[nabs-l] Goodwill Boycott

[Justin Salisbury]

One more note: I think that local business decision-makers within Goodwill Industries would be educated/led to philosophical change simply by the fact that the corporate leaders of Goodwill Industries adopted a universal fair wage policy (if they did), so that would help with the education, too.

Justin M. Salisbury
Class of 2012
B.A. in Mathematics
East Carolina University
president at alumni.ecu.edu

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”    —MARGARET MEAD
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From: Justin Salisbury
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 7:13 PM
To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Subject: Goodwill Boycott

Arielle, Gabe, and all:

I like the point that you've made about the decentralized wage policies and rewarding good locations, but do you think that perhaps a benefit to boycotting universally would be a possibility that Goodwill Industries would create a centralized (universal) policy that all locations must pay their workers fair wages?

I feel like the end result that we want is for Goodwill Industries to adopt a universal standard of paying all workers fair wages, and the approach that you all have mentioned seems to me to address the decisions in individual locations.  I do understand the point of leading local business leaders to undergo philosophical change and choose to pay their workers fair wages, but which item is the top priority: education of individuals or achievement of fair wages?   That's not a rhetorical question; I want to hear opinions on it.

Justin

Justin M. Salisbury
Class of 2012
B.A. in Mathematics
East Carolina University
president at alumni.ecu.edu

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”    —MARGARET MEAD