Posted by Godzilla Pimp on November 29, 2006, 2:31 pm
> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1744547/posts
> Posted on 11/27/2006 7:08:12 AM PST by Ramius
> John Edwards' folly: A book signing gone wrong
> 9 hours, 57 minutes ago
> Former Sen. John Edwards is to spend an hour at the Manchester Barnes &
> Noble tonight promoting his new book. We find his choice of venue very
> interesting.
> In Manchester, the local Wal-Mart store sits right behind the Barnes &
> Noble. It has more floor space, a parking lot several times the size of
> Barnes & Noble's, and is easier to access by car or public transportation.
> But Edwards would not be caught dead inside a Wal-Mart. Saying that the
> company pays its employees too little, Edwards has embarked on an
> anti-Wal-Mart crusade. He instructs his staff members and all Americans
> not to shop at Wal-Mart.
> "Wal-Mart makes plenty of money. They need to pay their people well,"
> Edwards said at a Pittsburgh anti-Wal-Mart rally in August.
> So naturally Edwards is holding his book signing at Barnes & Noble instead
> of Wal-Mart. Which is too bad for his anti-low-wages campaign, because in
> Manchester Wal-Mart pays hourly employees more than Barnes & Noble does.
> The Barnes & Noble where Edwards will hawk his book pays $7 an hour to
> start. The Wal-Mart that sits just yards away pays $7.50 an hour.
> Oh, the humanity!
At least he finally got that ugly wart removed from his lip. Shit, I rich
ambulance-chaser like him should not skimp on stuff like that.
GP
Posted by Mike T. on November 30, 2006, 10:07 am
> Mick wrote:
>> The Barnes & Noble where Edwards will hawk his book pays $7 an hour to
>> start. The Wal-Mart that sits just yards away pays $7.50 an hour.
> so how much do they REALLY take home, after working off the clock?
> after being locked in the store?
> after being considered a "full time" employee, with 28 hrs/wk?
Odd, all the employers I'm familiar with are re-classing anything less than
40 hours (and sometimes more than 40 hours, too) as PART-time, or "seasonal"
for a season that runs from Jan. 1st to Decemer 31st, or "temporary" with no
end date anytime in the next few years. (ie, ineligible for benefits). I
know wal-mart benefits are crap, but they are still expensive ... why would
wal-mart go out of their way to make more employees eligible for
enefits? -Dave
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> Posted on 11/27/2006 7:08:12 AM PST by Ramius
> John Edwards' folly: A book signing gone wrong
> 9 hours, 57 minutes ago
> Former Sen. John Edwards is to spend an hour at the Manchester Barnes &
> Noble tonight promoting his new book. We find his choice of venue very
> interesting.
> In Manchester, the local Wal-Mart store sits right behind the Barnes &
> Noble. It has more floor space, a parking lot several times the size of
> Barnes & Noble's, and is easier to access by car or public transportation.
> But Edwards would not be caught dead inside a Wal-Mart. Saying that the
> company pays its employees too little, Edwards has embarked on an
> anti-Wal-Mart crusade. He instructs his staff members and all Americans
> not to shop at Wal-Mart.
> "Wal-Mart makes plenty of money. They need to pay their people well,"
> Edwards said at a Pittsburgh anti-Wal-Mart rally in August.
> So naturally Edwards is holding his book signing at Barnes & Noble instead
> of Wal-Mart. Which is too bad for his anti-low-wages campaign, because in
> Manchester Wal-Mart pays hourly employees more than Barnes & Noble does.
> The Barnes & Noble where Edwards will hawk his book pays $7 an hour to
> start. The Wal-Mart that sits just yards away pays $7.50 an hour.
> Oh, the humanity!