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Those who labeled the Tea Partiers 'Racists' were just very petty hatemongers. They're just pushing their petty political agenda. In reality,both protest groups have very valid points. The Politicians and Wall Street have pushed the People too hard. Now they're just humiliating the People. I really couldn't believe the story a girl told me about what WalMart put her through just to get a miserable $7.00 an hr. job. The invasion of privacy was astounding.
They had her Social Security Number,they forced a Drug Test on her,they conducted a full credit check on her,and then conducted an investigation into her background. I mean,for what? She was only applying for a low wage entry-level position for God's sake. She wasn't applying for work at the CIA. Anyway,she found something better but Walmart still has all her information on file. And that's the case anywhere people apply for jobs. To me these are awful humiliations. I can totally understand people getting so angry. She had to turn over her life for a terrible slave-labor job. Something is wrong and i'm glad people are standing up. I support both the OWS and Tea Party protesters.
I worked for Walmart for a few weeks, they did give a drug test (nothing wrong with that).
Yes, they do take your SS #....take a guess why they would do that? good grief!
They never did an investigation into my background. They did ask if I ever was convicted of a felony.....big f'ing deal. Also, they pay better than $7.00 an hour...not by much, but lets get the facts correct.
Times have changed. They fully investigate your personal background and that may include your credit situation. And for obvious reasons they do require your SS# and it does stay in their files. But I am glad you had a good experience with Walmart. I was just telling a story i was told recently. I've actually heard even worse invasion of privacy stories by companies like MacDonalds. One included a person having their hair almost completely chopped off for a Drug Test. This stuff really has gotten out of hand. I mean how much should a poor man or woman have to go through for a shitty slave-labor job? The workers do need help now. That's why i have to support Private Unions. The Government & Corporations are just shitting on workers now. They better start helping themselves because no one else will.
Those who labeled the Tea Partiers 'Racists' were just very petty hatemongers. They're just pushing their petty political agenda. In reality,both protest groups have very valid points. The Politicians and Wall Street have pushed the People too hard. Now they're just humiliating the People. I really couldn't believe the story a girl told me about what WalMart put her through just to get a miserable $7.00 an hr. job. The invasion of privacy was astounding.
They had her Social Security Number,they forced a Drug Test on her,they conducted a full credit check on her,and then conducted an investigation into her background. I mean,for what? She was only applying for a low wage entry-level position for God's sake. She wasn't applying for work at the CIA. Anyway,she found something better but Walmart still has all her information on file. And that's the case anywhere people apply for jobs. To me these are awful humiliations. I can totally understand people getting so angry. She had to turn over her life for a terrible slave-labor job. Something is wrong and i'm glad people are standing up. I support both the OWS and Tea Party protesters.
Ah, pardon me but what happened to that girl is what you DO when you hire someone in this day and age. As an employer by law you need to have a prospective employees I-9 information before they are allowed to work, which means you need their Social Security number. It used to be that employers could go on their "instincts" about an employee but now you're potentially held responsible if you've failed to adequately check out the background of an employee who subsequently does something wrong. Employers do costly credit checks, drug screenings and criminal checks these days to protect themselves from legal action not because they have a need to "humiliate" people.
Well the end-result is a whole lot of humiliation. I understand the SS# thing,i was just stating that whether or not you get the job,your SS# stays in their files. And all of the other information they obtained about you does as well. This isn't only true of Walmart. All jobs you apply for will have your private information on record regardless if you ever worked there or not. I just think the Corporations and Government are out of control. Who stands up for the Worker anymore?
The United States constitution explicitly provides for 'the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances'" in the First Amendment.
Freedom of assembly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United States constitution explicitly provides for 'the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances'" in the First Amendment.
why are conservatives here opposed to the above?
Good job ... America sees these people as the losers they are ... allowing them to continue the embarrassment is only harmful to the democrats that support them and the cause they uphold.
and it keeps us from paying their rent.
"us"?r u employed Willow?
Freedom of assembly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United States constitution explicitly provides for 'the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances'" in the First Amendment.
why are conservatives here opposed to the above?
Later in the morning, the police cleared a lot at Canal Street, about a mile away, where some of the protesters had gone after the sweep at their encampment in Zuccotti Park. About two dozen people were arrested at the privately owned Canal Street lot, which the protesters had entered after snipping the chain-link fence with bolt cutters. At least four journalists were also led out in handcuffs, including a reporter and photographer for The Associated Press and a reporter from The Daily News.
I hear what some of you are saying but how long can the Government & Corporations keep treating Citizens like wild animals and think they wont come back to bite them? Of course there's gonna be more uprisings. But that's all on Government & Corporations. They caused it all. So spare us all the drug testing and personal privacy invasions for your shitty slave labor jobs. It aint worth it anymore. Now the People are just pissed. But i guess that's the only way to get through to Government & Corporations. You gotta get out there and stir things up. I really do respect the OWS and Tea Party protesters. It takes real guts to get out there and make things happen. I wish them well.
Must be nice to be able to wake up a corrupt judge in the middle of the night who is sympathetic with your position to issue orders without hearings.
I hear what some of you are saying but how long can the Government & Corporations keep treating Citizens like wild animals and think they wont come back to bite them? Of course there's gonna be more uprisings. But that's all on Government & Corporations. They caused it all. So spare us all the drug testing and personal privacy invasions for your shitty slave labor jobs. It aint worth it anymore. Now the People are just pissed. But i guess that's the only way to get through to Government & Corporations. You gotta get out there and stir things up. I really do respect the OWS and Tea Party protesters. It takes real guts to get out there and make things happen. I wish them well.
Oh, please...businesses are not treating people like wild animals. That's nothing more than hyperbole.
Please stop with the over the top...drama queen statements that do nothing to address real problems. A minimum wage job isn't slave labor...it's an entry level job that if you do it well, will lead to a better job. It isn't something you're supposed to use to support a family of four.
Hours after baton-wielding cops cleared Occupy Wall Street protesters and their tents from
Zuccotti Park on Tuesday, a judge backed the clean sweep.
The ruling by Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Michael Stallman says that city can stop protesters from bringing tents, tarps and other camping equipment into the park.
This is disappointing. Government & Corporations win again. But that's ok,gotta keep fighting anyway. When you have nothing,you have nothing to lose. And that's the position Government & Corporations have put Millions of Americans in. These uprisings will continue.
The order does not prevent protesters from gathering in the park, but says their First Amendment rights not do include remaining there, "along with their tents, structures, generators, and other installations to the exclusion of the owner's reasonable rights and duties to maintain Zuccotti Park."
Only hours after the NYPD cleared Zuccotti Park of Occupy Wall Street protesters in a controversial 2 a.m. raid, the National Lawyers Guild obtained a court order telling the city to let the protesters return -- tents, tarps and all.
More here: Metro - National Lawyers Guild: Occupy Wall Street protesters can return to park with tents
I hear what some of you are saying but how long can the Government & Corporations keep treating Citizens like wild animals and think they wont come back to bite them? Of course there's gonna be more uprisings. But that's all on Government & Corporations. They caused it all. So spare us all the drug testing and personal privacy invasions for your shitty slave labor jobs. It aint worth it anymore. Now the People are just pissed. But i guess that's the only way to get through to Government & Corporations. You gotta get out there and stir things up. I really do respect the OWS and Tea Party protesters. It takes real guts to get out there and make things happen. I wish them well.
Oh, please...businesses are not treating people like wild animals. That's nothing more than hyperbole.
Please stop with the over the top...drama queen statements that do nothing to address real problems. A minimum wage job isn't slave labor...it's an entry level job that if you do it well, will lead to a better job. It isn't something you're supposed to use to support a family of four.
Well they gotta tell ya something i guess. Making people jump through hoops with drug tests and personal privacy invasions is wrong and does seem Un-American. These poor people are not applying at NASA or the CIA. So just get off their backs for God's sake. They're only gonna be flipping burgers and mopping floors. Isn't that enough humiliation for them? Do they have to be subjected to the personal privacy invasions for even more humiliation? Like i said,now they can keep their shitty slave-labor jobs. Because now the People are just pissed. They don't care anymore. When you take someone's humanity,they no longer care about behaving like civilized humans. There will be more uprisings and there should be. Shame on Government & Corporations. They caused it all.
