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    From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to All on Sat Jul 17 16:52:49 2021
    Hello Everybody,

    Is this any way as to how to make chips?

    Frito-Lay union members cite horrific working conditions. These include
    12 hour days, 7 days a week — and once, even being forced to move the
    dead body of a coworker so they could keep working. Now, half the
    workers at the Frito-Lay plant in Topeka, Kansas are on strike after
    voting down their 4th potential contract in less than 1 year. Frito-Lay
    is refusing to negotiate anymore. The workers’ petition asks for
    support in ending the abusive practices of the company and securing
    their first pay raise in years.

    That is 600+ employees on strike, refusing to work for a company
    that treats them this way. I cannot think of any other company in
    the USA (or in the rest of the civilized world) that treats its
    workers as described above. And yet, this is what we have here, in
    what we call "the land of the free and of the brave."

    --Lee

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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Lee Lofaso on Sat Jul 17 17:18:58 2021
    Frito-Lay union members cite horrific working conditions.

    Do you really think that you can get some sympathy from us in "The Socialist World" for the mess that your Corporate Capitalism has created?

    In Sweden we have a saying "som man bäddar får man ligga". According to Goggle Translate that's "as you make your bed, so you must lie". I think I've heard some more accurate saying from over there...

    Fact of the matter is, that the US people keep on voting for the most corrupt politicians the western world has ever seen, so what do you expect when the "socialism = slavery" mantra is kept on perpetuated?



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  • From David Drummond@3:640/305 to Lee Lofaso on Sun Jul 18 07:31:09 2021
    On 18/07/2021 00:52, 2203/2 wrote:
    [..]
    And yet, this is what we have here, in
    what we call "the land of the free and of the brave."

    I'll wager a guess that it's not the employers of Frito-Lay that refer to USA as such...

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    Regards
    David
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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to David Drummond on Tue Jul 20 23:25:00 2021
    Hello David,

    And yet, this is what we have here, in
    what we call "the land of the free and of the brave."

    I'll wager a guess that it's not the employers of Frito-Lay that refer to USA as such...

    Frito-Lay is a subsidiary of PepsiCo. I hope you enjoy
    your 7-up. And Mountain Dew. And PepsiCola. And all the
    houses built in Belgium with Frito-Lay potato chips.

    https://www.pepsico.com/news/story/how-lays-chips-will-be- heating-homes-in-belgium


    So. There you go. Belgium is not just for waffles any more.
    Ward D. will be thrilled.

    --Lee

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  • From David Drummond@3:640/305 to Lee Lofaso on Wed Jul 21 09:52:39 2021
    On 21/07/2021 07:25, 2203/2 wrote:

     DD>> I'll wager a guess that it's not the employers of Frito-Lay that refer to
     DD>> USA as such...

    Frito-Lay is a subsidiary of PepsiCo. I hope you enjoy
    your 7-up. And Mountain Dew. And PepsiCola. And all the
    houses built in Belgium with Frito-Lay potato chips.

    I do not consume 7-up, Pepsi, Mountain Dew or "potato" chips.

    --
    Regards
    David

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