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BenYehuda

(17 posts)
20. What would it take to organize lots of manufacturers (and consumers) to boycott Walmart?
Fri Jan 6, 2012, 05:38 PM
Jan 2012

Last edited Sat Jan 7, 2012, 12:47 PM - Edit history (1)

What kills me most about them...is they are truly a demigod unto themselves.....and then act like they have done something good for America...they have done NOTHING good for America ....all they have done is enrich their shareholders.....

1. They thrive off of labor arbitrage;
2. They have destroyed COUNTLESS little family owned business that were for generations the fabric of America - for this I hate them most;
3. They COPY other peoples products......fake Dr. Pepper, fake Clearly Canadian.....etc....and often for large manufacturers with many products at Walmart they cant do anything about it...cuz Walmart will then DROP all theirs products (not just the ones they are trademark infringing upon) if they are challenged by the victicm.............they are bad to both consumers AND product manufactures....

What would/will it take to get MANUFACTURES to start boycotting Walmart......one as a moral stand...and two as a way to let consumers know they DO NOT stand with Walmart and specifically REFUSE to carry their products there.

Does anything like this exist?

Proud to K and R this one Kingofalldems Jan 2012 #1
Hope this picks up momentum FreakinDJ Jan 2012 #2
Of course, it would be a Dutch pension fund primavera Jan 2012 #3
Not to mention "pension fund" soon to be extinct in US JNelson6563 Jan 2012 #13
I have been very careful since Bush the Dumber stole the White House Doctor_J Jan 2012 #4
good for you! CountAllVotes Jan 2012 #7
Check out "ethical investing" Mopar151 Jan 2012 #19
Now if some other do this... Omaha Steve Jan 2012 #5
Glad to hear this.... jdadd Jan 2012 #6
If only the American pension funds would follow the Netherlands. sarcasmo Jan 2012 #8
If only America would follow the Netherlands. Period. marmar Jan 2012 #37
K&R n/t DeSwiss Jan 2012 #9
The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund did this during Bush II Lars77 Jan 2012 #10
Lars77 Diclotican Jan 2012 #14
What was his name? John Ong or something like that? I only remember his pigface. Lars77 Jan 2012 #22
Lars77 Diclotican Jan 2012 #27
Or Trustees Stand On Principle Over Bottom Line Islandlife Jan 2012 #11
If Dennis Kucinich had proposed that people would be working nearly "full-time" and yet zbdent Jan 2012 #12
Wow! There's hope after all. Greybnk48 Jan 2012 #15
Walmart needs to be broken up. It has become a "government" within itself. humblebum Jan 2012 #16
More like a dictatorship - n/t primavera Jan 2012 #17
Good. Hit them where it hurts - the wallet. n/t sarge43 Jan 2012 #18
What would it take to organize lots of manufacturers (and consumers) to boycott Walmart? BenYehuda Jan 2012 #20
This is exactly the type of goal OWS should be pursuing. Clearly defined humblebum Jan 2012 #28
100% ....I will continue to look into this. BenYehuda Jan 2012 #32
It might also be suggested that antitrust laws be enforced. This humblebum Jan 2012 #33
You said it Humblebum fasttense Jan 2012 #36
Thanks for posting ashling Jan 2012 #21
Wilmart said: "Employees are happy and well-managed".. Yesss Sir, We's... BlueJazz Jan 2012 #23
K&R Sherman A1 Jan 2012 #24
I hate Walwart Canuckistanian Jan 2012 #25
International support for labor! freshwest Jan 2012 #26
Sweet. blue neen Jan 2012 #29
Proud to be Rec #100! Bozita Jan 2012 #30
just heard this on the radio, puts a face to made in china flpab Jan 2012 #34
I'd love to see more of this. PA Democrat Jan 2012 #31
fuck Walmart stockholmer Jan 2012 #35
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