Wal-Mart is simply horrible. I decided to write my grade seven speech on Wal-Mart to prove that Wal-Mart isn't bad but oh was i wrong. i just finished watching the Wal-Mart movie and this isn't even half of what i found out. If you want to find out more, watch the Wal-Mart movie. Wal-Mart: The high Cost of Low Price.
Wal-Mart is always hiring; if you aren't willing to do something, other people are welcomed with open arms
Wal-Mart cheated workers in Texas out of $150 million in wages for overtime
Managers lie about the hours that people work. They go online and "edit" the hours that they did.
Wal-Mart is fighting lawsuits in 30 different states
Wal-Mart managers lock in the night shift workers from 9 PM to 7:30 AM. If there is an emergency they have to wait for their manager to come and unlock the store or else they die.
Wal-Mart has discriminated over 1.6 million female employees by paying them less and not promoting them.
Wal-Mart worker called "******" on numerous accounts. He reported this and got no response.
Wal-Mart was given 1.008 billion in subsidiaries to open Wal-Mart stores all over America.
Cities give Wal-Mart tax abatements but all other stores/companies were refused.
Wal-Mart comes all the stores go bankrupt. Wal-Mart then leaves.
There are currently more than 26 699 678 square feet of empty Wal-Marts. That is enough room for over 29 666 classrooms to teach more than 593 326 more kids. Kids that are now going without an education.
Workers in China are told to lie when humane checkers from Wal-Mart come. If they lie they get rewarded and if they tell the truth they punished by being fired or worse.
The cost for a Wal-Mart factory worker to assemble something: $0.18
The cost to buy that same thing: $14.96
Wal-Mart imported over $18 billion worth of stuff from China in 2004
189 000 female workers in Bangladesh making garments for Wal-Mart. They are forced to work 14 hours: 8 AM - 10 PM 7 DAYS A WEEK. They are payed $0.17 per hour.
Lee scott earnings for 2005: $ 27 207 799
Average Wal-Mart employee earnings: $13 861 <--almost $4 000 below the poverty line.
The Waltons are America's richest family. Every Walton has their own estate. The Walton family has given less than 1 % of their wealth to charity while Bill Gates for example, has given 58 %.
In 2004, Wal-Mart employees gave over $5 million to help fellow workers in case of crisis while the Walton family gave $6 000.
The Walton family received $91 500 from federal tax cuts per hour in 2004.
People have been raped, kidnapped, beaten, shot, and just plain robbed in Wal-Mart parking lots all across north America.
80% of crimes at Wal-Mart in 1994 were (and still are) in the parking lots. If Wal-Mart workers were put on patrol in golf carts, the crime rate would be 0% in the parking lot.
Wal-Mart apparently installed outdoor cameras at every store but no one watches them!!!
More than 100 serous crimes occured in Wal-Mart's parking lots in the first 7 months of 2005 even with cameras. (maybe because no one is watching them? hmmm...)
Wal-Mart has been petitioned out of more than 500 cities/towns all across North America but still continues to try to build them every possible place.
Every small town that Wal-Mart comes to loses all other businesses. more than 10 small-town businesses that have been up and running for over 40 years suddenly fade away. Soon all the buildings in town are empty and Wal-Mart is the only store.
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WAL-MART IS EVIL!
 Tuxedo Cake · Wed Mar 05, 2008 @ 02:32pm · 0 Comments |
