Often times when we think of Black Friday, we think of sales, early mornings, gimmics, deals on computers and TVs, and of course, crowds. However, this year we also see a coalition of Wal-Mart workers gathering together to protest against low wages and to make their statement more powerful, this group of workers plans to stage their protest on Black Friday. Some may wonder what implications this has on Black Friday sales. Others may wonder if this will take away from the cheer of the beginning of the holiday season (wait... who said there is cheer involved in waiting in line for two hours in the freezing cold only to fight with others to buy stuff that you don't even know if you want).
One of the biggest questions right now is what exactly is going to happen and how will this affect sales for the big day? More than likely, some employees will follow through with their protests, standing outside of Wal-Mart stores picketing against the low wages. In my opinion though, Wal-Mart is a smart enough company that store managers have already analyzed how many employees they expect to join these protests, scheduled in additional employees, and even alerted appropriate authorities to remove protestors that become out of control. Wal-Mart employees are replaceable so I'm sure Wal-Mart is not concerned about the employees. And plus, do you really think the people that are rushing to the Black Friday sales are going to care whether or not the employees are getting low wages? I highly doubt it.
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