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Old 02-25-2012, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by bobabode View Post
+1 on Costco, been a member for 20+ years. Those shopping carts make me feel I'm 8 years old again. They're huge! A lot of their stuff is made overseas, too. I WILL NEVER SPEND A DIME OF MY MONEY IN WALMART, NEVER. If I could avoid Home Depot I would treat them the same way. I don't know how many are aware of the contract employees have to sign at HD to work there. You have to sign that you will not organize or be a party to union activities. The consequence is immediate dismissal and you also agree not to sue for such.
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Originally Posted by Big_Bill View Post
I'm very surprised to hear this, I believed that an American can not sign away their Constitutional Rights ?

I guess D-Ray will have to chime in here ?

HD must have become part of North Korea.

Bill
It's an old tactic, that used to be called a "Yellow Dog" contract. At one point, I believe it was found to be illegal. But the way labor law enforcement has been weakened in this country over the last few decades, they've probably found a way around it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-dog_contract

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norris-LaGuardia_Act

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