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@Cyberion. That's French for union. What Alpine is saying is that Walmart makes it's profit by leaning on its employees and its suppliers. They sell at agressive prices, but can't fail because the employees and suppliers picke up the difference.

My daughter married a loser guy from Ottawa and he got a job in Dallas. Soon he was laid off (3 years ago), so my daughter is now an "assistant manager" at Walmart. She works 60 hour weeks for a 48 hour pay. No overtime. It's that or out the door.

I think it isn't terribly significant in a large city, but Walmart has destroyed middle America. Small businesses fold all the time now and the employees go to Walmart, the only game in town.

I've always been against unions, coming from CA. But now that I'm older and got more sense, I understand why the Industrial Revolution engendered unions. Walmart and global marketing is a plague and it's our kids who will pay the price, not us.