Walmart Strikes
I’m debating disabling comments on this, cause I’m not in the mood to deal with foolishness today.
/begin rant
I reshared a video of the Walmart employees talking about why they’re striking:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/103583939320326217147/posts/6TM5mPwi4r2
The general counter argument seems to be “get an education” or “get a better job”.
That’s not an argument. That’s bullshit.
Look people, at the end of the day, getting a “better job” isn’t a solution. There will always be Walmart employees, and farmhands, and dish washers, and . Even if they get a “better job”, someone else will need to fill those positions.
Basically, there will always be a need for unskilled labor. Not everyone can be an engineer, a scientist, a lawyer, a doctor, or some other highly trained profession.
I’m of the opinion that no matter what job a worker does, they ought to be able to earn enough to support their family, put food on the table, pay rent, and get reasonable health care if something untoward happens. Otherwise, the wage is too low, and Walmart is exploiting desperation in what is clearly an employer’s job market.
“Get a better job” is not a solution. That just means some other new replacement Walmart hire will be abused instead.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/103583939320326217147/posts/6TM5mPwi4r2
A Pun Involving Travel 
But unskilled is not meant to be a permanent state. These are meant to be entry level positions. If there is no motivation for unskilled workers to get additional skills and move up then that is the real bullshit here. I lived on my own while working in unskilled positions….three of them at the same time. Sorry but I have been homeless, working multiple jobs and standing in bread lines at the local church to feed my family and still I think that these jobs should not pay living wages.
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