Wednesday, December 01, 2004
Center For American Progress: "Wal-Mart Harms American Workers"
Wal-Mart Harms American Workers
December 1, 2004
Wal-Mart’s low-wage, low-benefit, anti-union policies are a prime example of how rapacious free market ideology harms American workers. With nearly 5,000 stores worldwide, the world's largest retailer has never acknowledged a single labor union—except in China, where the company was recently forced to acknowledge the state run union in order to safeguard $18 billion in cheap Chinese goods. In fact, a Wal-Mart handbook explicitly instructs its managers to bust unions: “Wal-Mart is opposed to unionization of its associates. Any suggestion that the Company is neutral on the subject or that it encourages associates to join labor organizations is not true.” More Here
For a extensive report on Wal Mart and it's damaging corporate practices, Good Jobs First has done an amazing investigation of the company. The report can be downloaded here.
December 1, 2004
Wal-Mart’s low-wage, low-benefit, anti-union policies are a prime example of how rapacious free market ideology harms American workers. With nearly 5,000 stores worldwide, the world's largest retailer has never acknowledged a single labor union—except in China, where the company was recently forced to acknowledge the state run union in order to safeguard $18 billion in cheap Chinese goods. In fact, a Wal-Mart handbook explicitly instructs its managers to bust unions: “Wal-Mart is opposed to unionization of its associates. Any suggestion that the Company is neutral on the subject or that it encourages associates to join labor organizations is not true.” More Here
For a extensive report on Wal Mart and it's damaging corporate practices, Good Jobs First has done an amazing investigation of the company. The report can be downloaded here.
