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rigneyclanrigneyclan Posts: 289
edited June 2009 in The Porch
Anyone who's angry/disappointed over the album being released through Target needs to get a life.
Target is one of the few corporations that gives back to the community and donates millions of dollars to charity every year. At the target I work at, there's always flyers posted around informing us about community volunteer opportunities and events, and so on...

Anyways, at least it's not Walmart!! :x


This was a smart move by the band, IMO.
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  • lukinvedderlukinvedder Posts: 203
    i dont know anything about target-but if what you say is true, then im all for it. the bands always putting others first-whether its fans or just those who need help. there must be a reason for this move, and no doubt its a great one. they have never let me down before.
    Christchurch, New Zealand 2009

  • philthehipphilthehip Posts: 2,084
    Im from the UK and do not know Target but as said before me, I cant imagine the band working with a shitty business. They do seem to be on the case about things in the business world.
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    who cares..
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  • darthvedder81darthvedder81 Posts: 688
    rigneyclan wrote:
    Anyone who's angry/disappointed over the album being released through Target needs to get a life.
    Target is one of the few corporations that gives back to the community and donates millions of dollars to charity every year. At the target I work at, there's always flyers posted around informing us about community volunteer opportunities and events, and so on...

    Anyways, at least it's not Walmart!! :x


    This was a smart move by the band, IMO.

    "One of the few corporations that gives back to the community"

    LOL! So you've researched all the other big players out there and come to this informed conclusion?

    Most US corporations donate to charity because most US corporations are run by decent, generous hard working Americans. Hell, with the taxes they pay alone Wal-Mart does a lot of good for the "community."
    So this life is sacrifice...
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  • NewJPageNewJPage Posts: 3,313
    http://www.alternet.org/workplace/35610/
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  • IndifferenceIndifference Posts: 2,739
    edited June 2009
    Just FYI that many not a few public companies give back to the community and donate millions to charity. Of course they could/should give more....but thats not the point. In 2007 Walmart gave about double($340 million vs $169 million) away to charity that Target did. I don't like Walmart but to say there are drastically differnent from Target as a public company is off base.
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  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    "I tried walking into a Target , but I missed.

    RIP Mitch.

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  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    PissBottleMan wrote:
    "I tried walking into a Target , but I missed.

    RIP Mitch.

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    :mrgreen:
    awesome!


    i so needed that today too. this has been an absolute shit week, lots of decisions/choices on the horizon, just like everyone else.....so a lot of the funny/positive stuff here today, definitely helps. oh and sure, my evil corp-whore bosses taking out the entire group for food and lots of alcohol at some swank bar at 3:30 helps too. ;) 2.5 more hours. :mrgreen: better enjoy it all while i got some. :D
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  • darthvedder81darthvedder81 Posts: 688
    NewJPage wrote:
    http://www.alternet.org/workplace/35610/

    Uh, pieces from a left-wing progressive blogs don't count as legitimate news sources.
    So this life is sacrifice...
    6/30/98 Minneapolis, 10/8/00 East Troy (Brrrr!), 6/16/03 St. Paul, 6/27/06 St. Paul
  • NewJPageNewJPage Posts: 3,313
    darthvedder81 wrote:
    NewJPage wrote:
    http://www.alternet.org/workplace/35610/

    Uh, pieces from a left-wing progressive blogs don't count as legitimate news sources.

    please point out any inaccuracies in the piece so we can all be enlightened as to the greatness that is Target... ;)
    6/26/98, 8/17/00, 10/8/00, 12/8/02, 12/9/02, 4/25/03, 5/28/03, 6/1/03, 6/3/03, 6/5/03, 6/6/03, 6/12/03, 6/13/03, 6/15/03, 6/18/03, 6/21/03, 6/22/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03, 10/3/04, 10/5/04, 9/9/05, 9/11/05, 9/16/05, 5/16/06, 5/17/06, 5/19/06, 6/30/06, 7/23/06, 8/5/07, 6/30/08, 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 5/4/10, 5/7/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 10/11/13, 10/17/14, 8/20/16
  • smithnicsmithnic Posts: 1,563
    darthvedder81 wrote:
    NewJPage wrote:
    http://www.alternet.org/workplace/35610/

    Uh, pieces from a left-wing progressive blogs don't count as legitimate news sources.


    Of more than 1,400 Target stores employing more than 300,000 people nationwide, not one has a union. Employees at various stores say an anti-union message and video is part of the new-employee orientation. At stores in the Twin Cities, where Target is headquartered, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union Local 789 has been trying for several years to help Target employees organize, with little luck.

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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Well, its a step better than Sony who's much bigger than Target. They were signed with Sony for what, 14 years?
  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    Well, its a step better than Sony who's much bigger than Target. They were signed with Sony for what, 14 years?

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  • Bugs29Bugs29 Posts: 96
    It is IMPOSSIBLE to live in the USA, or any other industrialized nation, and avoid chains of giant corporations...that's just how things are; I don't know where you'd have to live to completely avoid it.

    But please, they have NEVER been detached from commercialism! So let's everyone just get over it...it's ridiculous to expect so much from them, it's just not realistic!
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,165
    smithnic wrote:
    darthvedder81 wrote:
    NewJPage wrote:
    http://www.alternet.org/workplace/35610/

    Uh, pieces from a left-wing progressive blogs don't count as legitimate news sources.


    Of more than 1,400 Target stores employing more than 300,000 people nationwide, not one has a union. Employees at various stores say an anti-union message and video is part of the new-employee orientation. At stores in the Twin Cities, where Target is headquartered, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union Local 789 has been trying for several years to help Target employees organize, with little luck.

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  • philthehipphilthehip Posts: 2,084
    Of more than 1,400 Target stores employing more than 300,000 people nationwide, not one has a union. Employees at various stores say an anti-union message and video is part of the new-employee orientation. At stores in the Twin Cities, where Target is headquartered, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union Local 789 has been trying for several years to help Target employees organize, with little luck.

    all you need to know[/quote]
    Is this a bad thing or a good thing?[/quote]

    In the UK unions dont really have a place other than in government funded sectors. Infact unions have caused more trouble than good
  • darthvedder81darthvedder81 Posts: 688
    [/quote]
    Is this a bad thing or a good thing?[/quote]

    Good thing. I work in a major retail chain that isn't unionized either. I prefer to keep more of my money than have it go to some teamster thug. Unions have destroyed American industry.
    So this life is sacrifice...
    6/30/98 Minneapolis, 10/8/00 East Troy (Brrrr!), 6/16/03 St. Paul, 6/27/06 St. Paul
  • philthehipphilthehip Posts: 2,084
    Yer I never thought of the money they bleed off everyone. Fuck the unions before they fuck you lol
  • JoanneJoanne Posts: 98
    As PJ fans, some of you have some goofy politics.
    We're still making records for people who listen to it all the way through, eyes closed, in that space.
  • cokelogiccokelogic Posts: 139
    Pearl Jam knows what they're doing. I completely trust whatever they decide to do. AC/DC released their last album through Walmart, no one had a problem with that.
  • iwantmypieiwantmypie Posts: 48
    i work at a large super market in massachusetts and connecticut which is constantly showing us anti-union videos during our continuous trainings. i personally think that the unions aren't needed here and as with target i'm sure they are doing fine without them. go pj!
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  • heidihiheidihi Posts: 114
    I wonder where we would all be without unions..... :? Collective baragaining has its place. My husband works on a site where there are unionised and non union staff. The unions members pay their fees, the unions fight for their rights (safety, pay conditions and hours etc) and the non union staff get to grab the benefits with no money out of their pockets; they also come out of it all smelling like roses. Then they bag the unions...
    perhaps it is different in Australia? AND I know that i have gone totally off track...sorry
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