When Wal-Mart employees stand up for themselves and try to form a union, they face threats, propaganda, discrimination, intimidation, and even firings in retaliation. As the word’s largest employer, the company’s abysmal labor standards and aggressive interference with its employees’ democratic right to form unions has a hand in legitimizing the widespread use of this behavior.
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October 01, 2007 |
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Exposing the harmful impact of Wal-Mart's low-cost, low-price business
model is the subject of the recently released report "Wal-Mart's
Sustainability Initiative: A Civil Society Critique." Twenty-three
organizations, including American Rights at Work, reveal how the big
box retailer's business model undermines the environment, communities,
and workers.
» View a press release
» Check out our contribution to the report (PDF)
» Download the whole report
(PDF)
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April 30, 2007 |
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Erin Johansson examines the labor standards at Wal-Mart, including the poor compensation, difficult working conditions, and most importantly, the company’s ability to remain union-free, which is primarily the result of a companywide strategy to prevent and quash union efforts. Checking Out illustrates the devastating toll on workers and their communities as wages and benefits are slashed and once secure jobs are lost; the retail giant threatens to wipe out middle-class jobs and the American dream as we know it.
» Download the report
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