It's time to boycott Walmart!

[Playinghardball]

[kydo]

1. Already have been since summer of 2001

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and I always encourage others to do the same.

[Smarmie Doofus]

2. AND... they want to ...ummmm... "reform" public schools.

I wonder why.

[southerncrone]

3. You're late to the game.

Been boycotting them since 1994, back when it was becoming apparent that their "USA" campaign was a cover for their negotiating an influx of goods from China, & running small businesses bankrupt in small town America.

I'm glad others are finally angry enough to vote w/their dollars, too!

[ybbor]

21. I' have been since '98

All of my friends, family and coworkers know how I feel, and many of them still shop there. Then again they also voted for Romney. But I won't stop telling them that they are the reasons our country is going down the crapper.

[MANative]

4. I am 53 years old, have Walmart store within 3 miles of home...

And have shopped there exactly one time, about ten years ago, when they were the only store within 100 miles that carried a particular memory card that I needed for a client project the next day. Even though I could benefit from their lower prices, I prefer to do without than ever go back there again. Have not, will not ever cross their threshold again.

[LittleGirl]

18. +1

haven't been there in decades and there is one less than a mile from me. Won't step foot in it. I shop at Costco, Sprouts, Fry's and Trader Joe's.

[City Lights]

5. I've been boycotting them for over a decade. nt

[pinboy3niner]

6. I attended and posted a thread about the biggest Black Friday protest last year (with arrests):

The BEST Wal-Mart Black Friday strike/protest in the country: Paramount, CA (*PIC HEAVY*)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021875581

[gopiscrap]

7. it's been way past time

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. I think most of us have already been boycotting them

Aside from the way they treat their workers the quality of most of the products they carry suck.

[colsohlibgal]

9. Haven't Been There In Years

There is so much about WalMart that irritates me, right down to the greedy heirs. I won't shop there in the future either.

[rhett o rick]

10. Only problem is that I cant boycott. I would have to shop there to be able to boycott.

Damn.

[Heather MC]

11. I can't :-(

I have already been done with them for years.

A boycott implies that one a resolution will hopefully take place as a result of the protest

and
two: When the protest has ended you will use them again.

I don't "boycott" Walmart I am DONE with walmart.

[ReRe]

12. Don't worry...

I won't. And haven't shopped there in a very very long time.

[backscatter712]

13. When hasn't it been time to boycott the fuckers? n/t

[obietiger]

14. I have not shopped there in years

and keep spreading the word to family. Some listen - some do not

[Omaha Steve]

15. Great post

K&R!

[LiberalEsto]

16. Been boycotting those @#$%&#! for years.

Will continue to do so.

[Thucydides]

17. Never go there personally.

I have driven by a few though.

[liberalmuse]

19. I'll be happy to boycott them again.

I've been boycotting them since 1999. This post made me so mad. How can any human being justify that???

[BillyRibs]

20. Too Late!

Been doing it for 5 years!

[Earth_First]

22. This union family refuses to support Wal Mart...

until Wal Mart is willing to negotiate with their employees for a fair and equitable working environment!

There are almost twenty of us.

[Ron Green]

23. Most Americans aren't nearly as good at boycotting

as they are at shopping.

I too haven't seen the inside of a Wal*Mart in years.

[blkmusclmachine]

24. Wal Mart

sux

IMHO

[pinboy3niner]

25. Big protest yesterday at the Paramount CA store that was site of the biggest protest last year

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Today there will be another protest at the store in L.A.'s Chinatown. L.A.'s KCAL-9/CBS2 reports:

Walmart Workers Protest In Paramount For Better Pay, More Full-Time Jobs
November 6, 2013 5:31 PM

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Striking Walmart workers marched on the Paramount store Wednesday to demand better pay and more full-time jobs.

About a hundred people showed up from around the state to support workers at a half-dozen local Walmarts who walked off the job, claiming the world’s biggest retailer retaliates against workers who demand more.

A former Walmart employee name Teá told KNX1070′s Ron Kilgore she left her job at the Paramount store because she felt the company wasn’t meeting workers’ basic needs.

“I’m asking for better wages, I’m asking for better medical and I’m asking for support,” she said.

...

Video at link: http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/11/06/walmart-workers-protest-in-paramount-for-better-pay-more-full-time-jobs/

[Victor_c3]

26. But don't the rich people that run Walmart deserve that money?

I mean they obviously work harder and are smarter than the rest of the associates that work at Walmart, right?'

I'm sure that a guy who sits in an airconditioned office with a personal assistant and a secretary has it much harder than a warehouse worker slugging boxes of merchandise back and forth in a warehouse somewhere.

(I hope I don't need to include those little sarcasm things)

[B Calm]

27. It's sad the majority of Walmart workers qualify for food stamps!

Because they pay low wages, we pay higher taxes!

[a kennedy]

28. ditto to have been boycotting Mall-Wort forever.

Was in that monstrosity once, and that was back in, hmmmmmm I can't remember when. I just do not shop there period.

[MindPilot]

29. So are you saying the new commercials are inaccurate?

Because if you believe the latest Wal*Mart TV spots benefits are so good that employees can't even imagine working anywhere else. And as we all know they couldn't put it on the TV if it wasn't true. Right?

[B Calm]

30. Just goes to show, you can't believe everything commercials claim!

[Sunlei]

31. I'm all for a push to raise Fed minimum wage to $20 so congress can 'compromise' on about $12

we all need to push together though.

[mike_c]

32. been boycotting them for years....

eom

[Mr Dixon]

33. COOL

Already on board and don't forget the KOCH Assholes either.

[cascadiance]

34. Careful with your Costco coupons...

They often have coupons for Koch products like batches of Brawny paper towels, etc.

I know a lot of us shop there instead of Walmart.

[Mr Dixon]

36. true

Agreed

[BKH70041]

35. No Problem

Right after I run in to get a few things.

[Katashi_itto]

37. Seriously..now your getting around to boycotting them?

[thinkclearly77]

38. Been doing it for years

I will not give one red cent to a company that sucks the US dry by having even one worker depend on gov't for getting by. One cannot claim to care about the working poor if they continue to give money to this leech of a company. I will not mince words....I hate Walmart and everything they stand AGAINST. They are a cancer of a company.

[In_The_Wind]

39. Hello ~ thinkclearly77

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[gopiscrap]

40. welcome to DU

and I totally agree with you!