Re:Wal-Mart Tells Workers: Don’t Download Labor Group’s Chat...
by ethbro on Sunday November 20, 2016 @09:40PM
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> I really don't know how you can get any more fair than that? Everyone equally has the ability to decide what works for them and are free to move on when it doesn't work.
I would argue that this is where the lack of fairness stems from. In every rural small town I've visited, Walmart is effectively a monopoly.
They're backed by a capital-intensive and incredibly efficient logistics network, and they've leveraged that to put local competition out of business. Consequently, they're the only employer in their industry in that town.
Sure, you could get a job doing something else (if the town has a 'something else'), but that still means there are going to be a large number of jobs controlled by Walmart without competition. And that distorts the local labor market via the disparity in power.
I would argue that this is where the lack of fairness stems from. In every rural small town I've visited, Walmart is effectively a monopoly.
They're backed by a capital-intensive and incredibly efficient logistics network, and they've leveraged that to put local competition out of business. Consequently, they're the only employer in their industry in that town.
Sure, you could get a job doing something else (if the town has a 'something else'), but that still means there are going to be a large number of jobs controlled by Walmart without competition. And that distorts the local labor market via the disparity in power.