Comments on: Wal-Mart Action: What You Can Do http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2006/08/08/wal-mart-action-what-you-can-do/ Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Being Green. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:52:10 -0500 hourly 1 By: David http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2006/08/08/wal-mart-action-what-you-can-do/comment-page-1/#comment-117 David Wed, 09 Aug 2006 02:59:00 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2006/08/08/wal-mart-action-what-you-can-do/#comment-117 The real question is "what do I like about it?". We refuse to shop there on principle because of the way that they treat their employees, the way they ruin small towns by putting mom and pop stores out of business, and the fact that they pay their suppliers so little that they are forced to outsource the creation of goods to places like China and India.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I dont need an $8 refridgerator or a $4.99 pair of pants. I would rather pay more for them if it meant that people would be treated fairly, from those who sell the pants to those that make the pants. The low prices might be good for you, but they are just reinforcing poverty in that employees of Wal-mart dont even get paid for the hours that they work, and they dont have health care. In 2005 alone, the company faced over 40 class-action law suits alleging that they forced employees to work overtime for no pay. Simply put, Wal-mart keeps poor people poor, outsources American jobs and products, and takes over small towns.<BR/><BR/>I hope that helps answer your question. The real question is “what do I like about it?”. We refuse to shop there on principle because of the way that they treat their employees, the way they ruin small towns by putting mom and pop stores out of business, and the fact that they pay their suppliers so little that they are forced to outsource the creation of goods to places like China and India.

Personally, I dont need an $8 refridgerator or a $4.99 pair of pants. I would rather pay more for them if it meant that people would be treated fairly, from those who sell the pants to those that make the pants. The low prices might be good for you, but they are just reinforcing poverty in that employees of Wal-mart dont even get paid for the hours that they work, and they dont have health care. In 2005 alone, the company faced over 40 class-action law suits alleging that they forced employees to work overtime for no pay. Simply put, Wal-mart keeps poor people poor, outsources American jobs and products, and takes over small towns.

I hope that helps answer your question.

]]> By: Clay Bethelbridge http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2006/08/08/wal-mart-action-what-you-can-do/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Clay Bethelbridge Tue, 08 Aug 2006 20:00:00 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2006/08/08/wal-mart-action-what-you-can-do/#comment-118 Walmart is a real good place. The cat food is cheap. I give it my thumbs up. Why dont you like it? Walmart is a real good place. The cat food is cheap. I give it my thumbs up. Why dont you like it?

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