Ke hoʻomākaukau nei nā limahana Walmart no ka Pōʻalima ʻeleʻele me nā ʻano pōkole pōkole a puni ka ʻāina i kēia pule, e komo pū ana ma Kaleponi, Florida, Minnesota, Washington, Ohio, a me Pennsylvania. Nui nā hana hou aʻe i manaʻo ʻia ma ka Pōʻalima ʻeleʻele ponoʻī. (Kaomi maanei e ʻimi i kahi kokoke iā ʻoe.)
ʻO kā mākou Walmart, ka hui e hoʻolālā nei i nā hana, manaʻolana ka lā kūʻai nui loa o ka makahiki e ʻike maikaʻi ʻia ma ke ʻano he lā hana no nā limahana kūʻai. Ke noi aku nei kā mākou Walmart i nā lālā o ke kaiāulu a puni ka ʻāina e komo.
"E kali i nā mea [ma Nowemapa 29]… akā ʻaʻohe mea kikoʻī hiki iaʻu ke haʻi aku," wahi a ka mea hana Walmart ma Los Angeles ʻo Anthony Goytia, me ka ʻike ʻana e hoʻāʻo nei nā mea hoʻoikaika e kāhāhā i kā lākou mea hana.
ʻO ka hui ʻo Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), nāna i hoʻomaka i kā mākou Walmart 30,000 i komo i nā hana Black Friday i ka makahiki i hala. ʻO ka hapa nui o lākou he poʻe kākoʻo; ʻO 88 nā mea hōʻeha, i hoʻolaha ʻia ma waena o ʻelua mau hale kūʻai. Ua kūʻē nā lālā o ke kaiāulu ma nā wahi kaʻa kaʻa ʻo Walmart a puni ka ʻāina, a ua hana kekahi poʻe koa i loko o nā hale kūʻai e oli, palapala, a hīmeni paha. kākau hou ʻana i nā mele Kalikimaka.
Ua hana ʻia nā hanana pōkole pōkole i ka makahiki i hala - ʻo ka lōʻihi loa he ʻeiwa lā - a ʻoi aku ma mua o 100 mau limahana. ua ʻike i ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana, me 20 i puhiia.
Paʻi Lanakila
I loko o ka hahau nui loa a hiki i kēia lā, ua haʻalele nā limahana 80 ma Hialeah Gardens, Florida, i ka lā 18 ʻOkakopa—nā mana kāhāhā a me OUR Walmart, ʻaʻole lākou i hoʻonohonoho i ke kūʻē. Ke koi nei lākou i 40 mau hola pule (Walmart i wehewehe i ka manawa piha he 34 mau hola) a me ke kūʻē ʻana i nā mana hoʻomāinoino.
ʻAʻole like me ka hapa nui o nā kuʻekuʻe Walmart kahi i hele aku ai nā limahana liʻiliʻi, ua lanakila ka hana hoʻomaha nui i nā lanakila maikaʻi: nā hola 40-hola, nā piʻi nui, ka hoʻololi ʻana o kahi luna pilikia, a me ka uku ʻana no nā hola o ka hahau. (Ua hahau nā limahana i ka hale kūʻai like ma 2006, ʻāpana o kahi hana mua e hoʻonohonoho iā Walmart ma Florida.)
ʻO ka pule i hala aku nei ka National Labor Relations Board Ua hoʻopiʻi hope iā Walmart me ke kue i ke kanawai hana, no ka hoopa'i. Akā, ʻaʻole i hele ka Papa i ka ʻaha hoʻokolokolo. Hiki iā Walmart ke ʻae e hoʻolimalima hou i nā limahana i hoʻopau ʻia, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hakakā ʻana i nā hoʻopiʻi, kahi e hoʻomaka ai i kahi kaʻina hoʻokolokolo lōʻihi.
Mahalo ʻole
Hoʻolaha ʻo Walmart i nā uku hoʻoemi stampede ma Black Friday; Hoʻomaka kekahi mau kūʻai ma ka "Gray Thursday." Pono ka papa hana e haʻalele i kā lākou hoʻomaha hoʻomaikaʻi no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i nā hale kūʻai.
ʻO ka hala ʻana o ka manawa ʻohana kekahi mea ʻino i kahi limahana i kaumaha nui ʻia a emi ʻole ka uku. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Goytia e hana i nā hola he 12 ma ka Thanksgiving, no laila ua hoʻolālā ʻo ia i kahi "Hoʻomaikaʻi kakahiaka nui… Ua komo ʻo ia i kahi pōkole pōkole ma LA Nowemapa 6.
Ua hele mai kahi limahana Walmart ma Canton, Ohio, i loko o ka lumi laka o ka limahana i ka waena o Nowemapa e ʻike i ka paia o nā pahu plastik i kapa ʻia: "E ʻoluʻolu e hāʻawi i nā meaʻai ma aneʻi i hiki i nā hoa pilikia ke hauʻoli i ka ʻaina ahiahi Thanksgiving."
Ua paʻi ʻo ia i kahi kiʻi a hoʻouna ʻia i kā mākou Walmart me ka inoa ʻole, e kapa ana iā ia "demoralizing." ʻO ke kiʻi - ka mea e hōʻike ana i ka ʻae ʻana o ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka uku liʻiliʻi o nā limahana.
I kēia manawa, ʻo ka Waltons, ka mea i 2010 i $ 89.5 biliona-ʻoi aku ke kālā ma mua o ka 42 pakeneka o nā ʻAmelika i hui pū ʻia-ua hoʻohui wale i kā lākou waiwai, i kēia manawa a hiki i $ 144.7 biliona. "Ke kū'ē nei nā pahu hāʻawi me ka hoʻonani o nā keʻena hoʻokō?" hoʻokahi ʻeke i pane i ke kiʻi.
ʻO ka meaʻai ka mea i manaʻo ʻia e kōkua i nā limahana me nā pilikia i manaʻo ʻole ʻia, ua pane ʻo Walmart-akā, ʻōlelo nā limahana i kā lākou uku haʻahaʻa a me nā papa hana hewa e hana i nā pilikia i mea maʻamau o ke ola.
Me nā hola like ʻole, ʻōlelo ʻo Goytia, e hana ʻo ia ma kahi o $12,000 i kēia makahiki. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e loaʻa ana i kona ʻohana nā hōʻailona meaʻai a me Medicaid; kūʻai aku ʻo ia i ka plasma a ke komo nei i kahi hoʻokolohua lapaʻau "no laila ʻaʻole hele kaʻu mau keiki e hiamoe pōloli."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Charmaine Givens-Thomas, ka mea e hana nei ma kahi keʻena uila Walmart ma Evergreen, Illinois, ʻo ia a me kāna mau hoa hana e hele pinepine i nā hale ʻai meaʻai, a ua kipaku ʻia kekahi.
"He mea ʻakaʻaka wale nō, ʻaʻole lohe ʻia, ʻaʻole hiki i nā poʻe i manaʻo ʻia he mau hoa manawa piha ke uhi i nā pono kumu," wahi āna. “Ua hoʻopau ʻia kaʻu lawelawe kinoea no ka mea pono wau e hana i nā koho paʻakikī. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hana i nā koho e like me ia.
Haahaa, Haahaa Uku
Ke hoʻohana nei ʻo Walmart i ka TV a me ka hoʻolaha pūnaewele e hoʻāʻo e hoʻopau i ka inoa o ka hui.
Ma kahi haʻiʻōlelo i hala iho nei ma kahi hālāwai kūkā o Goldman Sachs, ua haʻaheo ʻo Walmart US CEO Bill Simon he 475,000 mau limahana Walmart i ʻoi aku ma mua o $ 25,000 i ka makahiki. Ua helu kā mākou Walmart i kēia waiho ʻana he 825,000 o nā limahana pololei 1.3 miliona o Walmart i emi iho.
"He mea hilahila ia i kaʻu hui a he mea hoʻonāukiuki i ke koena o ʻAmelika," wahi a ka mea hana Walmart ʻo Barbara Gertz ma Colorado. "Inā manaʻo ka CEO o ka ʻoihana nui loa he maikaʻi, ʻike ʻia, pono e hoʻololi."
ʻOiai e hana ana ʻo ia i ka manawa piha a me ka pō, ʻōlelo ʻo Goetz e loaʻa wale ana ʻo ia ma waena o $21,000 a me $23,000 i ka makahiki-ma hope o ʻelima mau makahiki ma ka hale kūʻai.
Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻo Walmart e kamaʻilio wale ana ʻo Simon e pili ana i nā limahana hale kūʻai 1 miliona o ka hui. (ʻO nā 300,000 ʻē aʻe he poʻe kaʻa kaʻa a me nā luna hoʻokele.) ʻOiai, waiho ʻia ka hapa nui o nā limahana hale kūʻai e hana ana ma lalo o $25,000, ma muli o ke komo ʻana o ka hui.
ʻAʻole hōʻike ʻo Walmart i nā helu uku, koe wale ke koi ʻana e uku ʻo ia i ka awelika o $12.83 i hoʻokahi hola. Akā ʻo kēlā awelika e pili ana i ka hoʻokele e like me ke Luna Nui ʻo Mike Duke, nāna i loaʻa $20.7 miliona i ka makahiki 2012. (Ua hoʻolaha ka hui ʻo Duke haʻalele i Pepeluali.) ʻOi aku ka manaʻo noʻonoʻo e kau i nā limahana i kēlā me kēia hola $ 8.80 ma ka awelika.
ʻO ka hōʻike hou "Hiki ke loaʻa kahi uku kiʻekiʻe" mai ka think-tank Demos e kuhikuhi ana ua lilo ʻo Walmart ma mua o $7 biliona o ka makahiki e kūʻai i kāna waiwai ponoʻī - kahi hana i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻohui i ka mana ma waena o nā mea hoʻopukapuka nui, ʻo ia hoʻi nā Waltons, nona ka ʻoi aku ma mua o 50 pakeneka o ka hui.
Inā ho'ōki ʻo Walmart i nā kūʻai hou ʻana a hoʻokomo i ke kālā i ka uku, ua helu ʻo Demos, hiki i nā limahana o kēlā me kēia hola ke loaʻa i ka piʻi o $5.83 i hoʻokahi hola. Ua lawa ia e kau iā lākou a pau ma luna o ka hōʻailona $25,000-a-makahiki-me ka hoʻonui ʻole ʻana i nā kumukūʻai hale kūʻai.
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