I am not a fan of Wal-Mart either but this is a practice that has been done by major corporation for quite some time. It is just that Wal-Mart is so huge and is yet so disliked, that it seems that all of the anti-Wal-Mart groups are singling them out.
I say go ahead, but be fair and name the other companies that have done the same. Not to mention that the government also looks for reimbursement for disability and compensation.
Aren't corporations considers "persons".....then the law would apply to you or I when our car insurance companies fight over the percentages of responsibility after and accident and each piece of our insurance-web that we weave and their portions of what we receive back after paying all those premiums.....what a legal-schmegal mess...... >
Again it comes down to giving someone/thing our money to manage for us.....
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
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http://www.dailygazette.com Agency: Wal-Mart’s wood products endanger tigers BY MARCUS KABEL The Associated Press
Is there a toy tiger in your baby’s crib? If that crib came from Wal-Mart, an environmental group says the wood it’s made from could be endangering real Siberian tigers. The Environmental Investigation Agency, a nonprofit group based in Washington D.C., said Wednesday that it found that Chinese makers of Wal-Mart’s wood products, including cribs, are using timber from a Russian region rife with illegal logging of protested forests. The EIA said Wal-Mart is not pressing manufacturers to show where their wood comes from. The group said that goes against Wal-Mart’s public commitment to move toward using only wood harvested in environmentally friendly ways. The commitment is part of a broad environmental push by the world’s largest retailer. The EIA said destructive logging is a global issue but singled out Wal-Mart as the largest U.S. importer of wood products due to the power the retailer wields to pressure suppliers to go greener. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. “is turning a blind eye to illegal timber sources in its supply chain, which threatens some of the world’s last great forests,” the EIA said. Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart said it is encouraging its suppliers to use “sustainable and ethical sources”. “Sustainable wood sourcing is important to our business and our customers,” Wal-Mart spokeswoman Tara Raddohl said. Wal-Mart Chief Executive Lee Scott launched a major environmental push two years ago to cut energy use and solid waste, sell more environmentally friendly products and motivate its roughly 60,000 suppliers to follow suit. As part of that, an internal working group on wood and paper products produced guidelines aimed at moving suppliers to using only sustainably harvested wood by 2010 and giving preference now to those who already do so. “It is the intention of Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club to sell only wood fiber products that come from legally logged sources,” the wood policy group said in a March update on its work, without providing a specific deadline. In September, Wal-Mart said it would stop selling Louisiana cypress mulch over concerns that the loss of cypress forests was endangering coast lands. The EIA said its investigators, who have received awards for other work from the United Nations and the EPA, found evidence that much of the wood used by Chinese manufacturers comes from the Russian Far East, where experts estimate that 35 percent to 50 percent of logging is illegal. That region’s vast forests are home to most of an estimated 510 remaining Amur tigers, the largest cat in the world and commonly called the Siberian tiger, according to the World Wildlife Fund. WWF regional program director Dr. Darron Collins said illegal logging that tears up forests is a serious threat to the tigers, despite recent efforts by Russian authorities to toughen controls on timber harvesting.
Hey, was in the store yesterday. This is just too funny. That display of the decrepit furniture, it's still on display! And, on top of that, more of it is falling apart!
Typical of Walmart, but I would think they would be very embarrassed to display such cheap junk, I mean, would you buy something that is falling apart without anything put inside of it? What will happen if you put clothes in it? Or books on a shelf, etc?
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
MC1, you are correct cause I saw the same thing. They may have cleaned up the joint but they still sell junk!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
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I hate Walmart, so why do I find myself going there when I need things? I guess because where else can you go to buy bird seed, toothpaste, a dvd and motor oil all in one place. And what a bargain....sooooo many things from China you just don't know where to start! Yes, I'm being sarcastic...but truthful.
Hey, I went into BJ's tonight, due to we were overdue for some shopping. Went to buy lightbulbs. Do you realize that ALL the new, extra efficient lightbulbs they have are made in China? Better yet, I finally found some that were made in the U.S., by one of the companies that made some of the made in China. It's the old, regular lightbulbs, so I bought them. Anyway, get this...In order for me to find out that the lightbulbs that I finally decided on were in the US, guess what, I HAD TO READ "MADE IN THE U.S.A." IN SPANISH!!!
(For anybody who finds themselves in this predicament, first of all, the brand was Sylvania, and "Made in the U.S.A. translated into spanish is "Hecho En EE.UU." EE.UU. being the abbreviation for "Estados Unidos," or United States. And they have a rebate on the Made in the USA ones right now.)
Also, I suggest that people contact Sylvania (as I will be soon) to tell them that it's a travesty that not only don't they make all theirlightbulbs here in the USA, but the ones that they do, they're not proud enough of the fact EVEN ON THE ONES THEY SELL IN THE USA to write it on them IN A LANGUAGE 90% OF THE PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND!
Their phone number is (get this), 1-800-LIGHTBULB (1-800-544-482.
Did anyone catch the article in the gazette about how people in China that have the money opt to buy toys and other items made of better quality from countries other than China?
A national television ad campaign featuring two prominent Baptist ministers who call on Wal-Mart to give the gift of economic justice this Christmas was launched Monday.
As retailers reported their sales results on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007, warehouse club operators like Costco Wholesale Corp. and discounter Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which were able to keep crowds coming with special offers, proved to be winners. Related Wal-Mart Christmas Carol Concert to Feature Rick Warren Kelly Clarkson to Launch Red Kettle Campaign "The Bible says, 'To whom much is given, much is required,'" says the Rev. Charles Foster Johnson, interim pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church of Nashville, in the television ad which is being aired in 35 markets across the country.
"Wal-Mart rakes in over $21,000 in profit every single minute. This Christmas, let's make Wal-Mart be a better neighbor to us all."
The ad is part of the third annual "Hope for the Holidays" campaign by WakeUpWalMart.com, which spent over $1.5 million in radio and TV ads to draw attention to the retail giant’s unique responsibility toward the communities it represents.
The Rev. Markel Hutchins, a Baptist minister who heads Markel Hutchins Ministries, also joins Johnson in the ad to call on the multi-billion-dollar corporation to be a better “neighbor” to its communities this Christmas by paying fair wage, providing affordable healthcare, and ensuring the safety of the goods it sells.
“A corporation that big has the moral responsibility to do right by its customers and employees and all humanity,” says Hutchins in the television spot.
Although Wal-Mart is America’s largest private employer, the company pays its employees low wages for long work hours, contends WakeUpWalMart.com, and fails to provide affordable health care to its fleet of part-time workers.
The website also reports that Wal-Mart, which made $12 billion in profits last year, imports most of its merchandise from China, where product quality and work conditions have often been called into question.
“Wal-Mart is not the epitome of all unfairness and injustice in the world but it’s just that they are the biggest,” said Johnson in an interview with The Christian Post. “We want these corporate neighbors to have more equitable policies for their employees.”
The church has the role to be “a voice for fairness and justice in an economic system that is increasingly creating disparities,” said Johnson, a visiting Instructor of Preaching at the McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University in Atlanta.
“Justice is figuring out what belongs to whom and giving it to them,” he added. “A decent wage is what belongs to the people of God who are workers.”
From a short-term perspective, one may think that Wal-Mart can accrue more profits by keeping its current employment policies, said Johnson. But he believes that through reform, the company can reap greater benefits in the long run.
“It’s not rocket science to see that that will cultivate a more dedicated, more loyal partner in your business,” asserted Johnson.
In conjunction with the television ad, community and religious leaders from more than 40 cities and towns began holding candlelight prayer vigils outside Wal-Mart stores on Monday night, offering prayers and handing out "Think before you shop" holiday cards to shoppers.
Johnson urged Americans to voice their protest to Wal-Mart’s policies by taking their business to a competitor, even if it means paying a few cents extra for some products. He also suggests that they write letters to the company’s leadership, the manager, or the editor of a local newspaper.
Meghan Scott, deputy campaign manager for WakeUpWalmart.com, told The Christian Post that she hopes for Wal-Mart to exhibit a positive model for other corporations in America.
“The truth is that if Wal-Mart made some small changes here, then everybody would follow suit,” she said.
The ad was paid for by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union and will air until Thursday in most markets.
Did anyone catch the article in the gazette about how people in China that have the money opt to buy toys and other items made of better quality from countries other than China?
Yes Rene, I saw it. See, even the people in China know better, they know the truth about the stuff. I didn't see it posted anywhere, I understand the gazette now is available free on line, I'll have to try to find it, I don't know how far back it goes.
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
That article from walmart watch is obviously factual, but these kinds of truths need to be publicized by people or entities other than unions. The union mentioned obviously certainly has something to gain if other stores became union. There needs to be a more object organization that comes out with these facts. Although the facts are obviously accurate, it's more difficult to respond or persuade others when an obviously one sided group is making the claims.
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
So today I go into Walmart to get the shower curtain hooks my wife wanted, I bought the wrong ones the other day. I was going to just go to the desk but my gosh the line at the return desk stretched half way to the back of the store!. She was busy baking the other day so I was the nice guy, but got the wrong one, I thought so. I didnt' exchange it, knew it would be faster just to buy the ones she wanted, I'll take the other back another time. They had more registers opened, but only half and not one, not even one express lane, for shame.
But what I really was writing about, I couldn't help notice the repulsive action by a cashier, looked like a cow chewing it's cud. It's not polite anyway to chew gum with your mouth open, but according to their supervisor of their cashiers, a woman named Charleen, cashiers are not allowed to chew gum. Obviously this cashier named Carmen needs to be instructed. So if you see a cashier by that name looking like the cud chewing cow, be sure to call 355-2596 and ask for Charleen.
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
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