the Benefits of working for the Union

I'm already on record as being no fan of unions.  I've been in a couple of unions in my time and I can't say the experience was really worth it. 

I'm no big fan of Wal-Mart either. My wife likes them, but I don't.  Not because I'm against them, I just don't like their stores.  It's a texture thing.

In the Las Vegas area, the  United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) is concerned about Wal-mart employees and is picketing their stores.  The picketers sit out in 104 degree heat for 5 hours and get two 15-minute breaks to use the restroom across the street.  The picketers make $6.00 an hour with no benefits.  They are not Union represented employees.  They are not even employees of the union.  They are temporary employees hired by the union from a temp agency.

From the Las Vegas Weekly:

Rivera removes his watch to show the dark tan his arm has gotten working in the sun; he talks about how he takes three buses to get to this work site on weekends; it takes two hours to get there and two hours to get home—a nine-hour day including that transportation for a gross pay of $35.

$35 dollars for a nine hour day.  That has to be CRIMINAL! 

And the Wal-Mart employees?

"The average rate of pay for Nevada Wal-Mart workers is $10.17 an hour. We have a good insurance program, and every associate—even part-timers—are eligible for the 401k," says Mark Dyson. "There's actually different levels of insurance, dental and medical—I have a $500 deductible, but there's no cap on it. Some other companies' plans have a $1 million cap, but here there's no cap. For example, not long ago we had an associate whose husband needed a liver transplant, and that alone was $600,000; but they didn't have to worry about a cap."

Not to mention they get regular breaks and work in an air-conditioned environment.

The UCFW should be exposed as the frauds they are.  I hope the Wal-Mart employees see through this sham for what it is.  The UCFW doesn't give a damn about workers.  that is obvious by their exploitation of the temporary workers.  All they want is the money a Wal-Mart contract would bring in.

Hat Tip:  Wizbang

Comments

[patd95]

Amazing...hiring people to protest for you! The anti-Wal mart crowd is interesting. First, no one is forced to work at WM. Next, no one is forced to shop at WM. So this is all a matter of idiocy. If WM is that flipping bad, no one would bloody work there! Idiots!