Worst company on planet makes positive change

[EVT1]

Sure to piss off plenty of 'people': 

www.nbcnews.com/business/wal-mart-expands-health-benefits-domestic-partners-8C11018274

     NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will extend its health care benefits to its U.S. workers' domestic partners, including those of the same sex, starting Jan. 1.

     The nation's largest private employer, which has been a target of attacks by labor groups for what they criticize are skimpy wages and benefits, said Tuesday that the changes were made so it could have one uniform policy for all 50 states at a time when some states have their own definitions of what constitutes domestic partnerships and civil unions.

     Employees can enroll their domestic partners from Oct. 12 through Nov. 1.


  How dare they embrace fairness!

[marvholly]

this is pretty much MEANINGLESS for 98-99% of Walmart employees. ONLY FT (over 24 or 30 hr/week) qualify for insurance. Everyone else is SOL.

[Value Buy]

I thought Haliburton, Chevron and Exxon Mobil shared the "worst company on the planet" award.

[workpublic]

i vote for HB

[djAdvocate]

Aug 28, 2013 13:01:18 GMT -5 workpublic said:

i vote for HB

me too.  if there was a cereal called "dead frozen innocents", HB would have it for breakfast.

[workpublic]

imho they truly do "have blood on their hands"

[EVT1]

I concede- HB is much worse.

[jkapp]

Aug 28, 2013 2:32:27 GMT -5 EVT1 said:

Sure to piss off plenty of 'people': 

www.nbcnews.com/business/wal-mart-expands-health-benefits-domestic-partners-8C11018274

     NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will extend its health care benefits to its U.S. workers' domestic partners, including those of the same sex, starting Jan. 1.

     The nation's largest private employer, which has been a target of attacks by labor groups for what they criticize are skimpy wages and benefits, said Tuesday that the changes were made so it could have one uniform policy for all 50 states at a time when some states have their own definitions of what constitutes domestic partnerships and civil unions.

     Employees can enroll their domestic partners from Oct. 12 through Nov. 1.


  How dare they embrace fairness!

I thought WalMart's insurance sucked, so why would this be a good thing?

Geez, you lefties have to keep your arguments straight!

[Deleted]

Halliburton, which supplies oil field services and supplies is bad why?  Is it the evil oil company thing, AGW faith thingy,  successful business model ?  I'm stymied here (let me have it, I used to be what EVT would call a "weapons profiteer"  so I'm richly deserving of the abuse).

[EVT1]

Aug 29, 2013 8:22:21 GMT -5 jkapp said:

Aug 28, 2013 2:32:27 GMT -5 EVT1 said:

Sure to piss off plenty of 'people': 

www.nbcnews.com/business/wal-mart-expands-health-benefits-domestic-partners-8C11018274

     NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will extend its health care benefits to its U.S. workers' domestic partners, including those of the same sex, starting Jan. 1.

     The nation's largest private employer, which has been a target of attacks by labor groups for what they criticize are skimpy wages and benefits, said Tuesday that the changes were made so it could have one uniform policy for all 50 states at a time when some states have their own definitions of what constitutes domestic partnerships and civil unions.

     Employees can enroll their domestic partners from Oct. 12 through Nov. 1.


  How dare they embrace fairness!

I thought WalMart's insurance sucked, so why would this be a good thing?

Geez, you lefties have to keep your arguments straight!

It can be shitty and be fair- so now their shitty insurance is fairly shitty.


Not that it matters much- every taxpayer sends a portion of their cash directly to Wal-Mart to enrich further the owners by subsidizing their workforce.  Hence the previous worst company, and now I guess second worst company title.

[workpublic]

Halliburton, which supplies oil field services and supplies is bad why?

when they work for the govt, they don't deliver. not enough due diligence(people got killed) they overcharge. their relationship with blackwater.

i don't know what their rep is in the oil industry, except that they were sued over the gulf oil spill.

[Deleted]

Aug 29, 2013 13:47:28 GMT -5 workpublic said:

Halliburton, which supplies oil field services and supplies is bad why?

when they work for the govt, they don't deliver. not enough due diligence(people got killed) they overcharge. their relationship with blackwater.

i don't know what their rep is in the oil industry, except that they were sued over the gulf oil spill.

And yet the government still contracts with them for their services.

[djAdvocate]

Aug 30, 2013 10:47:19 GMT -5 @jma23 said:

Aug 29, 2013 13:47:28 GMT -5 workpublic said:

Halliburton, which supplies oil field services and supplies is bad why?

when they work for the govt, they don't deliver. not enough due diligence(people got killed) they overcharge. their relationship with blackwater.

i don't know what their rep is in the oil industry, except that they were sued over the gulf oil spill.

And yet the government still contracts with them for their services.

which says a lot about how corrupt our government is.

[Deleted]

Aug 30, 2013 11:17:22 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

Aug 30, 2013 10:47:19 GMT -5 @jma23 said:

And yet the government still contracts with them for their services.

which says a lot about how corrupt our government is.

No argument there.

[workpublic]

they're part owner of "our" govt.

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

Aug 28, 2013 2:32:27 GMT -5 EVT1 said:

Sure to piss off plenty of 'people': 

www.nbcnews.com/business/wal-mart-expands-health-benefits-domestic-partners-8C11018274

     NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will extend its health care benefits to its U.S. workers' domestic partners, including those of the same sex, starting Jan. 1.

     The nation's largest private employer, which has been a target of attacks by labor groups for what they criticize are skimpy wages and benefits, said Tuesday that the changes were made so it could have one uniform policy for all 50 states at a time when some states have their own definitions of what constitutes domestic partnerships and civil unions.

     Employees can enroll their domestic partners from Oct. 12 through Nov. 1.


  How dare they embrace fairness!

I don't know about you guys, but I'm glad all those gay Walmart employees who have a domestic partner that qualifies, will no longer have to suffer unfairness. Two men, and one woman will be celebrating now! Whoooo!!!

[djAdvocate]

Aug 30, 2013 15:14:46 GMT -5 workpublic said:

they're part owner of "our" govt.

politics is the entertainment arm of the MIC.