Watched "Walmart, The Cost of Low Prices"

[Lenny]

Originally Posted by biftek

lets face it , working in chain stores like that , you don't have to be an einstein to work in those stores , heck they could train monkeys do those jobs , want a higher paying job , get better education
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I could say the same thing about getting a job in a GM plant in Detroit. Most of those guys have just a high school education, the rest of the training is provided by the company.
They make $27 an hour.

It doesn't take alot of brains to be a flight attendant or a baggage handler either but those people get paid well because they have the right to bargain collectively for their wages and benefits.

If Wal-Mart is allowed to use its buying power to get lower prices from suppliers then why can't Wal-Mart's workers use their "collective labor power" to get better wages and benefits?
Seems like a double standard to me.