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WHO pAys fOR WAL-MART WORkeRs’ HeALTH CARe Wal-Mart, right No, we all do. Despite Wal-Mart’s mammoth profits, the company actually burdens us—taxpayers—with its workers’ health care costs. In a disturbing nationwide trend, more state studies are revealing that Wal-Mart employees are the top recipients of taxpayer-paid health care. The scope of this corporate failure is massive:

Wal- Mart is the largest private employer in the United States, with over 1.2 million employees, yet they fail to provide health insur- ance to over half their employees.

WAL-MART WORkeRs ON pUBLIC AssIsTANCe Just 47 percent of Wal-Mart employees are covered by the Wal- Mart health plan; while nationally 68 percent of workers in large firms receive their health benefits from their employer. Many of Wal-Mart’s uncovered employees are forced to rely on public health assistance, adding to the cost of the bloated Wal-Mart tax.

NewsNet5.com

Walmart greeters become part of obsolete jobs club San Francisco Chronicle A Walmart greeter waits for customers at the entrance to a store in Grove City, Ohio. From an economic standpoint, it's hard to lament the loss of the Wal-Mart greeter. The prospect of getting paid minimum wage to stand at the front of a store in a ... Walmart Says Goodbye to "Hello"Black Friday Magazine Walmart Moves Greeters. Sam Walton Rolls Over in GraveForbes Say Bye to Wal-Mart GreetersPatch.com NewsNet5.com -NWAOnline (subscription) all 6 news articles »

The Consumerist

Walmart Women Still Seek Justice In Sex Discrimination Case Huffington Post The filings will pave the way for women to continue their fight in lower courts after being turned away last summer by the Supreme Court in their class action against Walmart. The women argue that Walmart systematically favors men over women for raises ... Over 500 Women File Sexual Discrimination Claims Against WalmartThe Consumerist all 8 news articles »

Walmart and suburbs target city's discount shoppers SouthCoastToday.com So the Dartmouth Walmart will expand into a "Supercenter" and even more of the hard-working blue-collar souls of New Bedford will go out there to shop. Traditional supermarkets, of course, find it difficult to compete with Walmart's ability to buy big ...

Walmart soliciting bids for San Ramon neighborhood market store San Jose Mercury News By Jacquie Oliverius SAN RAMON -- City leaders have learned that Walmart's construction division is accepting bids for making property improvements that would pave the way for a "neighborhood market" store in San Ramon. Marc Fontes, the city's economic ... Walmart Neighborhood Market Might Be Coming to San RamonPatch.com Walmart solicits bids for San Ramon storeSan Ramon Express all 6 news articles »

Gamasutra

Walmart opens up New York Post The tie-up, which follows similar agreements last summer with the research firms Nielsen and IRI, will give NPD's clients — which include most of Walmart's suppliers and competitors — access to mountains of sales data on millions of products that ... NPD To Analyze Walmart POP InfoTwice The NPD Group Signs Point-of-Sale Cooperation Agreement With WalmartMarketWatch (press release) Walmart provides coveted sales data to NPD's retail reportsGamasutra Neoseeker -PlayStation LifeStyle all 34 news articles »

truthout

Walmart-Contracted Warehouse Jobs Saved By Judge Huffington Post Just days ago, it appeared that a hundred low-wage workers at a Walmart-contracted warehouse in California would lose their jobs after publicly accusing their employer of shorting them on pay and forcing them to work in harsh conditions. Walmart Whistleblowers Stand Up to Retaliationtruthout Warehouse workers file lawsuitTribLocal all 8 news articles »

Walmart concerns grow Burbank Leader By Mark Kellam, mark.kellam@latimes.com Opposition to a planned Walmart in Burbank surged this week as critics demanded the city first address promised traffic improvements before allowing the mega-retailer to move in. Backed by an attorney for the ...

Boston Globe

Suit raises questions about contractor safety Boston Globe By Megan Woolhouse Romulo de Oliveira Santos's first night on a demolition job at a Walmart in Walpole was also his last. Santos and a crew of Brazilian immigrant workers were sent to tear down store walls, unaware of live electrical wires in the room.

Orlando Sentinel

Titusville police seek man suspected of exposing himself in Walmart toy aisle Orlando Sentinel By Jeff Weiner, Orlando Sentinel Titusville police are seeking the public's help in identifying a man suspected of exposing himself in the toy aisle of a Walmart on Saturday. Investigators say two children were approached by a 6-foot tall, heavyset man ... and more »

Los Angeles Times

Female Wal-Mart employees file sex-discrimination claims Los Angeles Times By Shan Li More than 500 current and former female employees of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. have filed discrimination claims against the retailer with the US Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission after a national class-action lawsuit was blocked by the ... Women file sex-bias claims against Wal-mart with EEOCChicago Tribune all 13 news articles »

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Walmart Enemy Fight Power Monopoly

WHO pAys fOR WAL-MART WORkeRs’ HeALTH CARe Wal-Mart, right No, we all do. Despite Wal-Mart’s mammoth profits, the company actually burdens us—taxpayers—with its workers’ health care costs. In a disturbing nationwide trend, more state studies are revealing that Wal-Mart employees are the top recipients of taxpayer-paid health care. The scope of this corporate failure is massive:

Wal- Mart is the largest private employer in the United States, with over 1.2 million employees, yet they fail to provide health insur- ance to over half their employees.

WAL-MART WORkeRs ON pUBLIC AssIsTANCe Just 47 percent of Wal-Mart employees are covered by the Wal- Mart health plan; while nationally 68 percent of workers in large firms receive their health benefits from their employer. Many of Wal-Mart’s uncovered employees are forced to rely on public health assistance, adding to the cost of the bloated Wal-Mart tax.

Forbes

Walmart Moves Greeters. Sam Walton Rolls Over in Grave Forbes A lot of changes have taken place at Walmart over the years since Sam Walton's passing. The latest move, however, has some wondering if current management needs to channel Mr. Sam's spirit and get back to doing things his way. and more »

Walmart Foundation gives $40000 to Fort Bend YMCA Your Houston News Representatives from Walmart present the YMCAs of Fort Bend County with a check for $40000 from the Walmart Foundation's State Giving Program. At a recent presentation at the Fort Bend Family YMCA's outreach program site at Mustang Park Community ...

Walmart evacuated as officers search for escaped inmate Silver City Sun News About 100 people milled around outside Walmart on Wednesday after Silver City Police and Grant County Sheriff's deputies evacuated the store just before 11 am to search for escaped inmate Michael Scott Freeman, who walked away from a work detail at the ... and more »

Walmart plans third Nampa location Idaho Press-Tribune by Mike Butts NAMPA — Nampa will soon have a third Walmart store if the company's plans go through to build a “neighborhood grocery” at the intersection of West Roosevelt Avenue and South Middleton Road. Mayor Tom Dale said the store, which is planned ... and more »

Walmart plans a third store in Nampa The Idaho Statesman By Audrey Dutton - adutton@idahostatesman.com Walmart plans to open a third store in Nampa using a smaller, neighborhood grocery market concept, instead of a superstore. The store will be at Roosevelt Avenue and Middleton Road, said Nampa Mayor Tom ...

Paste Magazine

REM, other musicians fight Walmart Atlanta Journal Constitution AP Musicians connected to REM, the Drive-By Truckers and other Georgia bands have joined forces to perform live and in a video as part of an effort to stop a planned Walmart store from being built in Athens. Warner Bros. Records A photo of the band REM ... Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers Records Song About WalmartPatch.com Athens "supergroup" records song to fight Walmart storeAtlanta Business Chronicle Georgia Musicians Oppose Walmart PlansKHBS-KHOG Northwest Arkansas WXIA-TV -Paste Magazine -Billboard all 47 news articles »

Emergency Aid Expanded for National Guard and Reserve Families MarketWatch (press release) 2, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Walmart donation of $175000 to Expand Program Providing Critical Basic Needs Operation Homefront today announced that it will be able to fill unmet needs in specific local communities and nationwide as a result of ... and more »

Global Animal

Humane Society Exposes Pig Abuse in Walmart Suppliers Care2.com (blog) They supply tons of pork to Walmart stores. The Humane Society of the United States went undercover to film their treatment of pregnant sows and their piglets. Fair warning: the video will sicken you. Try to watch it anyway. Be offended. Be horrified. Seaboard Corporation Pig Treatment Challenged By Humane Society Investigation ...Huffington Post The Truth About Pork (TAKE ACTION)Global Animal Humane Society Documents Pig Abuse at Major Pork ProducerTriple Pundit Medill Reports: Chicago -msnbc.com -HSUS News all 84 news articles »

WSOC Charlotte

See, Click, Fix: Drivers say exiting new Walmart "dangerous" WBTV but some drivers say they want to be able to drive better outside the new Walmart Supercenter on Independence Boulevard too. The problem, you told us, is the entrance to the Walmart from Independence which also serves as an exit. New Walmart stirs confusion, traffic problems in quiet neighborhoodWSOC Charlotte all 3 news articles »

The Consumerist

HQ Notices Raiders Of The Lost Walmart Discovery, Fixes Problem The Consumerist By Laura Northrup on February 2, 2012 9:00 AM 0 views Hey, remember the Raiders of the Lost Walmart? Reader Joe sent us a picture of a comically obsolete thumb drive still on the shelves at his local Walmart, a stunning discovery in the field of retail ... and more »

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