Thursday, October 19, 2006

Wal-Mart Workers Walking

Today Wal-Mart officials are to make an announcement in Fort Wayne about generic drugs, according to WOWO. There will be a cost saving for customers purchasing certain drugs. However, Business Week online reports, workers are not concerned about saving money on drugs, but about earning money.

It was reported that almost the entire 200 employees on first shift walked out. What do you contribute to the success of such actions on such short notice? Maybe, because the folks were Spanish speaking, "We are a Spanish-speaking community, some from Cuba, some from Venezuela and the Dominican Republic, and if something affects my brothers and sisters, it affects me," says Yahima Morales, who has been a department manager of health and beauty aids for four years at the store.


Maybe, that why Wal-Mart media coverage of their drug program is so positive because Fort Wayne is not Florida. A community that offer little to no resistance.

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