It’s true: Walmart Can’t Fix the Food System
February 21, 2012
A new report from Food & Water Watch, Why Walmart Can’t Fix the Food System, analyzes the rift between the image Walmart markets and the company’s actual impact on the food system. For those of you in New York City, at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23, Walmart Free NYC (a local coalition that is aligned [...]
Is Walmart just too big?
February 17, 2012
Here is a guest blog post from Barry Lynn: We all know Wal-Mart treats its workers poorly. We also must face up to the fact that Wal-Mart is just plain too big – economically and, especially, politically. We all know the founders of our nation rebelled against the British East India Company. What would they [...]
Immigrant worker dies working on Walmart construction project
February 10, 2012
Over at the Huffington Post, our friend Al Norman has a disturbing article about Romulo de Oliveira Santos, a Brazilian immigrant who died while working a Walmart-related construction project in Massachusetts. Here are the details: On the night of September 8, 2008, Santos was working as part of an inexperienced, unsupervised subcontract crew on a remodeling [...]
What is Walmart’s plan for greeters?
January 31, 2012
Leaders of the Organization United for Respect at Walmart (OUR Walmart) expressed concern about Walmart’s apparent decision to eliminate the position of greeters, employees who welcome customers to stores and watch exits for shoplifting. OUR Walmart, an employee association with thousands of members, called for Walmart CEO Mike Duke to clarify the company’s plan for [...]
Warehouse workers call on Walmart to save jobs, adopt Responsible Contractor Policy
January 19, 2012
Yesterday, warehouse workers being threatened with termination rallied outside of Schneider Logistics, a Walmart contractor, in Mira Loma, California. More than 100 workers will lose their jobs after participating in a Federal and State wage and hour case to recover stolen wages. They were joined at the rally by many supporters including members of Organization [...]
Dutch Pension Fund Dumps Walmart
January 6, 2012
Contact: Jennifer Stapleton, (202) 466-1576, jstapleton@ufcw.org DUTCH PENSION FUND DUMPS WALMART Cites repeated violation of international labor standards WASHINGTON, D.C. – Leaders of the Making Change at Walmart campaign hailed the news that one of the largest pension funds in the world has decided to divest from Walmart stores. Algemeen Burgerlijk Pensioenfonds (ABP) announced today [...]
Online magazine takes deep look at Walmart and the environment
January 4, 2012
Want to know the real story behind Walmart’s efforts to portray itself as an environmentally-friendly company? Look no further than the online magazine Grist, which has been running a fantastic series questioning Walmart’s commitment to green principles. Written by researcher Stacey Mitchell, the articles explore everything from Walmart’s energy use to the company’s giving to [...]
“Candidate Walmart” Announces Pres. Run
December 19, 2011
Back in 2010, the United States Supreme Court ruled that corporations were entitled to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence the outcome of elections. The court actually ruled that corporations had the same rights as people– how ridiculous is that? It’s so absurd that the 2012 election cycle wouldn’t be complete without a mock [...]
How much is that Walton in the window?
December 13, 2011
The Internet is abuzz with the news that the six members of the Walton family—heirs to the Walmart fortune—have as much wealth as the bottom 30 percent of Americans combined. That’s the conclusion of a new study released last week by the University of California’s Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics. Over at Salon.com, reporter [...]
Making Change at Walmart joined Walmart associates in visits to Walmart Board of Directors
December 7, 2011
Image: Walmart associates who are OUR Walmart members and community allies in San Francisco, California visited the offices of Walmart Board of Directors members James Breyer and Gregory Penner. Walmart associates and allies who are part of the Making Change at Walmart campaign visited members of the Walmart Board of Directors yesterday in cities around [...]
