Wednesday, March 23, 2011

What's Wal-Mart up to?

  • Wal-Mart started off as a very small one room store and has expanded since
  • Wal-Mart goes into small towns and puts a large amount of people out of work due to low prices
  • Wal-Mart drives down retail wages $3 billion a year
  • Wal-Mart doesn't really care about employees, they care about employees getting work done
  • Employee health does not matter to Wal-Mart
  • Wal-Mart us very opposed to Union, may be the most opposed to Union in the US
  • Wal-Mart will not pay overtime but asks employees for off the clock work very frequently
  • Wal-Mart has to face lawsuits in 31 states for issues with underpaid workers
  • Wal-Mart employs illegal immigrants to work overnight and clean for little pay
  • Women are paid less than men, and colored people are treated badly
  • http://www.catawbariverkeeper.org/ is a ladies website concerning Wal-Mart environmental hazards
  • Employees were fired for telling the truth about Wal-Mart factories
  • Wal-Mart commercials say their products are made in the USA, quite decieving, they are made in china, bangladesh, etc.
  • The Waltons have given less then 1% of their fortune to charity's, Bill gates gave 58%
  • Wal-Mart has security cameras with no security watching them
  • The power of the people to control the new economy (digital economy)
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