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Have you even read the Tucson Weekly? "....at least SOME local coverage?" Their pages are filled with nothing BUT news about Tucson. I just hope the new ownership doesn't change that
B. Turner
Tucson
3/30/2020
I have seen multiple reports of shortages of masks especially for health care providers nationwide and this particular TW report that UA researchers are producing 3D printing models is encouraging. Yet I find this shortage by Arizona hospitals particularly disturbing since reading a March 26th report by the SEIU-UHW in Oakland, CA having "found" 39Million masks stored in a suppliers warehouse and have arranged for them to be distributed to hospitals in both California & New York. What is puzzling is the Union reportedly had offered 2M of the masks to hospitals in Arizona but were turned down. The masks are priced at $5/ea and are not owned by the Union nor do they make any profit on their sale. Furthermore , the CDC has just approved a method to sterilize N-95 masks so they may be used up to 20X so it would seem that cost was not the deciding factor. If the Unions' claim is true then the question remains why Arizona hospitals turned down this crucial supply of medical equipment? The Union also found a supplier of masks who said they could manufacture 20M/month.
The SEIU-UHW dispatch may be seen here: https://www.seiu-uhw.org/press/union-locat…
Perhaps it would be wise for someone from Arizona to contact the Union to verify this claim and to procure some of these potentially life saving devices.
Respectfully,
Bradford Turner
Tucson, AZ
Bradford Turner is the OWNER of this Gallery not the name of the gallery.
The correct name is Major Day Gallery & Frame Shop and is listed elsewhere in the gallery listings on this website.
Regular hours for the Isabelle Regout reverse glass paintings now showing at Major Day Gallery are Thursday - Sunday 6-8 pm or we will be happy to show by appt. by calling Major Day Gallery @ 520-622-1252. The current show will continue thru Sept. 30th.
Believe me, there is not one altruistic bone in Walmart's body so why would anyone even think of giving them a shiny gold star for this pathetic marketing ploy. In response to:
I Bought This Head of Local Lettuce at Walmart
Posted by Adam Borowitz on Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Wanna know how Walmart really treats their suppliers? Ask one of them sometime. You will hear horror stories about how Walmart buyers grind suppliers down on their prices mercilessly and then want even more concessions. How can a small grower wanting to sell labor intensive organic or pesticide-free produce possibly afford to sell at a profit? Walmart will only buy from suppliers who are willing to sell to them at absolute rock bottom prices and justifies that onerous demand by claiming the seller makes his profit on volume. So the hapless supplier agrees and gets the golden opportunity to work his butt off 7 days a week only to earn a subsistence level income while Walmart does nothing and collects all the real profit. These are the standard conditions Walmart (and every other predator multinational retail outlet like them) makes of ALL their suppliers yet there are stupid slobs out there who buy into this draconian bargain with it’s profitless conditions for a chance to eke out a living. Reminds me of the quote about the guy who says that he doesn’t lose that much on each sale but plans to make up for it on volume.
And one final comment. Care to guess what the wages & working conditions are for the people who harvested and packed that head of “locally grown” lettuce from Salinas which found it’s way to the Walmart in Tucson? I didn’t think so. Better not to know except I’m pretty sure you can’t raise a family on it unless they all work there which they probably do.
No one benefits from these deplorable business practices except the Walton family. So screw 'em. Buy local produce grown by local farmers and pay a little more. Would you accept less for the fruits of your labor than you think it’s worth?
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Have you even read the Tucson Weekly? "....at least SOME local coverage?" Their pages are filled with nothing BUT news about Tucson. I just hope the new ownership doesn't change that
B. Turner
Tucson
I have seen multiple reports of shortages of masks especially for health care providers nationwide and this particular TW report that UA researchers are producing 3D printing models is encouraging. Yet I find this shortage by Arizona hospitals particularly disturbing since reading a March 26th report by the SEIU-UHW in Oakland, CA having "found" 39Million masks stored in a suppliers warehouse and have arranged for them to be distributed to hospitals in both California & New York. What is puzzling is the Union reportedly had offered 2M of the masks to hospitals in Arizona but were turned down. The masks are priced at $5/ea and are not owned by the Union nor do they make any profit on their sale. Furthermore , the CDC has just approved a method to sterilize N-95 masks so they may be used up to 20X so it would seem that cost was not the deciding factor. If the Unions' claim is true then the question remains why Arizona hospitals turned down this crucial supply of medical equipment? The Union also found a supplier of masks who said they could manufacture 20M/month.
The SEIU-UHW dispatch may be seen here:
https://www.seiu-uhw.org/press/union-locat…
Perhaps it would be wise for someone from Arizona to contact the Union to verify this claim and to procure some of these potentially life saving devices.
Respectfully,
Bradford Turner
Tucson, AZ
The correct name is Major Day Gallery & Frame Shop and is listed elsewhere in the gallery listings on this website.
Regular hours for the Isabelle Regout reverse glass paintings now showing at Major Day Gallery are Thursday - Sunday 6-8 pm or we will be happy to show by appt. by calling Major Day Gallery @ 520-622-1252. The current show will continue thru Sept. 30th.
I Bought This Head of Local Lettuce at Walmart
Posted by Adam Borowitz on Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Wanna know how Walmart really treats their suppliers? Ask one of them sometime. You will hear horror stories about how Walmart buyers grind suppliers down on their prices mercilessly and then want even more concessions. How can a small grower wanting to sell labor intensive organic or pesticide-free produce possibly afford to sell at a profit? Walmart will only buy from suppliers who are willing to sell to them at absolute rock bottom prices and justifies that onerous demand by claiming the seller makes his profit on volume. So the hapless supplier agrees and gets the golden opportunity to work his butt off 7 days a week only to earn a subsistence level income while Walmart does nothing and collects all the real profit. These are the standard conditions Walmart (and every other predator multinational retail outlet like them) makes of ALL their suppliers yet there are stupid slobs out there who buy into this draconian bargain with it’s profitless conditions for a chance to eke out a living. Reminds me of the quote about the guy who says that he doesn’t lose that much on each sale but plans to make up for it on volume.
And one final comment. Care to guess what the wages & working conditions are for the people who harvested and packed that head of “locally grown” lettuce from Salinas which found it’s way to the Walmart in Tucson? I didn’t think so. Better not to know except I’m pretty sure you can’t raise a family on it unless they all work there which they probably do.
No one benefits from these deplorable business practices except the Walton family. So screw 'em. Buy local produce grown by local farmers and pay a little more. Would you accept less for the fruits of your labor than you think it’s worth?
Are you smarter than a 5th grader?