Politics and its Discontents

As I indicated in my last post, I have been having problems with readers' comments. I have not been receiving them. I have found a wor...

The above observation is voiced by a former grocery store owner whose business closed shortly after Walmart moved into her town. But this is...

This epitomizes why I don't shop at Walmart. A training film was released yesterday showing the shameless propaganda the corporate gia...

... a timely reminder about the practices of the world's biggest retailer: This article is also worthy of perusal.

For the true cost of those bargains that we all slavishly delight in (cue Pavlov's dog), you might want to read this article about Walm...

This story should lay to rest any of the insidious propaganda about Walmart not caring about its workers.

Some days, corporate megaliths just can't catch a break : P.S. I could only get this video to play in Internet Explorer, not Chrome.

It might be worthwhile to bear this story in mind the next time we contemplate the 'bargains' at Walmart: :

Perhaps the land of low prices and deteriorating conditions could learn something from Costco , which believes in paying its employees a ...

At least Fox News believes that is true. H/t Media Matters

Here's a hint:

Despite years of repeated denials , I think there are few who doubt that Walmart is anti-union. Stories abound of the pressure the gia...

Years ago, when Maple Leaf Foods was demanding deep concessions from its workers in Burlington, Ontario, many teachers tried to get the Onta...