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To: Bill who wrote (107600)	8/22/2005 10:19:41 AM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Walmart drives unions crazy. In fact, any company which doesn't put up with waste, fraud and inefficiency drives unions crazy. My single union experience was in 1970 when I got temporary work at the Longshoreman's union hall in Beaumont, TX (if there were not enough union guys to hire, they'd pick up extra non-union workers like me). I worked on a securing gang, tying down heavy equipment on a ship deck. I was told several times to slow down and not work so hard. Apparently, I was too efficient getting the work done.

To: Bill who wrote (107600)	8/23/2005 1:44:04 AM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Unions play an important part in making sure there are family wage jobs with benefits, including health insurance. Of course you are too far removed from the everyday struggles of the American middle class to realize it is disappearing, but for most people unions are a protection and a generally good thing. They are not always involved in waste, fraud and inefficiency. That is a gross exaggeration. WalMart is always involved in destroying small businesses and the planet in general, however, in ruthless fashion.