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New Report: Taxpayers on the Hook When Corporate Giants Dump Workers Onto Medi-Cal(Action)
Business  (tags: dishonesty, corporate, abuse, americans, business, economy, ethics, finance, government, investing, investments, law, labor, lies, money, society, usa, wal-mart )

JL
- 12 days ago - calaborfed.org
Now a new report from the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research shows just how widespread the problem is, projecting that as many as 380,000 workers for big companies will end up on the state's Medi-Cal program by 2019.
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Hundreds Die in Bangledeshi Factory Collapse While Western Retailers Refuse to Support Safety Standards for Foreign Workers
Business  (tags: worker safety, worker deaths, factory collapse, corporate, abuse, business, consumers, corruption, cover-up, dishonesty, ethics, wal-mart )

Linda
- 21 days ago - therealnews.com
I apologize for the nausea you will feel when you watch this video report. Esp. when a U.S. businessman says the country is just too poor to afford safe working conditions, so we should buy more cheap goods from these same factories to help their economy.
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Walmart's Death Grip on Groceries Is Making Life Worse for Millions of People
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, economy, ethics, government, Food, investing, investments, labor, lies, money, politics, society, usa, wal-mart )

Kit
- 54 days ago - alternet.org
Walmart's growing control of our food system has been to intensify the rural and urban poverty that drives unhealthy food choices.
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**TAKE ACTION NOW** Tell Walmart to Stop Hurting Pigs **PLEASE SIGN**
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, economy, ethics, finance, government, investing, labor, lies, marketing, money, politics, society, wal-mart )

Kit
- 108 days ago - secure2.convio.net
Over the past decade, we've worked with the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) to eliminate gestation crates in 9 states so far. HSUS has parlayed that success into pledges by dozens of major corporations, including Smithfield Foods and Hormel-->
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WALMART AND COMPANY BRIBING THEIR WAY THROUGH LATIN AMERICA
Business  (tags: ethics, business, wal-mart, politics, society, dishonesty, corporate, cover-up, economy, news, corruption )

Cal
- 131 days ago - worldcrunch.com
The giant American retailer, which also has stores in Brazil, Argentina, Chile and several Central American countries, has been accused of systematically paying bribes in Mexico that total more than $24 million over the course of several years.
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Largest Solar Plant in the World Nears Peak Capacity SOLAR INDUSTRY NEWS | SEPTEMBER 17, 2012 BY JOHN
Business  (tags: americans, business, consumers, energy, Entrepreneurs, environment, ethics, SustainableDevelopment, usa, wal-mart, world, investing, GoodNews, sustainabledevelopment, CO2emissions, ecosystems, habitat, greenhousegases, Sustainabililty, trees, water, wildl )

Ruth
- 133 days ago - solartribune.com
"The ongoing project, located in Yuma County, AZ, first started commercial operation in January of this year with only 30 megawatts of power...it is almost at its maximum generation capacity of 290 megawatts,.. on track to reach its target..!!! COMMENT PL
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Op-Ed: Make These Holidays the Season to Be Kind to Service Workers
Business  (tags: dishonesty, abuse, americans, business, consumers, corporate, economy, ethics, humans, labor, lies, law, marketing, money, society, usa, wal-mart )

JL
- 149 days ago - takepart.com
Please be kind and patient to the people behind the counter. They have been working long hours, and missing their families, while trying to have some semblance of a holiday. It's not their fault the line is long, or the register system decides to crash.
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The Bribery Aisle: How Wal-Mart Got Its Way in Mexico
Business  (tags: corruption, wal-mart, world, politics, society, dishonesty, consumers, corporate, money, news, business, abuse )

Cal
- 152 days ago - nytimes.com
Wal-Mart de Mexico was an aggressive and creative corrupter, offering large payoffs to get what the law otherwise prohibited, an examination by The New York Times found.
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Horrific Fire Revealed a Gap in Safety for Global Brands
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, cover-up, dishonesty, economy, finance, ethics, investing, investments, investors, labor, law, lies, marketing, money, politics, society, usa, wal-mart, world )

JL
- 163 days ago - nytimes.com
After the fire, Walmart, Sears and other retailers made the same startling admission: They say they did not know that Tazreen Fashions was making their clothing. But who, then, is ultimately responsible when things go so wrong?
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Walmart's New Health Care Policy Shifts Burden To Medicaid, Obamacare
Business  (tags: wal-mart, ethics, health care, consumers, dishonesty, economy, corruption, americans, labor, corporate, abuse, society )

Carrie
- 171 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Walmart, the nation's largest private employer, plans to begin denying health insurance to newly hired employees who work fewer than 30 hours a week, according to a copy of the company's policy obtained by The Huffington Post.
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Fatal Fire in Bangladesh Highlights the Dangers Facing Garment Workers
Business  (tags: dishonesty, death, corporate, abuse, business, americans, consumers, economy, finance, ethics, government, humans, money, marketing, politics, usa, world, wal-mart, society )

JL
- 175 days ago - nytimes.com
More than 100 people died Saturday and Sunday in a fire at a garment factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, in one of the worst industrial tragedies in that country.
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Walkouts, Protests Hit Walmart Nationwide on Biggest Shopping Day of the Year
Business  (tags: strikes, walkout, black friday, wal-mart, news, americans, business, corporate, ethics, labor )

Tamara
- 178 days ago - truth-out.org
A lone worker walked out of a Wal-mart on the South Side of Chicago while two others skipped their Thanksgiving day shifts. A group of Dallas workers walked out after working through Thanksgiving Day.
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Support the Thanksgiving Walmart Strikers! Rob Walton: Respect Your Employees Right to Speak Out
Business  (tags: ethics, wal-mart, labor, politics, society, business, corruption, abuse, money, news )

Cal
- 183 days ago - signon.org
For over a year, Walmart workers and workers throughout Walmart's supply chain have been coming together to speak out for change.We call on you to immediately end your illegal retaliation against Walmart workers who speak out for change and mandate your w
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Walmart Workers Gear Up for Black Friday Strike; California Workers Announce Second Strike
Business  (tags: wal-mart, labor, unfair working conditions, strikes, politics, money, society, business, dishonesty, ethics, usa )

Cal
- 186 days ago - truth-out.org
With the help of online organizing and Our Walmart, Walmart workers are gearing up for a walkout on Black Friday. The workers hope to highlight what they say is the unfairness of having to work for low wages, in poor conditions, while Walmart profits.
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Hold Walmart Accountable to Black Workers
Business  (tags: abuse, business, corporate, dishonesty, economy, society, wal-mart )

Kathy
- 186 days ago - act.colorofchange.org
For the first time in the company's 50-year history, Walmart workers are striking to protest their notoriously exploitative working conditions -- and management's retaliation against workers who have spoken out. Stand with workers at Walmart: tell the-->
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