PeteMorris Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Supermarkets such as Asda openly don't want their staff in a union, comes from Walmart (parent) in America. That's probably because American Unions have teeth! They're well connected! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Womerry2 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 No. I've never tipped a supermarket delivery driver. Would you tip a particularly friendly and efficient checkout assistent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 That's probably because American Unions have teeth! They're well connected! I'm not so sure. US retailers (particularly supermarkets) are notorious for low-pay and they have very large numbers of 'intermittent part-time' workers (workers who are on-call and who only work a few hours a week.) If you were employed in a 40-hour a week job, then your 'union dues' would probably be reasonably small part of your take-home pay. If you were working 8-12 hours a week and paying the same dues, then the union dues would represent a significant amount of your pay. Both the employers and the unions have to spend money to conduct union business. I doubt that either would be interested - unless the employees were prepared to pay full union dues. American supermarkets could pay better wages - but the customers would have to pick up the extra and it seems they are not willing to do that. Where I shoo (Not Wally.Mart) the store has 'baggers' who bag up the groceries and take them out to your car. Those baggers are not employed by the store; they work for tips only (Usually teenagers making pocket money.) They make between £8 - £15 an hour and - being self-employed - are responsible for their own taxes and social security payments. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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