleveland Wal-Mart folks won't like this article by Steve Maich:
Wal-Mart isn't engaged in a series of messy local zoning disputes. It's at war with a well-financed, well-organized opposition, determined to fight it on every front. From Los Angeles to the Saguenay, from Hartford, Conn., to Vancouver, a broad array of activist groups and unions have launched protests, lawsuits and ad campaigns, all aimed at discrediting Wal-Mart, halting its growth, and unionizing its workforce.And the UFCW spokesman is really classy:Like most wars, it's about money and power, and the first casualty is truth. Because even after all the scrutiny and analysis of the Wal-Mart phenomenon, most of what we've been told -- about worker abuse, destroyed small-town economies, crushed suppliers and greedy management -- is wrong.
"They just fuckin' destroy jobs, period, because they replace high-paying jobs with low-paying jobs."A trifecta: Crude, internally inconsistent, and deviod of fact!
Steve Maich has politics that are hard to pin down, so he can't be accused of being a WM shill. You can read Steve Maich's blog All Business, and decide for yourself.
Posted by Kevin on July, 25 2005 at 11:02 AM
