<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Most starting jobs (after training) at the Co-op pay from $7.25 to $8.75 per hour. A very few lowest-rung jobs do begin at $6.75." Bill London</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Much of Co-Ops labor is actually volunteer, so that pays zero. Your checkers are paid less than any other grocery store in Moscow, including Wal-Mart. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Your are still behind Wal-Mart on non checker jobs too. Wal-mart starts off at $8.50-$10.00. Their checkers are paid $7.25, 50 cents more than the Co-Op.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Even with an 18% discount, and 10 cents for the reused bag, workers at the Co-Op are still better off buying at Winco. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The Co-Op is also the least affordable store and least accessible for the disabled. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Regardless of what the Blot says, students do prefer Winco over the Co-Op.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Donovan</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Bill London <london@moscow.com></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1561" name=GENERATOR> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Donovan Arnold is wrong about the working conditions at the Moscow Food Co-op.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Most starting jobs (after training) at the Co-op pay from $7.25 to $8.75 per hour. A very few lowest-rung jobs do begin at $6.75.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Benefits to workers of 20 hours/week or more includes:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2 week paid vacation</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>sick leave</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>18% discount on purchases and free lunch</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Benefits to workers of 30 hours/week or more includes those plus
health/dental insurance (retirement benefits if work longer than 2 years)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Moscow Food Co-op is such a good employer that the UI Blot (student magazine) just honored the Co-op as the best place to work in the Palouse.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BL</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan Arnold</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=london@moscow.com
href="mailto:london@moscow.com">Bill London</A> ; <A title=vision2020@moscow.com href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 25, 2007 4:25 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Co-op Offers Cash Incentive to Use Reusable Bags</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>WOW, ten cents! Too bad the Co-Op takes it back from you with outrageous prices. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You ought to use that change to raise your non livable starvation slave labor starting wages of $6,50 an hour. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Could you live on the wages the Co-Op pays their workers?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Bill London <<A href="mailto:london@moscow.com">london@moscow.com</A>></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT:
5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><?fontfamily><?param Times New Roman> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1561" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV>Moscow Food Co-op Offers Cash Incentive to Use Reusable Bags<BR><?/fontfamily> <BR><?fontfamily><?param Times New Roman>The Moscow Food Co-op is now offering a refund of ten cents each time customers use their own permanent shopping bag. This includes backpacks, bike panniers, string bags, cloth bags, and anything else that is “permanent.” Recycled paper or plastic bags will not qualify for the discount.<BR>“We respect those who bring in recycled paper and plastic bags, but we want to encourage habits that will help us get out of the cycle of using disposable bags and non-renewable resources,” said Annie Hubble, the Co-op’s front end manager.<BR>Hubble was motivated to introduce this incentive after reading about the topic of shopping bags in the most recent issue of “Talking Trash,” published by
Moscow’s Waste Reduction Education Program.<BR>“The succinct and informational article about the reasons why neither paper nor plastic are good choices so shocked me that I felt I had to do something in my department at the Co-op,” Hubble said. Going without paper or plastic isn’t so unusual, Hubble notes.<BR>“When I was a child, we all automatically gathered shopping bags before we went shopping, because the shops did not offer bags,” Hubble recalled.<?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Times New Roman><BR></DIV><?/fontfamily>=======================================================<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR>http://www.fsr.net <BR>mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>=======================================================</BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <DIV> <HR SIZE=1> Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell?<BR>Check out <A
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