Among other things Wal Mart is known to:
*Supress wage levels.
*Exploit foreign workers with inhumane working conditions in countries like China, Honduras etc.
*Withhold earned wages, either by deleting hours from time sheets or forcing workers to work unpaid overtime. By December 2002 there where 39 lawsuits against the company representing several hundred thousand workers.
*Discourage and even intimidate workers from forming unions.
*Be the single largest importer of foreign-produced goods in the United States. Wal Mart alone stands for 10% of the US trade deficit with China.
*Have unaffordable healthcare plans. While 66 percent of employees at large firms like Wal-Mart receive health benefits from their employer, only 41 to 46 percent of Wal-Mart employees do.
sources:
http://edworkforce.house.gov/democrats/releases/rel21604.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wal_Mart
2006-08-27 17:45:40 · 8 answers · asked by peninsula 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
yes, lets do it
2006-08-27 21:40:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I shop at Wal-Mart and enjoy the low prices! This is STILL America where people have choices. If people don't like working for Wal-Mart - they can quit! It's their choice! And it's my choice to shop there!
2006-08-27 17:50:36 · answer #2 · answered by Vickie B 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Wal-Mart rules. The people who hate them just didn't run a business as successful
2006-08-27 17:48:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't shop there for these reasons and a few others too.
2006-08-27 17:47:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-08-27 17:52:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Boycot like crazy!!!
2006-08-27 17:48:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
probably but I am a single parent with a deadbeat ex, I have to do what I have to do ....
2006-08-27 17:49:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here here!
2006-08-27 17:48:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋