[Anyone] pure capitalism:

Thos Myers totem at laplaza.org
Fri Aug 17 07:46:06 MDT 2007



"Newsweek:

In a country where nearly half of the population scrapes by on less than
$4 a day, any income source is welcome in millions of households, even if
it hinges on the goodwill of a tipping customer. And Wal-Mart did not
invent the bagger program that, as a written statement from the company
notes, pre-dates the firms arrival in Mexico, nor is it alone within the
countrys retail sector in benefiting from the toil of unpaid adolescents.
But in Mexico City, for example, the 4,300 teenagers who work in Wal-Marts
retail stores free of charge dwarf similar numbers laboring unpaid for
Mexican competitors like Comercial Mexicana (715) and Gigante (427).
Although Wal-Marts worldwide code of ethics expressly forbids any
associate from working without compensation, the companys Mexican
subsidiary asserts that the grocery baggers cannot be considered workers."

http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070802_mexican_teens_stiffed_at_wal_mart/
The story continues at msnbc.com

The last statement is pure capitalism:  the baggers are not "workers".

These workers still show up for work and are not paid by the corporation.
Gotta love pure capitalism!


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