More Wal-Mart Criminal Activity

[San Antonio]

Well, it seems like Wal-Mart is at it again. This time they are locking workers in the store overnight. Other large chains do not treat their employes this way. They often don’t have a supervisor around to open up the place in case of emergency. WM tries to put its best spin on the policy and now claims that every store has a manager with a key but some employees say that on Saturday and Sunday nights they are left in the store with no key. WM’s claims that they do it for worker protection from robberies and crime when it is apparent that the crime they wish to control is from their own workers and product “shinkage.” Numerous workers have been hurt on the job and been left waiting for hours awaiting medical treatment while the doors were kept locked. Leaving by the emergency exit when there is no fire is against WM policy and could get you fired. So injured workers wait for managers to show up, sometimes hours after they are called, while the employee bleeds away. Since many states do not have laws concerning locking employees in stores overnight, it will probably take a fire and a tragedy to change that but by then it will be too late.

Last week, WM was singled out for violating child labor laws, making underage youth work past legally allowed limits in numerous WM stores. Part of this also related to locking store doors but most of it came from understaffing vital positions and keeping all the workers in the store until things got done. Of course, as is WM policy, no overtime is allowed and workers clock out and then go back to work finishing the job on their own time with the store doors firmly locked.

It’s time to hold these corporate criminals responsible for their abuses of the system. Boycott Wal-Mart.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/18/national/18WALM.html

[Dave]

Old news! Only the small stores close at night and the doors are locked for protection reasons. Think of it this way, if you left the doors unlocked and someone came in and shot everyone, wouldn't that be a greater wrong. Turn over is to high to give everyone a key. Do you really see Wal-Mart changing locks every other day? If someone waited hour, as you put it, while bleeding, I'd have to question the person. No fire door if ever locked from the inside, against fire codes. So, if I was bleeding that badly, with no management responding, I'd hit a fire door and go to the hospital. There's no such rule, that says a employee can not leave a store for medical treatment in the quickest way possiable. Think about it, you know it's true.

[San Antonio]

Dave,
Go and read the article that is available on the link I posted and then come back and tell me that. Wal-Mart makes some things very clear and leaving thru a fire door when there is no fire is an offense that will get you canned. Only managers have keys, not all the employees. But some managers go home at night, leaving their stores locked and employees are left to fend for themselves. Like I said, it will take someone dying to get this changed and that will be a sadder day for all of us because it could have been prevented.

[Dave]

Originally posted by San Antonio
Dave,
Go and read the article that is available on the link I posted and then come back and tell me that. Wal-Mart makes some things very clear and leaving thru a fire door when there is no fire is an offense that will get you canned. Only managers have keys, not all the employees. But some managers go home at night, leaving their stores locked and employees are left to fend for themselves. Like I said, it will take someone dying to get this changed and that will be a sadder day for all of us because it could have been prevented.

No offense intended here, but I will not read a link that requires me to join something. I just won't do it.

However, I work for Wal-Mart, in management, I do not have a key, I have opened fire doors more once and set the alarms off, the story has no truth. It's just another Wal-Mart fabrication for those who want to hate us.

Thank you for you reply.;)

[Pax Americanus]

The story happened. That much is a given. I have read about this on several forums (http://www.cybersoapbox.com/csb/viewtopic.php?t=4343) beside this one, and most people feel that WalMart is to blame.

What strikes me odd about your post is that you say you work for Walmart and that you have opened fire doors several times. What were the reasons you opened the fire doors? I know that in most cities/towns if you ring too many false alarms they have stiff fines to deter that.

[Dave]

Originally posted by Pax Americanus
The story happened. That much is a given. I have read about this on several forums (http://www.cybersoapbox.com/csb/viewtopic.php?t=4343) beside this one, and most people feel that WalMart is to blame.

What strikes me odd about your post is that you say you work for Walmart and that you have opened fire doors several times. What were the reasons you opened the fire doors? I know that in most cities/towns if you ring too many false alarms they have stiff fines to deter that.

Thanks PA? I clicked into your thread and read it. I found it enlightening and funny. A sure pleasure to read.

Let's answer your questions: What were the reasons I opened fire doors? Just some off the top of my head. Once I backed into what's known as the panic bar and opened the door and set off the alram. Many times I was under the impression the alarm was off and open them. Once I took a steel bar and pryed the door open from the outside(no handles) for an employees safety. However that's a long story and I'll save that for another time. Answer: the reasons are many.;)

[Dave]

I forgot! Are the alarms hooked up to the local Fire Dept's? Well, I'm sure they are, maybe that's why management comes running when the alarm goes of. Maybe there's a time frame to get it shut off.

Hope this helps you.