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Originally Posted by aceventura3
...Actually, the "mom and pop's" started the trend. They either hire part-timers or limit the hours of employees to below the threashold for benefits.
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Do you not see the difference between small businesses struggling to survive and a company making in the neighborhood of $10 billion/yr. in profits, willing to ignore the law and write off fines as the cost of doing business?
I am all for capitalism and making a buck, but when you have a long and undistinguished record of OSHA violations, child labor and other labor law violations, immigration violations, environmental violations, sexual and race harrassment suits, etc., you wont get my business.
The Wal-Marting of America may be good for the pocket book, but they are a long way from beng a good corporate citizen, if there is such a thing, and they certainly are not good for the vibrancy of a community.