Reply #4: Walmart is no friend [View All]

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

of the American people. Those who work there will tell you how that corporation is trying to make sweatshop labor a reality here in the States. When Sam Walton was alive, he made a big deal about "Made in the USA". Since his death, his heirs care only about amassing more money (they are among the top ten richest people in the US, btw). But even before Sam's death, WalMart's practices were dispicable when it came to undercutting the local merchants in the small towns where they located. WalMart is responsible for the death of many downtowns in this country, and now it seems it is one of the reasons we have child labor, unsafe working conditions, and poor environmental controls around the world.

I suggest people buy their clothes second hand or buy American if possible. When you go into a clothing store, ask the clerks if they know about the conditions under which the garment was made.

I also know that there are still American companies making clothing. Anyone have a list of them? I know there's one union shop in CA making T-shirts-they were featured in a Nation Magazine article a while back.