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High Priced Republican Party Propaganda Campaign Seeks To Undermine Workers' Free Choice
Business  (tags: consumers, economy, government, investments, money, business, wal-mart )

Susan
- 1586 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
It is difficult to determine who is funding such groups if operatives aren't registered to lobby Congress on the bill. Companies most likely to be affected by the law are service-oriented workplaces that aren't unionized-- large firms like Wal-Mart and H
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Watching the Growth of Walmart Across America
Business  (tags: walmart, wal-mart, map )

Randy
- 1594 days ago - projects.flowingdata.com
Video map showing the growth of Wal-mart year by year across the US.
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Wal-Mart's Failure to Protect Its Workers: An Unfortunate Symbol
Business  (tags: corporate, corruption, cover-up, business, ethics, environment, money, wal-mart, humans, abuse )

Susan
- 1601 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Sometimes symbols appear unexpectedly. Jdimytai Damour, a temporary Wal-Mart worker, became a symbol to millions of low-wage workers last Friday when he died a needless death because Wal-Mart failed to take the necessary precautions to protect him
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Wal-Mart Stores Encourage Growth of American Indian Owned Businesses
Business  (tags: Wal Mart, Indians, Native Americans, American Indians, business, americans, consumers, economy, Entrepreneurs, ethics, finance, investing, marketing, wal-mart, news, money )

Kat
- 1624 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
The supplier diversity team at Wal-Mart understands the value of small minority and women owned businesses. Maintaining a diverse supplier base puts dollars back into local communities
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Nearly 700,000 American Children Went Hungry Last Year
Business  (tags: americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, debt, dishonesty, economy, politics, society, usa, wal-mart )

Dan
- 1643 days ago - thedenverchannel.com
691,000 children went hungry even before this year's sharp economic downturn, the USDA reported. How many USA kids are starving right now? Noted by Sunstroke author David Kagan in Doomwatch Legacy.
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Hillary Clinton Secretary of State-Hillary at State? Being Part of the Senate Armed Services Committee Isn't a Bad Jumping Off P
Business  (tags: democrats, government, GoodNews, economy, corporate, consumers, ethics, wal-mart )

Susan
- 1646 days ago - politiskungdom.dk
Some of Hillary's greatest fans and most ardent supporters are clamoring for her to have a big role in healthcare. No doubt, that's a natural for her, but I've never felt that would happen, due to the seniority rules in the Senate. WAL-MART BLACK FRIDAY
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Wal-Mart Employees Speak Out | Wal-Mart's Pattern of Discrimination Against the Employees With Disabilities
Business  (tags: petitions, disabilities, prejudice, abuse, ethics, labor, society, wal-mart )

Maryann
- 1663 days ago - walmartspeakout.com
Executive Summary In August 2007, Wal-Mart Watch began an exhaustive study of all federal discrimination lawsuits, open or closed, filed against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., and its subsidiaries ("Wal-Mart") from January 2004 until the present. It
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Wal-Mart Closes Unionized Tire Center~Canada
Business  (tags: union, labor laws, wal-mart, walmart, Canada )


- 1673 days ago - bloomberg.com
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the world's biggest retailer, said it closed a unionized Quebec tire and lubrication shop because of costs tied to the first labor agreement imposed at any of its North American locations.
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Wal-Mart Employees Speak Out
Business  (tags: employees, responsibility, real life, stories, Wal-Mart )


- 1673 days ago - walmartspeakout.com
This website is a place where Wal-Mart employees and former employees can talk about Wal-Mart's failure to live up to those responsibilities. Read, watch or listen to the stories of those who know Wal-Mart best - its workers.
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The Walton Family's Political Influence
Business  (tags: business, wal-mart, politics, influence, family )


- 1681 days ago - waltoninfluence.com
Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart, always believed that his company should stay out of politics and stick to retailing. Too bad his family didn't listen to him.
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Mass. High Court Reinstates Employee Wage Lawsuit Against Wal-Mart
Business  (tags: wal-mart, labor, law, money, lawsuit, wages, employee rights )


- 1698 days ago - courant.com
The highest court in Massachusetts has reinstated a 2001 lawsuit against Wal-Mart by employees who claim the world's largest retailer pressured them to work off the clock and denied them rest and meal breaks.
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AFP: Mexico's Supreme Court Slams Walmart's Labor Practices
Business  (tags: americans, consumers, corruption, wal-mart )

Ilona
- 1703 days ago - afp.google.com
Mexico's top court on Thursday backed a Walmart employee who had complained that vouchers handed out by the company as part of its salary payments could only be spent in the company's stores.
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Wal-Mart Ordered to Allow Union Contract in Canada
Business  (tags: walmartwatch.com, walmart, union, wages, benefits, employees, Good News, business, corporate, wal-mart, world, investors, goodnews, marketing )

Gregory
- 1737 days ago - sfgate.com
A Quebec arbitrator imposed a labor contract Friday at a unionized Wal-Mart outlet there, marking the first such deal involving the retail giant in North America. Guy Chenier, president of the union representing the Wal-Mart workers, said salaries ...
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Tell Wal-Mart to Stop Intimidating Its Workers--PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION !! AFRAID OF UNION!~!
Business  (tags: economy, corruption, corporate, business, consumers, Entrepreneurs, dishonesty, ethics, money, marketing, labor, politics, environment, wal-mart )

Susan
- 1750 days ago - action.walmartwatch.com
Tell Wal-Mart to stop intimidating its employees into voting against Senator Obama by adding your name to our petition:According to the article, Wal-Mart is holding mandatory meetings with supervisors and managers to warn them that if Senator Obama wins
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WAL-MART TELLS EMPLOYEES TO VOTE AGANST DEMOCRATS What Are They Afraid of?
Business  (tags: business, consumers, dishonesty, cover-up, finance, government, environment, corruption, corporate, politics, wal-mart, ethics )

Susan
- 1751 days ago - pww.org
Don't think the 2008 elections are important? Wal-Mart does. That's why it's corporate executives are pressuring its supervisory employees to vote against Democrats in the November election, according to a recent article by the Wall Street Journal.
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