Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 10:22:06 -0700
From: Jordan <himandher-AT-sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: Wall Martians




   Nepotism also plays a huge hand in who gets to move up the Walmart ladder.  Not that
it's unique to that corporation...

jordan.



Jim wrote:

> > >
> Personally, I think Walmart will win this one. They
> really emphais promotion on senority which is an
> accepted method of promotion and supported by the US
> labor movement. Women because of family issues tend to
> quit jobs or take leaves of absences (like having
> children) which sets their senority clock back to
> zero.
>
> Where i work i get paid about twice the amount of new
> hires (been there ten years and work a side contact
> job for the same company). Its a mostly female
> dominated profession (mental health case management).
> On the surface it looks like sexual discrimination but
> it is mostly senority plus my williness to work extra
> hours for extra pay (which on my team is aviable but
> women do not take advantage of..I know, they have
> other demands of their time). The point is not that
> the enterprize i work for discriminates, the wage
> differentials arise from personal choices.
>
> The real thing is not to demand special treatment for
> women which would just hurt males and turn them
> reactionary...the real point is to abolish the wage
> system all together. We should not be tinkering with
> the capitalist system, it should be abolished.
>
> ====> Jim Davis
> Ozark Bioregion, USA
>
> "The great are great only because we are on our knees. Let us rise! "(Max Stirner).
> "The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws" - Tacitus
>
> "Waking up After a Night on the Town With the Mead of Inspiration & Eros Insurgent"
> http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?&isbn=0-595-18213-5

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