Metch, what I meant by that comment was that Walmart is at the front of the vanguard of a school of thought that is designed to take advantage of folks need to survive, enhance profits at the expense of quality of life for average folks. As these folks have used their wealth to lobby and weaken the labor movement, we see this school of thought spreading to the schools and municipalities. The haves continue to make war against the collectively bargained gains that working folks have made over the years. The gap continues to widen.

But everything that is old is new. The actions of these profiteers will ultimately strengthen the resolve of folks to take back some measure to control. When an employer screws with people in one place, they and all their cohorts need to feel pressure everyplace. It is a concept the Wobblies, even though it was unworkable at the time, understood well. In the age of the Internet, perhaps it is an idea whose time has come.

I believe it is time for working folks to take it to the streets. The system has become corrupted to where it works against the average worker instead of protecting them.

Mick