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In reply to the discussion: A picture Wal Mart wishes was not on the net. [View all]ceile
(8,692 posts)34. Every Walmart shopper should be forced to watch "Walmart the High Cost of Low Price"
I've watched it twice in the past few months. Came out in 2005, but from what I understand little seems to have changed. Employees are given applications for State services when they are hired because Walmart knows damn well they cannot make ends meet on their salary alone. There is a stat on how much Walmart employees cost the American tax payer- I can't remember the exact cost but it was in the billions. It also goes into discrimination against women and minorities, slave labor in China, Latin America and East Asia, crime on Walmart property (parking lot cameras are to detect union activity, not prevent crime) and much more. I highly recommend it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wal-Mart:_The_High_Cost_of_Low_Price
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My in-laws can't find much about the Wal Mart strikes. I'd love to show them links and stuff
Zalatix
Oct 2012
#5
Yesterday, I was party to a conversation where my friend proudly announced that
no_hypocrisy
Oct 2012
#14
Every Walmart shopper should be forced to watch "Walmart the High Cost of Low Price"
ceile
Oct 2012
#34
Walton family: You don't make enough money importing cheap junk, you have to screw employees too?
1-Old-Man
Oct 2012
#39
heard the same song in the 1990s. the only change that came is walmart is even bigger.
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#46
i don't shop there for the same reasons. under no illusion that unorganized individual consumer
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#48
You are certainly right about 'vote with your dollars' against Wal-Mart
Lifelong Protester
Oct 2012
#49