BRAVE NEW FILMS - How Walmart Destroys Communities

[WhoIsNumberNone]

Quick facts about Walmart:

•The Walton family, who owns Walmart, is the richest family in America -with nearly $150 billion in wealth.

•They have as much money as 43% of America’s poorest families combined.

•Most of Walmart's 1.3 million employees make less than $25,000 per year.

•Most Walmart jobs are part-time.

•Many Walmart workers are forced to utilize state subsidized benefits in lieu of receiving sufficient benefits from their employer. Very interesting that The Waltons have funded numerous political campaigns which attack welfare, while they benefit hugely from the system...

•Walmart no longer offers health benefits to employees who work less than 24 hours per week.

•Walmart requires workers to attend anti-union meetings and specially trains supervisors in union avoidance.

•"In 2005, a memo from Walmart’s then Vice President of Benefits Susan Chambers outlined a strategy for how the company could remove sick workers from the payrolls and avoid paying healthcare benefits." - MakingChangeatWalmart.org

[niyad]

1. is there more information here than "the high cost of low prices" doc by robert greenwald?

[blkmusclmachine]

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[Johnny Rash]

3. "Progress" is like a double-edged sword: You're damned if you do, and you're damned if you don't!

For me, the annoying thing about Walmart is the lack of honesty about its business practices!

The next time, I see the "sixty-some-years-old-woman" welcoming me at my local Walmart, am I suppose to feel sorry for her, or be glad I am able to save money?

But, then, I could say the same thing about Costco, Home Depot, McDonald, and the rest.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

4. Better do your homework before you say it about Costco

[Johnny Rash]

5. This is a joke, right? What homework?

I guess people's shopping habits can changed when the going gets tough!

So, charging a fee for spending money on items available anywhere, for about the same price, sounded good some 15 yrs ago.

But today, in my hometown, Costco suffers from a decline in membership enrollment in spite its successful business model.

That's reality!

Was it due to its relationship with its labor force? You tell me: You seem to be the expert here!

However, your post is about the Social-Economic downsides of having a Walmart Shopping Center in small towns of America.

If my treatment of Costco has offended you, I am sorry!

I didn't mean to single out Costco!

I was trying to bring up some of the negative impacts of all the Multinational Retailer Giants.

In all, there is some good, and there is some bad! Hence, the Double-Edge-Sword analogy I have used in my previous reply to your original post.

You, on the other hand, I haven't got a clue what your angle is about on this issue.

If you are pushing an Union Fee on Walmart's Workers, that I may not want!

[Wella]

6. Thanks for posting this.

I watched this a number of years ago in its entirety and it's still jolting.