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Message 1591563 - Posted: 24 Oct 2014, 21:42:47 UTC - in response to Message 1591531.  

First of all, Walmart in the USA is as much hated as Tescos are in the UK. Next we know that Walmart own Asda, but Asda is pretty much liked over here. But if they are operating an unfair wages policy that does not pay commensurate wages to men and women doing the same job, then they need to be brought to book, and in court if need be.

But we need to be clear on this. Is this a policy of the British Management, or imposed upon them by the American owners?


Like I said:


1. difference in pay between the genders working at the SAME job.

This is wrong and needs to be addressed.

2. difference in pay between different jobs for the same company.

This is definitely a grey area.


The issue you raise is my #1. But, from reading the BBC article, especially the section I quoted:

One Asda store worker I spoke to said that the work was the same whether you were in the shop or in the warehouse - packing and unpacking pallets of clothes and food and putting stock on shelves, often through the night.

She said she should be paid the same as the men working in the warehouse.


There is also ANOTHER issue (my #2) at work here.

'Warehouse' employees being paid more than 'shop' (?store?) employees.

Asda is the only division of Walmart that I know of that has a union, in this case 'GMB'.

I do not know the situation in the UK regarding labor contract structure, but I presume that it is at least somewhat similar to the situation in the USA with labor contracts.

The unions in the USA define a BUNCH of different 'jobs' at a company, and define their pay scales differently... even in case of equivalent work... EVEN in the case where the higher paid position does substantially LESS work.
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Message 1591565 - Posted: 24 Oct 2014, 21:44:43 UTC - in response to Message 1591531.  

First of all, Walmart in the USA is as much hated as Tescos are in the UK. Next we know that Walmart own Asda, but Asda is pretty much liked over here. But if they are operating an unfair wages policy that does not pay commensurate wages to men and women doing the same job, then they need to be brought to book, and in court if need be.

But we need to be clear on this. Is this a policy of the British Management, or imposed upon them by the American owners?

Or imposed by their union?

Union contracts here get so specific about job function that a right handed widget screwer can't ever screw a left handed widget, even if all the left handed widget screwers are out sick. One reason unions are despised by business people.
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Message 1591576 - Posted: 24 Oct 2014, 22:11:42 UTC

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Message 1591673 - Posted: 25 Oct 2014, 1:09:23 UTC - in response to Message 1591576.  

Thank god he was only a copper for 18 months

What a brave man he was!

Judge wrote:
He said Sutton was a "jealous, paranoid and controlling man".

That is unfortunately an apt description of far to many police officers.
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Message 1591750 - Posted: 25 Oct 2014, 4:58:22 UTC

http://www.ijreview.com/2014/10/191245-chilling-phone-call-yazidi-woman-made-sex-slave-isis-begs-west-bomb-brothel/
yazidi woman wrote:
If you know where we are, please bomb us. There is no life after this. I’m going to kill myself anyway. Others have killed themselves this morning. I’ve been raped 30 times and it’s not even lunch time. I can’t go to the toilet. Please bomb us.

Dabiq wrote:
“Enslaving the families of the kuffār [non-believers] and taking their women as concubines is a firmly established aspect of the Sharia that if one were to deny or mock, he would be denying or mocking the verses of the Qur’an… and thereby apostatizing from Islam.”

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Message 1591880 - Posted: 25 Oct 2014, 12:29:48 UTC - in response to Message 1591821.  

Judge wrote:

He said Sutton was a "jealous, paranoid and controlling man".

That is unfortunately an apt description of far to many police officers.

I would agree that even 1/2 a dozen like that was far too many, but I hope you weren't suggesting that there are a significant number? There most certainly aren't in the UK, and I would think not in the States. May well be different in Africa and the Middle East.

He may not be, but I am. Get out & smell the roses boyo, there's a big wide world out there & it's not always rosy!
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Message 1591954 - Posted: 25 Oct 2014, 15:14:06 UTC - in response to Message 1591880.  

Judge wrote:

He said Sutton was a "jealous, paranoid and controlling man".

That is unfortunately an apt description of far to many police officers.

I would agree that even 1/2 a dozen like that was far too many, but I hope you weren't suggesting that there are a significant number? There most certainly aren't in the UK, and I would think not in the States. May well be different in Africa and the Middle East.

He may not be, but I am. Get out & smell the roses boyo, there's a big wide world out there & it's not always rosy!

I am. Wife beating is a sport some police officers here engage in.
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Message 1592247 - Posted: 26 Oct 2014, 2:34:15 UTC

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Message 1592269 - Posted: 26 Oct 2014, 3:20:37 UTC - in response to Message 1592247.  

Is GamerGate About Media Ethics or Harassing Women? Harassment, the Data Shows


Well, Es99, as I have said... Yes, Women DO get harassed in many games, and it is WRONG. So are the death threats some Women receive about the subject (or, in fact anyone receiving them about anything). Death threats are a serious crime, and need to be prosecuted.

Why not organize? Why not take a page from the UFW/Caesar Chavez led Great Grape boycott of 1965-1970 and organize boycotts of the offending game companies?

Women ARE the majority of gamers, 52% to 48% (again, thanks to my Wife for finding the link when I failed -- I linked it a number of posts back).

Use your power!

1. Start preferentially buying & playing games developed by Woman owned/controlled studios.

2. Pick a game with artwork/storyline/game mechanics highly disrespectful of women. Organize boycotts.
Pick a game with a bad record of allowing abuse of Women by the male player-base. Organize boycotts.
Rinse & repeat until the industry 'GETS THE MESSAGE'!

Vote with your wallets! It is the ONLY way to make a difference. Until you start hurting their bottom line, the big game development houses are going to keep on their gravy train and keep on churning out the SAME CRAP.

I apologize if this is already in progress. I have not seen any sort of this thus far. Please PM me with a link to one if you don't mind. I WILL support it! I do my best to pick and choose already, but action is MUCH more effective when it is in NUMBERS. Best to be organized.

I am sorry, but a few women doing not much else except finger-pointing at 'those bad, evil men!' isn't going to solve anything. It is only going to flare tempers on both sides.
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Message 1592279 - Posted: 26 Oct 2014, 4:01:22 UTC - in response to Message 1588754.  

'mellowed out' as a condition for statehood for Utah


Oh thank God for that eh? All this time I thought they lost a war or some fool thing like that.

I get it now, they won the war, but Mitt Stupid and his lot just moved to Mexico
for the avocados? I just love the information I get in here. Thank you for this



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Message 1592286 - Posted: 26 Oct 2014, 4:16:00 UTC - in response to Message 1592279.  

'mellowed out' as a condition for statehood for Utah


Oh thank God for that eh? All this time I thought they lost a war or some fool thing like that.

I get it now, they won the war, but Mitt Stupid and his lot just moved to Mexico
for the avocados? I just love the information I get in here. Thank you for this



I know, I know
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_War
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Message 1592292 - Posted: 26 Oct 2014, 4:30:36 UTC - in response to Message 1592286.  

'mellowed out' as a condition for statehood for Utah


Oh thank God for that eh? All this time I thought they lost a war or some fool thing like that.

I get it now, they won the war, but Mitt Stupid and his lot just moved to Mexico
for the avocados? I just love the information I get in here. Thank you for this



I know, I know
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_War



You are referring to the Mormon War of 1857-1858.

I was referring to the 1890 Manifesto where the LDS Church 'changed' its views on polygamy in order for Utah to gain Statehood.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1890_Manifesto
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Message 1592297 - Posted: 26 Oct 2014, 4:38:25 UTC - in response to Message 1591954.  

Judge wrote:

He said Sutton was a "jealous, paranoid and controlling man".

That is unfortunately an apt description of far to many police officers.

I would agree that even 1/2 a dozen like that was far too many, but I hope you weren't suggesting that there are a significant number? There most certainly aren't in the UK, and I would think not in the States. May well be different in Africa and the Middle East.

He may not be, but I am. Get out & smell the roses boyo, there's a big wide world out there & it's not always rosy!

I am. Wife beating is a sport some police officers here engage in.

and this too
http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Disturbing-texts-in-CHP-officers-nude-photo-5846327.php
California Highway Patrol officers have been sharing explicit photos of female suspects for years as part of a “game,” an officer implicated in the scandal told investigators, court records show.

CHP Officer Sean Harrington, 35, of Martinez, acknowledged to Contra Costa County prosecutors that he had forwarded photos from the cell phone of a woman he had arrested in a DUI case, sent them to his own phone and had shared them with at least two other CHP officers, according to a search warrant filed in Superior Court.

502 & 502.01
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=pen&group=00001-01000&file=484-502.9
502. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this
section to expand the degree of protection afforded to individuals,
businesses, and governmental agencies from tampering, interference,
damage, and unauthorized access to lawfully created computer data and
computer systems. The Legislature finds and declares that the
proliferation of computer technology has resulted in a concomitant
proliferation of computer crime and other forms of unauthorized
access to computers, computer systems, and computer data.
The Legislature further finds and declares that protection of the
integrity of all types and forms of lawfully created computers,
computer systems, and computer data is vital to the protection of the
privacy of individuals as well as to the well-being of financial
institutions, business concerns, governmental agencies, and others
within this state that lawfully utilize those computers, computer
systems, and data.
(b) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(1) "Access" means to gain entry to, instruct, or communicate with
the logical, arithmetical, or memory function resources of a
computer, computer system, or computer network.
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Message 1592431 - Posted: 26 Oct 2014, 14:09:28 UTC - in response to Message 1592269.  

Women ARE the majority of gamers, 52% to 48% (again, thanks to my Wife for finding the link when I failed -- I linked it a number of posts back).

Use your power!

That only works if the industry values you as a consumer. Which it does not. The industry is still mainly targeting the male audience, if women stop playing those games in the eyes of the industry it wouldn't really matter all that much. They weren't the target audience to begin with.

The industry first needs to 'get' that women are and should be considered as part of their core audience as much as males are. Only then would a boycott work. But by that point, it probably isn't necessary anymore as the aim of the studio has already shifted from a purely male audience to a mixed audience, thus already pandering to both groups.
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Message 1593856 - Posted: 29 Oct 2014, 15:28:45 UTC

This thread started with India. Who needs to look so far afield...

Switzerland's Shame

...what people & countries do for €€€€€!
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Message 1593877 - Posted: 29 Oct 2014, 16:36:43 UTC

Woman receives rape threats after recording 10 hours of harassment in New York
An actor who recorded 10 hours of catcalls and remarks from passersby in New York City has received rape threats in response to a video detailing the harassment, the advocacy group that commissioned the video said on Tuesday.


The video on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1XGPvbWn0A
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Message 1593926 - Posted: 29 Oct 2014, 18:22:17 UTC

...what people & countries do for €€€€€!


You would be surprised... Don't even Want to read the article...
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Message 1593930 - Posted: 29 Oct 2014, 18:27:03 UTC - in response to Message 1593856.  

This thread started with India. Who needs to look so far afield...

Switzerland's Shame

...what people & countries do for €€€€€!

Actually youre talking about a country where women did not have the universal right to vote in local elections up until 1990. We think of Switzerland as a modern and rich country, but really its incredibly backward in some areas.
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Message 1594002 - Posted: 29 Oct 2014, 20:22:13 UTC - in response to Message 1593877.  

Woman receives rape threats after recording 10 hours of harassment in New York
An actor who recorded 10 hours of catcalls and remarks from passersby in New York City has received rape threats in response to a video detailing the harassment, the advocacy group that commissioned the video said on Tuesday.

Unfortunately this does not surprise me. It seems to be the "go to" threat for men who don't like what a woman is saying. It does give the impression that there are large numbers of men out there who actually hate women and the internet is allowing us to see them now.

The video on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1XGPvbWn0A

Not surprising. I even felt myself going tense with each comment because every time this happens you don't know if its going to escalate into something nastier. I've been called some nasty names and been threatened by men when I've refused to smile or acknowledge them.

On a more cheerful note I did realise that I haven't been receiving those random heavy breathing phonecalls that used to be so popular before called display and better harassment laws.

You remember those ladies? Creepy as sh*t.
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Message 1594067 - Posted: 29 Oct 2014, 22:02:12 UTC - in response to Message 1594002.  

It does give the impression that there are large numbers of men out there who actually hate women and the internet is allowing us to see them now.


Hate women? Nah. They're great baby making factories who should always be diminutive, demur, and know their place. In fact, who let you out of the kitchen? Make me a sammich!









(This post was made with equal parts truth, facts, and pizza. Otherwise known as satire.)
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