Is this true, and if so, what do you think?!

Findekano

If this is accurate...wow...

Makes me think twice about ever giving THEM my business...

diodelcibo

Nope it does not change my mind.

Morality does not coincide with my nutritional needs.

FGVC1188

Dont care.

n0ob

ANTI-union? Holy ****, I may have to find a local whole foods to do more shopping at now...

grgnelson

It is his company, if they don't want to work for him for the wages and benefits he is offering, find another job. I'll be shopping there tonight.

Findekano

Nope it does not change my mind.

Morality does not coincide with my nutritional needs.

I've got other food sources, but to each his own.

So you still want to shop there. Do you think any other action should be taken here? Or that's just fine and dandy?

Personally, I feel like any legal intervention would be treading into iffy territory as to the company's rights. I'd rather use the free market to express my distaste.

Findekano

Honestly, though, Walmart is the same, and I suspect a good deal of other places are, too. When I was trained at WM, they showed us a video telling us how bad unions are and that they would take our money and we should never sign anything given to us by a union organizer or rep.

It's just that Whole Foods has this sort of clean and responsible image. You just don't expect these kind of tactics from them.

n0ob

There are LOTS of companies that will be going to 30 hour shifts for employees due to the new health care laws.

quirkytizzy

I can't afford to shop there, so boycotting it will be easy. I hate ****ers like that.

That said, I am below the poverty line and shop at Wal-Mart. :embarassed: They are just as horrible to their workforce. If I ever get the money, though, I will happily support those who treat their employees well. Good health doesn't have to mean screwing all the little people below you.

Chief_Rocka

I wouldn't shop there because of the prices.

Findekano

I can't afford to shop there, so boycotting it will be easy. I hate ****ers like that.

That said, I am below the poverty line and shop at Wal-Mart. :embarassed: They are just as horrible to their workforce. If I ever get the money, though, I will happily support those who treat their employees well. Good health doesn't have to mean screwing all the little people below you.

WM isn't too horrible. The pay is decent, and it's fairly easy to get on as full time after you've worked there for a year or two. But they HATE unions, and god help you if you get sick for more than three days in 6 months.

_the_feniks_

I think the story is accurate as I've read similar things about him recently. I don't shop there very often as the closest one is more than 30 miles away but... I probably will still go there as they carry a lot of items I can't find anywhere else. I'll just be nicer to the employess than I already am.

bumblebums

John Mackey is a total nutjob. He's famous for it. Look up "Rahodeb" for more

I still shop at WF, because it's the only decent grocery store in my area. Also, if I avoided every business that had objectionable political views behind it, I would spend most of my time researching where to shop and what not to buy and most things would be off the table.

Skratchie

The only way you know FOR SURE how the work force that produces your food, clothing and other items is treated, is to do everything yourself. Grow your own food, make your own clothing (after you shear the sheep for wool, and grow your own cotton, then spin it and make it into fabric), make your own shoes ...

It's fine to have a social conscience, but where do you draw a line?

My feeling is if people don't like the conditions in which they work, they need to find a way to improve their station in life. Don't like working part time without benefits? Find someone who will hire you full time. But the reality is, with the new healthcare laws, you're going to see a lot more of this sort of thing in the retail industry, regardless of whether the product is food, clothing, or nuts & bolts.

TK266

I don't shop there, but it is more do to the customer base and the prices, rather then the working conditions. the part time thing for health care is done by many companies. From what I have heard about the founder of this company, he is more active in making sure his employees are taken care of, but at the end of the day he is in business to make money.

I will stick to my local supermarket.

v_woolf

support local small grocers!

There are soooo many of them in my town, it's hard to see why anyone would ever go one of the big chains!

BellaFe

People have a choice to work there,nobody is holding a gun to their heads.

bugaha1

Then why do the workers seem to love their job everytime I go in?

I worked in the Steel Workers Union for 18 yrs and now I have worked for them man 21 yrs and I'll pick the man.

concordancia

You will be hard pressed to find a retail store or restaurant that does not limit hours for most of their employees in order to avoid benefits. The new healthcare laws lower what the legal number is, but the practice has been in place for decades. Ditto for the unions.

You think the people selling you the food are bad, you should see how the people growing the food work!

n0ob

You think the people selling you the food are bad, you should see how the people growing the food work!

I grew up in a farming community, have many relatives and friends who are farmers, and worked at an ag experiment station all through high school. Not a one of them grew anything that would be considered "organic".

When I eat soybeans (as I do frequently) I feel comfort in knowing that they were grown by someone just like my uncle (who happened to have a good soybean crop on the land he farms this year).

RaeLB

That applies to most companies and industries.

Findekano

I don't have an issue with hiring more people as part time, but cutting down full-timers just to avoid providing benefits...that doesn't sit well with me.

n0ob

I don't have an issue with hiring more people as part time, but cutting down full-timers just to avoid providing benefits...that doesn't sit well with me.

Don't eat at a restaurant in 2013 then...

UsedToBeHusky

How do you not realize that MOST retail businesses operate like this???

crazytreelady

Nope it does not change my mind.

Morality does not coincide with my nutritional needs.

That and the amount of money I have to spend on said nutritional needs. Maybe in the future when I am done my post secondary and have that choice, I will.

Muddy_Yogi

How do you not realize that MOST retail businesses operate like this???

Tis very sad how many people are soooo ill informed.

mbreed75

I actually went there for the first time 2 days ago looking for something specific. They didn't have it. But i bought a few things i needed since i was there. Too expensive, and the ideology there is a bit on the rediculous side. I won't be going back.

lacurandera1

There are LOTS of companies that will be going to 30 hour shifts for employees due to the new health care laws.

This. Thank our government.

mfoy94

Im too much of a liberal political activist to shop at a store run by a bigot. There are alternatives.

edit: A lot of companies do this, thats why we "mom and pop"

maab_connor

i spend less at the local co-op. i support my neighboring hippies.

UsedToBeHusky

There are LOTS of companies that will be going to 30 hour shifts for employees due to the new health care laws.

This. Thank our government.

Yes. And just how much is the man supposed to pay himself? He did start the company from the ground up... and trust me... he pays out 500 times that in labor!