You almost want to say “duh” after reading the front-page story in today’s New York Times about the Democrats catching the anti-Wal-Mart wave. Here are the two key paragraphs: The focus on Wal-Mart is part of a broader strategy of addressing what Democrats say is general economic anxiety and a growing sense that economic gains […]
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A Wal-Mart Worker Writes
Posted on 11 August 2006.
From time to time, I get anonymous notes from workers at Wal-Mart and other employers. I write about some of them or try to track down info. Here’s one that came in yesterday: Today, Walmart announced some new “changes”. They have done away with merit raises, and also put “wage caps” on certain individuals. Depending […]
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The Beast Flip-Flops
Posted on 05 August 2006.
One of the unreported stories, I thought, in the debate over the minimum wage bill hike was the flipflopping of Wal-Mart’s CEO Lee Scott. He was for the hike–before he was against it. WalMartWatch documents this quite well.
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The Tour
Posted on 02 August 2006.
As Wal-Mart announces it is hiring more p.r. help, WakeUpWalMart is starting a tour throughout the country. Check out the dates and places. Here’s a story about the tour.
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A Living Wage At Wal-Mart
Posted on 27 July 2006.
So, yesterday, the city of Chicago passed an ordinance requiring “big box” stores to pay a minimum wage of $10 an hour by 2010, and an additional $3 an hour in benefits. Obviously, the main target of the ordinance is Wal-Mart. I think these bills are fine. But, it does show the playing field we’re […]
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Wal-Mart Gets Some Democratic P.R.
Posted on 26 July 2006.
Looks like the Democrats are once again helping Wal-Mart with its troubles. The press has reported today in a number of places, including The New York Times, the hiring of Leslie Dach, “a prominent Democratic operative who advised President Bill Clinton during the impeachment process, would join the company in August.” Last Fall, I raised […]
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Wal-Mart: Different Strokes
Posted on 01 July 2006.
I do love this first sentence in today’s New York Times story about Wal-Mart’s agreeing to a union contract–in its British unit… Wal-Mart may be anti-union at home, but overseas the company sometimes sings a different tune. Indeed. This is a perfect example of how the labor laws in the U.S. are so vile and […]
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The False Choice of Wal-Mart
Posted on 19 June 2006.
A few days ago, our friends at the Economic Policy Institute put out an interesting paper looking at the claims about the trade-offs inherent in the Wal-Mart business model. That is, in order to have low prices, workers had to be paid low wages. Well, the EPI paper probes some interesting points. Here’s the upshot, […]
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The Beast Makes Poverty
Posted on 20 May 2006.
Not a shocking revelation… Study finds Wal-Mart contributes to poverty St. Louis Business Journal – A study focused on the effects of Wal-Mart stores on poverty rates found that an estimated 20,000 families nationwide have fallen below the official poverty line as a result of the chain’s expansion. ppp Wal-Mart Stores Inc., based in Bentonville, […]
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Andy Takes some Heat
Posted on 27 April 2006.
I thought it was disgraceful for Andrew Young to agree to become a shill for Wal-Mart. Now, as reported by the the Atlanta Journal-Constitution yesterday, some of his former civil rights compatriots are going public with their own criticism of Young’s making common cause with one of the worst corporate violators of civil rights, womens’ […]
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