Evil Wall Mart

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Lynn wrote:

> Just writing to suggest that folks consider *not* shopping at Walmart,

> seeing as Walmart uses unconscionable tactics to save money.

>

> Recently it was discovered that some Walmarts made a practice of hiring

> illegal aliens as janitors, paying them less than minimum wage, working

> them seven days a week with never a day off.

completely untrue. It was a subcontractor, as someone in business who

uses subcontractors I can say that I have no influence on their choice

of employees

> Some Walmarts locked night

> workers in for their shift, with no one on-site having a key--and on

> multiple occasions workers couldn't get out to obtain medical care when

> emergencies occurred.

again if this occurred it was a subcontractor

> Regular ongoing Walmart cost-cutting measures

> involve buying goods made in countries where there's child labor and other

> egregious worker abuses, along with severe abuse of the environment that

> wouldn't be tolerated in the U.S.

Which retailer does not?

> Meanwhile, in the U.S., Walmart

> employees are poorly paid, and benefits are poor or nonexistent, although

> the company's TV ads claim differently.

If they are poorly paid, then they can go to work somewhere else as many

of them do their yearly turnover rate at 54% is the highest in the

industry.

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>

> And, of course, Walmart superstores damage communities by driving small

> locally-owned stores out of business.

Maybe, as a business man that completes with such stores what I have to

do is provide better product or service, if I don't then I deserve to be

out of business. Why do these stores close? Because they are charging

too much in comparison to Wall Mart. This is wrong?

>

>

> Let's allow issues of right and wrong to have a place in our nutrition and

> purchasing choices!

>

> Lynn

Lynn I agree that is why I always shop at Wall mart if they are cheaper.

Positive Dennis