Home Depot Founder to CEOs: You "Should Be Shot"

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seiu.org - 11/19/2008

Home Depot Founder to CEOs: You "Should Be Shot"

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In the fight for the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill in Congress that would give workers the free choice to form unions, we've seen some crazy hyperbole from greedy CEOs and their front groups who oppose free choice for workers. Home Depot founder and ex-CEO Bernie Marcus, for example...

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Wonk Room: Home Depot Founder: Retailers Supporting The Free Choice Act ‘Should Be Shot’

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oxdown.firedoglake.com - 11/19/2008

Oxdown Gazette » Home Depot: Where politically sanctioned murder is just ...

— oxdown.firedoglake.com — I am NOT condoning what he said, but Marcus retired from Home Depot 6 years ago. It sure does seem like an over the top thing for someone to say that is contributing huge sums of money to worthwhile causes. Maybe he’s getting senile. Look up Bernard ... (more) Oxdown Gazette » Home Depot: Where ...

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news.aol.com - 11/21/2008

Home Depot Founder: Non-GOP Donors 'Should Be Shot'

— news.aol.com — Bernie Marcus, one of the founders of Home Depot, has the blogosphere all atwitter over remarks he made on a conference call Monday. From Tom Frank of The Wall Street Journal : "If a retailer has not gotten involved with this, if he has not spent ... (more) Home Depot Founder: Non-GOP Donors 'Should Be Shot'

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N/A — ... You know things are bad for unions when Home Depot CEO Bernie Marcus laments “the demise of civilization” and as “an elder statesman” talks about people who “should be shot.” ...

Home Depot Founder: Retailers Supporting The Free Choice Act ‘Should Be Shot’
Wonk Room — ... if he has not sent money to Norm Coleman and these other guys,” who oppose the Free Choice Act, then the retailers “should be shot; should be thrown out of their goddamn jobs.” But easing the path toward unionization is hardly the end of civilization, unless Marcus deems increased wages along with better health and pension benefits for America’s workers to be civilization’s death knell. As Michael Whitney explained on the SEIU blog: CEO-types like Home Depot’s Bernie Marcus and Wal-Mart’s ...

Steve Rosenthal: Why Bringing about Armageddon is a Good Thing
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... What this really comes down to is one thing, best summed up recently by Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott, "We like driving the car and we're not going to give the steering wheel to anybody but us." So what if these guys have driven us off a cliff? ...