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Tue Apr 12, 2011 at 11:39:00 AM MST
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(Now that so many are unemployed, we have the time to do things like spread the wisdom of unionization. - promoted by Fong)
Seeing the Behemoth Blue IKEA store off I-25 the other day (you can't miss it), I was reminded about their promise of hiring 400 locals:
"We are thrilled to offer interested job seekers diverse positions with limitless opportunity at a global company," said Kelly Frieze, store manager of the future IKEA Centennial. "At IKEA, we realize that the ability to do the things in life that bring success and happiness is extremely valuable to our coworkers. It also is as fun to work at IKEA as it is to shop at IKEA."
IKEA plans to hire 400 people in Centennial, officials said. Being a new manager Kelly Freeze might not be fully aware of how IKEA has been treating its US work force: |
| Zappatero :: About that new IKEA store...... |
Workers at the Danville IKEA plant say they are forced to work at a frantic pace, participate in mandatory overtime - possibly facing disciplinary action for not showing up - and raises have been eliminated. Six African American employees have filed discrimination complaints, claiming that they were assigned to the least-wanted third shift and forced to work in the lowest-paying departments. Moreover, while making a profit of $2.2 billion in 2009 and a 7 percent sales increase in 2010, the hourly wage in the Virginia IKEA packing department was slashed from $9.75 to $8.00.
Attempts at forming a union have also been thwarted by IKEA, as some of the 335 IKEA workers in Virginia signed cards expressing interest in forming a union with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. But, in response, IKEA hired the law firm Jackson Lewis - known for keeping unions out of companies - and workers were required to attend meetings where the management highly discouraged union membership. Fun? Limitless? Maybe for IKEA employees working in that socialist hell-hole Sweden:
Vacation Sweden: 5 Weeks
Vacation US: 12 Days
Pay Sweden: $19/hour
Pay US: $8/hour IKEA also emulates other major US corporations in their union-busting, profiteering ways:
While busting unions and paying workers low wages, IKEA is owned by the world's richest charity organization. The parent company of IKEA is the private Dutch-registered Ingka Holding, which, in turn, is owned by the tax-exempt, non-profit entity Stichting Ingka Foundation (SIF). With a mission dedicated to "innovation in the field of architectural and interior design," the Economist valued SIF at $36 Billion in 2006. The tax breaks given IKEA to hire 400 people in Colorado will probably never be equaled by their tax contributions. And once more, big business wins while the middle class loses and our government representatives have ensured the final result.
Happy shopping! |
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