red states rule
12-08-2014, 05:01 AM
Is anyone REALLY surprised by the hypocrisy of the union goons?
Just before Thanksgiving, Our Walmart and the United Food and Commerical Workers went into high gear (http://www.ufcw.org/2014/12/01/calls-for-15-an-hour-full-time-work-at-walmart-sweep-country/) in their effort to draw attention to their advocacy of a $15-per-hour minimum wage at the nation's largest retailer. Just after the holiday, I pointed to (http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2014/11/28/our-walmart-demands-chain-pay-15hr-while-ufcw-unionized-kroger-pays-less) a column by the Manhattan Institute's Diana Furchtgott-Roth (http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/furchtgott-roth.htm), who quickly discovered (http://economics21.org/commentary/our-walmart-100-union-0-wmt-2014-11-25) that many Kroger employees represented by the UFCW earn far less.
It didn't take much additional research to demonstrate that any fair and balanced reporting on the union's Our Walmart activities should note that "thousands of UFCW members, and perhaps even a majority, earn less, and often far less, than the $15 per hour Our Walmart is advocating."
In fact, it seems reasonable to contend that the Our Walmart effort is really all about imposing a higher wage structure on Walmart than the UFCW has willingly accepted for it own workers as a way of keeping their stores competitive, especially if President Obama ever gets his way and gets Congress to pass a $10.10 per hour minimum wage.
http://newsbusters.org/s3/files/styles/blog_body-100/s3/images/Walmart16x9_0.png?itok=MBORhiQgWhat follows are several examples of large-scale sub-$15 wages found at UFCW-represented employers.
In early September, Kroger announced that it would be hiring 20,000 additional workers. The Dayton Daily News reported the following (http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/kroger-hiring-20000-in-new-growth-push/nhGbW/#__federated=1):
All local openings are for various positions at Kroger supermarkets. Entry-level positions for cashiers and baggers start at minimum wage and can go up higher based on retail job experience, she (Katy Barclay, Kroger’s senior vice president of human resources) said. Minimum wage in Ohio pays $7.95 per hour.Virtually all (and probably completely all) such positions require joining the UFCW.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2014/12/07/unreal-ufcw-demands-wal-mart-pay-15-hour-while-thousands-its-members#sthash.WOQqpboU.dpuf
Just before Thanksgiving, Our Walmart and the United Food and Commerical Workers went into high gear (http://www.ufcw.org/2014/12/01/calls-for-15-an-hour-full-time-work-at-walmart-sweep-country/) in their effort to draw attention to their advocacy of a $15-per-hour minimum wage at the nation's largest retailer. Just after the holiday, I pointed to (http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2014/11/28/our-walmart-demands-chain-pay-15hr-while-ufcw-unionized-kroger-pays-less) a column by the Manhattan Institute's Diana Furchtgott-Roth (http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/furchtgott-roth.htm), who quickly discovered (http://economics21.org/commentary/our-walmart-100-union-0-wmt-2014-11-25) that many Kroger employees represented by the UFCW earn far less.
It didn't take much additional research to demonstrate that any fair and balanced reporting on the union's Our Walmart activities should note that "thousands of UFCW members, and perhaps even a majority, earn less, and often far less, than the $15 per hour Our Walmart is advocating."
In fact, it seems reasonable to contend that the Our Walmart effort is really all about imposing a higher wage structure on Walmart than the UFCW has willingly accepted for it own workers as a way of keeping their stores competitive, especially if President Obama ever gets his way and gets Congress to pass a $10.10 per hour minimum wage.
http://newsbusters.org/s3/files/styles/blog_body-100/s3/images/Walmart16x9_0.png?itok=MBORhiQgWhat follows are several examples of large-scale sub-$15 wages found at UFCW-represented employers.
In early September, Kroger announced that it would be hiring 20,000 additional workers. The Dayton Daily News reported the following (http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/kroger-hiring-20000-in-new-growth-push/nhGbW/#__federated=1):
All local openings are for various positions at Kroger supermarkets. Entry-level positions for cashiers and baggers start at minimum wage and can go up higher based on retail job experience, she (Katy Barclay, Kroger’s senior vice president of human resources) said. Minimum wage in Ohio pays $7.95 per hour.Virtually all (and probably completely all) such positions require joining the UFCW.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2014/12/07/unreal-ufcw-demands-wal-mart-pay-15-hour-while-thousands-its-members#sthash.WOQqpboU.dpuf