re: Whole Foods workers going on strike

Price gouging

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I actually respect bending the company over when they're desperate for labor.

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You going to bend over when that company raises their prices to cover the wage increases? That's how companies stay profitable you know.

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I actually respect bending the company over when they're desperate for labor. Nice negotiating tactic.

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I do as well. Risk is compensated in most other professions (power line technicians, as an example) - shouldn't be any different here.

Of course, I am sure some dumb arse labor organization is behind this, but for now, they have a point.

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I actually respect bending the company over when they're desperate for labor.

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Desperate for labor? That entire workforce can be replaced in a day.

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I actually respect bending the company over when they're desperate for labor. Nice negotiating tactic.

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There were close to a million employees on strike every day somewhere in the United States during WW2. The greatest generation knew how to leverage a market....almost all of those strikes were, by the way, strikes called by workers outside of national labor unions who had pledged not to slow down war production over labor disputes....they were non-union workers fed up with low wages, long hours and unsafe working conditions and being told they had to sacrifice on all three fronts when the share holders were making money hand over fist and not sacrificing anything....