Slavery v. Employment

"I quit Wal-Mart in 2001, and I’m very happy with what I’m doing now in banking. I get paid my overtime, which is the way it ought to be. Wal-Mart needs to change its ways. Slavery was over a long time ago."

Workers and Communities Suffer When Wal-Mart Moves in

Actually, slavery is being misquoted here.

During the time of slavery, the slave owner would provide shelter, medical care and sustenance to the slave and his or her family. Granted, the food, the medical care and the shelter were not first class, but the owner understood that if he took care of his slaves, they would be in a better condition to work and provide him with the services he needed. That was so until the owner realized that if he changed the status of a slave to a simple employee, he would not have to feed, provide shelter and medicalal care to that individual. The employee would in fact be cheaper and less burdensome than the slave which in turn would maximize profits.

Thus, being an employee under the conditions as provided by Walmart is worse than slavery--at least the slave had food, medical treatment and shelter provided to him/her.