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There is no "leftist rhetoric", only the denial of orthodontists wearing rose colored glasses and those blindly loyal to failed Reaganomics:
I am sooooo tired of reading clueless posts on this forum, posted with such confidence, I really, really am tired of it. The Reagan era propaganda about welfare queens in cadillacs and people who don't want to work and only want a government handout and you resent it, and you're not going to permit the government to tax your hard earned money, and blah, blah, blah. Ten thousand people, so far, and it ain't over till the 18th, and a much higher number in the same region than last year for another nearby, new Walmart job Opportunity, waiting in line, in person, hoping to get a below poverty level wage job with an employer with one of the shitiest reputations in the country.
Will you do your homework, before you post, so you don't embarass yourselves, or will you make an effort to study before you post?
The top ten percent control 70 percent of total US wealth, the next 40 percent control 27-1/2 percent, and half this pathetic, fucked country, the "land of opportuntiy in your sparkling deluded, sunshine filled eyes, controls just 2-1/2 percent of total US wealth, and many of those 150 million have a negative net worth, and the equity stake in the homes of the bottom 90 percent is their largest asset, and it is bleeding out.
That is it, that is the story of the US, you can post like it's something else, that it isn't true, keep your car windows rolled up, stay in your bubble, and vote republican....
Consider that the Atlanta region is one of the fastest growing in the US...4 million in 2000, over 5 million residents now. Imagine the conditions of "have nots" in rust belt metropolitan areas, plagued with high heating fuel bills and declining job opportunities:
$10.65 X 40 hrs. X 50 weeks= $21,300.00
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http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/met...ollo_0111.html
10,000 hopefuls keep eyes open for Wal-Mart job
By HELENA OLIVIERO
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 01/11/08
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For the fourth consecutive day, people waited in long lines Thursday for a shot at a job at a new Wal-Mart in DeKalb County, pushing the total number of applicants beyond 10,000.
That's four times the entire population of Avondale Estates, the community next to the planned Memorial Drive store.
Joey Ivansco/AJC
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P***** R***** (front) was in line with about 75 people outside the St. Philip AME Church in Decatur before 9 a.m. Thursday to apply for a job at the new Wal-Mart at the old Avondale Mall.
HOW TO APPLY
Must apply in person at St. Philip AME Church, 240 Candler Road, Atlanta. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday until Jan. 18.
Beginning Monday, after virtually no advertising or any signs, the throngs of hopeful applicants continued to pour into a church converted into a job processing center — all vying for only 350 to 400 available jobs, according to Wal-Mart officials.
The job-seeking frenzy may be a peek into a larger economic picture. A report from the U.S. Labor Department last week indicated a surprising plunge in job creation by private employers in November, with new jobs far below the level needed to keep pace with population growth.
Christine Roberts, a 39-year-old married mother of six, is hoping to get a job at the Wal-Mart deli. Roberts, who has long worked as a nursing assistant in Sandy Springs, wants a job closer to her Decatur home. At the Memorial Drive store, "I could walk to work," she said Thursday after filling out her application.
Wal-Mart has long declined to reveal starting salaries at the store, but reports that the average hourly wage for regular full-time associates is $10.65 an hour.
Kamal Oliver, an employment and training analyst with DeKalb Workforce Development, a county organization that helped facilitate Wal-Mart's job fair this week, said the turnout dwarfed the numbers of job hunters who applied for a job last year at the Wal-Mart on Chamblee Tucker Road in north DeKalb County.
"This says to me that a lot of people are looking for work," he said.
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http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/...nts-usat_x.htm
Updated 11/22/2005 1:47 AM
Job losses, plant closings cut broad path
By Chris Woodyard and Jenny Clevstrom, USA TODAY
General Motors (GM) eventually will reduce its costs by closing nine big plants in the USA and Canada that manufacture vehicles and components, but the 30,000 job cuts GM plans will hurt some of the communities where the plants are located.
..Age didn't matter. The plant at Doraville, Ga., had been in production since 1947, while the production line that will close in Spring Hill, Tenn., has been operating since only 1990....
...Doraville, Ga. The suburban Atlanta plant, employing 3,076, was running at only 64% capacity last year. It manufactures GM's new line of minivans, including the Saturn Relay and Chevrolet Uplander. GM doesn't advertise the fact, but those vans always were intended as temporary place holders until a thoroughly redesigned line of minivans was ready.
"We are disappointed, but we are not surprised," says Vernon Jones, chief executive of DeKalb County, Ga.
Because the plant doesn't close until 2008, he says there will be time for new employers to take GM's place, and the site could be valuable to other companies.
The Atlanta area expects job gains of more than 20,000 each of the next few years, says Jennifer Zeller of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce......
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http://www.11alive.com/news/news_art...?storyid=86666
Hapeville Ford Plant Closing
Elaine Reyes Reports
(AP) A Ford Taurus station wagon passes the Atlanta Ford Assembly Plant in a Hapeville, Ga. file photo from Dec. 2, 2005.
Web Editor: Minnie Bridgers
Last Modified: 10/28/2006 9:44:04 AM
The Ford plant in Hapeville is shutting down.
Friday, the last Ford Taurus will roll off the line, and with it, the plant will close. Of 2,000 workers, more than half have already taken a buy-out offer. Another 300 workers will keep their Ford jobs at other plants.
After 18 years here, Durand Finch is headed to Kentucky.
“It’s dying,” Finch said. “But we got plants all over, so you have to transfer and go for what you know."
Kersey is still hoping for one of those slots.
“Right now, that's kind of up in the air,” Kersey said. “We're waiting for some final decisions to be made."
After ten years on the job, Sherry Warth says she doesn't know what's next.
“Who knows what the future's going to hold,” said Warth. “Hopefully, it's going to work out, since I have kids to support."
Friday marks the end of a job here, but many say it's also the end of friendships -- 20 years working side-by-side.
“It’s going to be real sad here for the rest of the week, but we're going to deeply miss each other,” Warth said. “That's what I'm going to miss most -- the people."
The Hapeville plant is one of 14 Ford plants scheduled to close by 2012.
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On the map, the new Walmart is near the last "A" in Atlanta, Hapeville is near Hartsfeld-Jackson aiport, and Doraville is just above Peachtree-Dekalb airport.
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