Wal-Mart Worker Crushed to Death on Black Friday; Union Responds (29)
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A worker at a New York Wal-Mart location was crushed to death this morning, "Black Friday," when hordes of shoppers overwhelmed to get inside for bargain-hunting. Snip from AP account: At least four other people were injured, and the store in Valley Stream on Long Island was closed. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in Bentonville, Ark., called the incident a "tragic situation" and said the employee came from a temporary agency and was doing maintenance work at ...
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Jared Cherup said:
Exactly why I think everyone that participates in Black Friday is a moron.
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Russ said:
Are we really at this point in our super consumerism that we will kill someone to save $52 on a tv? Sick.
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Sysop said:
Digamos que foi uma 'Dark Friday' para ele...
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Promethean said:
Wait.. ..so people tore doors off of the hinges and this is Wal-Mart's fault? No.. it is a modern irony that while we make slow steps in positive directions with some issues that we slowly slide into barbarism in others. To lay the blame for the fact that a group of human beings decided to stop behaving like human beings at the feet of Wal-mart is beyond ridiculous.
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Alex said:
How is this wal-mart's fault? Isn't this the fault of the 200 idiots to which $30 savings on a shitty off brand tv was worth more than a human life?
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Curt said:
WalMart's abuse has been going on for easily more than a decade.
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