Tell Wal-Mart: workers' rights are human rights!

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Tell Wal-Mart: workers' rights are human rights!

 

When Wal-Mart's workers try to form a union, they often endure

threats, intimidation, even firings. Is this any way to treat

employees whose goal is merely to sit down with management to discuss

fair pay, more affordable health care, and worker safety concerns?

 

Tell Wal-Mart that workers' rights are human rights, and its

union-busting tactics must stop!

 

 

It seems like every day brings another story about Wal-Mart's ruthless

labor tactics. A typical one goes like this - workers at a Wal-Mart

store successfully form a union. But rather than negotiate with the

employees for better wages and healthcare, Wal-Mart simply closes the

store and fires all of its workers.

 

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Sadly, this story is replayed all too frequently. It happened just

recently to a group of workers in Jonquière, Quebec. When Wal-Mart

workers try to form a union, they often endure threats,

discrimination, intimidation, and even firings. Is this any way to

treat employees whose goal is simply to sit down with management to

discuss fair pay, more affordable health care, and worker safety

concerns?

 

Wal-Mart's behavior has a huge impact on our society. The company

employs a staggering 1.3 million people in the U.S. alone - from

students working to pay for school, to single parents supporting

families and older employees looking to supplement a fixed income and

pay escalating medical bills. While they struggle to make ends meet,

Wal-Mart, the world's largest company, rakes in $10 billion a year in

profit.

 

It's clear that Wal-Mart can afford to give its workforce a bigger

piece of the pie. But with the Bush Administration willing to turn a

blind eye to many of the company's labor law violations, we'll need to

build major public pressure to bring about real change in Wal-Mart's

business practices. Please join us.

 

Tell Wal-Mart that workers' rights are human rights!

 

 

--

Diana Gonzalez

 

 

 

 

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