Made in China
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I was up a bit early this morning watching the news and eating fruit loops and this AD caught my eye. It was a commercial or should I say another commercial released by a non-profit organization trashing walmart again. This time the organization it called WakeupWalmart. They are accusing Walmart Of the following
- That 70% of the items in their stores are from China
- Wal-Mart Associates don’t earn enough to support a family
- Wage increases would cost Wal-Mart relatively little
- Wal-Mart forces employees to work off-the-clock
- Wal-Mart executives did not act on warnings they were violating the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
- Wal-Mart’s Health Care Plan Fails to Cover Over 775,000 Employees
- Wal-Mart’s Health Insurance Falls Far Short of Other Large Companies
and the list goes on…
I for one am guilty of shopping at Wal-mart. Hell I worked on numerous IT contracts for them over the last few years. Basically the only reason that I shop there is because they
1. Have almost all the necessities that you need in one place
2. They are cheap
3. You can get a haircut, eat subway and get your eyes examined in one location
4. Sometimes there might be a hot chick behind the register
5. its cheap
6. its cheap
7. they are everywhere
8. I can buy a gun and A Dora the explorer doll in one place
9. its cheap
10. They are open 24 hours.
I agree with what WakeupWalmart is doing. I wish I had the balls to do that myself but I guess for now all we can do is try to support them and shop elsewhere.
Wakeup walmart can befound at wakeupwalmart.com
