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One of the most destructive, and evil accomplices of the Illuminati and the New World Order....... Wal-Mart This article is from UFCW Wal-Mart Bad for Workers and Communities This is a letter to the UFCW from Bill Pascrell Jr., New Jersey's 8th District Representative. I am writing to update you on my recent efforts to promote greater social responsibility from our largest corporations. On November 21, I joined union workers in a huge rally in Clifton, New Jersey, to demand that Wal-Mart stop abusing its domestic and international workers with deplorable labor conditions. Wal-Mart is now the world's largest corporation, and has become the world's most powerful private force for lowering labor standards and stifling the middle class aspirations of workers everywhere. The average Wal-Mart employee earns less than the poverty level for a family of four - only $15,000 per year for full-time work, and most are forced to work part-time. Wal-Mart essentially leaves their employees without health care benefits, as they are only available after two years, and then are barely affordable to most employees after that. It is nearly impossible to support one person, never mind a family, on the average wage at Wal-Mart. "Made In America," the autobiography by company founder Sam Walton, must be a fictional work of art. In reality, Wal-Mart feels it unnecessary to produce goods in America. The vast majority of their products are made in nations where cheap labor is abundant. In 2001, Wal-Mart even moved its worldwide purchasing headquarters to China. Wal-Mart does not empower its workers, or enrich its communities. Its corporate leadership is strongly opposed to unionization, because a collective bargaining unit would threaten its ability to break child labor laws, to deny workers pay for overtime work, and to monitor employees, all common practices at these stores. Wal-Mart also acts as a massive wealth extractor from local communities. Local economies are certainly not helped by stores full of part-time, poorly paid employees who cannot build the wealth necessary to sustain a community's middle class living standards. Wal-Mart is only one of the most egregious examples of corporations becoming immensely profitable through exploitation of its workers. It highlights the need for an expanded definition of corporate responsibility in America today. Distorting earnings reports, and stealing money from shareholders, are not the only ways that corporate executives betray the trust of their employees and threaten the health of the economy. Corporate responsibility requires not just getting the books straight, but being a good corporate citizen. Corporations must enhance, not dimmish, the economic landscape of the communities they serve. Growth cannot be measured solely by corporate profits. It must be measured by the growth in the livelihoods of America's citizens and in the livability of its communities. Please be assured that I will continue to join our nation's workers on the front lines of the fight to raise the working conditions and wages of people not only at home, but worldwide. Sincerely, Bill Pascrell, Jr. Member of Congress |