tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post667061490490319344..comments2024-03-27T20:48:39.389-04:00Comments on [Birth Mother] First Mother Forum: Kudos to WalmartLorraine Duskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285341379272250245noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-3140900254107929842011-05-25T14:24:26.159-04:002011-05-25T14:24:26.159-04:00Anon,
I'm not chomping at the bit to shop at ...Anon,<br /><br />I'm not chomping at the bit to shop at Walmart either. If they open a store near me, though, I may check it out. <br /><br />Watch the video. Robin is just the sort of role model a single young pregnant woman needs. Attractive, articulate, down to earth, upbeat, a good mom. <br /><br />This image is helpful to counter the adoption industry's doom and gloom messages. The industry leads expectant mothers to believe they will be mired in poverty forever; that their children are better off being raised by those who can give their children more than they can.Jane Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05669797756463841249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-55640083041842452632011-05-25T14:17:28.073-04:002011-05-25T14:17:28.073-04:00Well, I like Walmart, lol. And this story reminds ...Well, I like Walmart, lol. And this story reminds me of the film Where The Heart Is, about the girl who gave birth in one in the middle of the night. That is a good single Mother story too. And for all you Walmart haters out there, well at least they are doing something right...:)The Improper Adopteehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04460201280334904431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-89880646309325636562011-05-25T13:47:47.672-04:002011-05-25T13:47:47.672-04:00Dear Last Anonymous (oh how we love names, even ma...Dear Last Anonymous (oh how we love names, even made up ones):<br /><br />I am still not shopping at Walmart. Won't won't won't. Know too much about their overall employee practices; but this post is about the fact that you can be a young single mother who kept your child and still made something of her life--at a store that would be analogous to the Woolworth's of yesteryear.Lorraine Duskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18285341379272250245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-56091332004633620372011-05-25T12:41:36.935-04:002011-05-25T12:41:36.935-04:00Sorry, no, this publicity stunt featuring a young ...Sorry, no, this publicity stunt featuring a young single mom is not changing my opinion of Walmart nor enticing me to shop there. It is interesting how single-issue people can be easily persuaded to go against their former principles by something like this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-82196201819853049462011-05-24T03:06:54.749-04:002011-05-24T03:06:54.749-04:00Thanks for this, Jane. Because I believe in free e...Thanks for this, Jane. Because I believe in free enterprise and that Walmart serves low-income shoppers, plus their success despite the complaints, I have not had a problem with them. I've thought about going to work at our local WM, going in to see what is really true, but so far haven't take that jump. As if I'm even employable at this point...<br /><br />Not checking out the ad, since I know it will upset me, but I have to say that if they are hiring single mothers, and supporting them at some level, I am impressed. How many other companies stand up like that? When I was pregnant in the sixties, I doubt anyone would have hired me or kept me on once I started to show and they knew.<br /><br />But that was then and this is now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-17485299101551104712011-05-23T08:12:57.348-04:002011-05-23T08:12:57.348-04:00I would expect high turnover at an employer like W...I would expect high turnover at an employer like Walmart where most of their workforce is unskilled labor, and probably has a high percentage of high school and college students working their on a short-term basis. McDonalds, by way of comparison, had <a href="http://www.fistfuloftalent.com/2008/05/can-this-turnov.html" rel="nofollow">44%</a> turnover in 2008.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17887069039136113224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-75703482080643712252011-05-23T07:45:37.661-04:002011-05-23T07:45:37.661-04:00It would be interesting to see who WalMart support...It would be interesting to see who WalMart supports re. Planned Parenthood because they can put up all the "we're for the single mom" ads they want, the proof will be in the campaign contribution fund pudding.Jane Karrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-75063572116787680242011-05-22T18:25:12.115-04:002011-05-22T18:25:12.115-04:00While I know Walmart, intimately, I also know that...While I know Walmart, intimately, I also know that if they can encourage a young mother to to keep her child, I will not get in their way. Sometimes we have to get a little smudge on our egos to realize that not everything is bad.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05815710859859029536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-58254295393786312652011-05-22T18:05:58.613-04:002011-05-22T18:05:58.613-04:00Gretchen,
I had the same reaction when I first r...Gretchen, <br /><br />I had the same reaction when I first read Jane's story because of their long history of discrimination against women in promotions, their despicable health-insurance practices, and otherwise poor working conditions. The minimum number of women who will be in the class action suit against the company is <b>1.5 million.</b> The annual turnover in the workforce, women and men, is around 50 percent! I have never bought anything at Walmarts, and plan never to. <br /><br />But as Jane reminded me, she does point to the law suit against Walmart, and the point of her story is that single mothers can make it. Adoption is not the only route to a happy unencumbered life, as the 'Adoption Option" folks at the Center for American Progress would have us believe, and if the ad reaches a single young woman who is considering giving up her child but decides otherwise after seeing this story, that is a "good thing."Lorraine Duskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18285341379272250245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-80726898085460153022011-05-22T16:16:28.409-04:002011-05-22T16:16:28.409-04:00Jane, I'm surprised and disappointed! Kudos t...Jane, I'm surprised and disappointed! Kudos to Walmart?! <br />While I'm happy for Robin, apparently she's an exception rather than the rule when it comes to WalMart hiring practices. How can you dismiss the recent (3/29/11) sex discrimination suit against the company? http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/walmart-discrimination-court-decide-millions-female-employees-sue/story?id=13237106<br /><br />I'm sure you're well aware of their long history of offenses ranging from not allowing bathroom breaks to oncompensated overtime to overnight workers prevented from leaving the store by locked doors. <br /><br />I'd say the kudobs belong to Robin for her tenacity and determination in spite of socioeconomic challenges and cultural perceptions of single motherhood.Gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18192643286153380436noreply@blogger.com