Uneducated?

by Tami Loughlin

Mon, Oct 20, 2003 2:21PM

To educate yourself please visit the UFCW site.

I am somewhat shocked that anyone would be so arrogant and ignorant to think that all grocery store workers are high school drop outs and uneducated. I happen to know CEO's, COO's and VPs of large corporations that have no formal education. I also happen to know people in the grocery business who are working to put themselves and/or their children through college. I challenge anyone who sits behind a desk all day to try and keep up with any worker in a grocery store. They work hard for their wages under great amounts of stress. Most companies are operating with huge decreases in labor and the grocery businesss is no exception. Greater demands are asked of these workers everyday and everyday the rise to meet those demands only to have the rug pulled out from under them. I think the uneducated here are the ones who do not know what the real situatuation is. To further educate yourself you may want to visit UFCW.org to gain more information.

For more information: http://UFCW.org

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§totally right

by cp

Mon, Oct 20, 2003 3:17PM

Yes - any working class job involves a lot more 'work' than any office job where people can hang by a water cooler, go to the bathroom when they wish, or fool on the computer.

Just read 'Nickel and Dimed' - which is considered controversial by some republicans. Barbara Ehrenreich took restaurant and Wal Mart and nursing home and house cleaning jobs, and even though she used her real name, no one recognized her or said they thought she was smart and promoted her up. She felt really slow and behind for at least a month into each job, and was criticized by the boss and told to speed up.

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