Yet another reason not to go to WalMart

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Yet another reason not to go to WalMart

my gripe with them today......

Wal-Mart is Mexico’s largest private-sector employer in the nation today, with nearly 150,000 local residents on its payroll. An additional 19,000 youngsters between the ages of 14 and 16 work after school in hundreds of Wal-Mart stores, mostly as grocery baggers, throughout Mexico—and none of them receives a red cent in wages or fringe benefits. The company doesn’t try to conceal this practice: its 62 Superama supermarkets display blue signs with white letters that tell shoppers: OUR VOLUNTEER PACKERS COLLECT NO SALARY, ONLY THE GRATUITY THAT YOU GIVE THEM. SUPERAMA THANKS YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING. The use of unsalaried youths is legal in Mexico because the kids are said to be “volunteering” their services to Wal-Mart and are therefore not subject to the requirements and regulations that would otherwise apply under the country’s labor laws. But some officials south of the U.S. border nonetheless view the practice as regrettable, if not downright exploitative. “These kids should receive a salary,” says Labor Undersecretary Patricia Espinosa Torres. “If you ask me, I don’t think these kids should be working, but there are cultural and social circumstances [in Mexico] rooted in poverty and scarcity.”

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I hate walmart

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Posted by Beth1210

I hate walmart

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this story is NOTHING compared to what DH and I saw on one of the STARZ channels the other day. OMG! the way they treat their workers in China is HORRIBLE!!

they make 13 cents an hour and are beaten by managers they force them to work 7 days a week or they get fired, and when asked by anyone how many days they work, they have to LIE and say 6! and they get rewarded for lying about this and the horrid conditions they work in.

they live in FILTHY TINY dorms, and rent + utilities is taken out of their paycheck. even if they don't want to live in the dorms, they STILL have to pay rent.

I WILL NEVER EVER SHOP IN THAT STORE AGAIN!!!!!

Message edited 7/31/2007 9:55:23 PM.

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I violently hate Wal-mart...despicable human beings with no soul.

I guess they can't see from the top of the Forbes Richest people in the world list

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I NEVER shopped at walmart, and never will.

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Funny story.... months ago my mom called me and said she found those vacuum storage bags real cheap and did I want her to pick them up for me, so I said sure. Next time I saw her she hands me a WalMart bag and says here you go...... I handed the bag back to her and said No, here you go, take them back, I refuse to have anything to do with that store. She was shocked that I made her return the items.

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I can proudly say I have been Walmart free since 2006!!!!!

(DH won't allow me to shop there....at first I protested...........now I agree after I have heard all these things !)

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I don't shop there anymore either. If everyone stops going there, they will be forced to close. I am sure that won't happen though. People love bargains.

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I have no problem admitting I still shop walmart. I prefer Target though. It's legal in Mexico and while is suck and not right Mexico should change their laws

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I try to buy products made in USA.

I posted a few months ago on LIW, how it bothered me to buy a wedding gown that was made in china.
I just didnt want to spend $$$ on something for the happiest day of my life knowing the suffering someone went through to make my gown.

I would say, Almost all the girls thought i was crazy for even caring, but most if not all my clothes are made in USA, why not my gown.

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I dont shop there. Great documentary about how Awful Walmart is - Walmart: the high price of low cost.

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So what other places that we shop at besides Walmart take part in these practices. The supermarket that I shop at in the UK is owned by Walmart. I wouldn't necessarily stop shopping there. I never go to Walmart in the states, just don't. Surely lots of other places do these things...

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I don't need another reason, but thanks for posting. I hate WalMart with a passion. Tis evil

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I am not ashamed to say I still shop at Walmart & will continue to. In our areas, we have other places to shop if you decide not to shop there. In rural areas, there are Super Walmarts in which the residents do their food shopping. Usually there are not supermarkets like we have. For instance, my inlaws have a place in the Pocono Mountains. We always shop in Super Walmart for our groceries as their supermarkets are just really mini markets.

So by saying that if we stop shopping there, Walmart will be forced to close, I don't see it happening. There are many areas, especially rural, that depend on Walmart for their one stop shopping. There is not enough profit in putting in a grocery store like Stop & Shop. JMHO

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what crap- I hate walmart anyway

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After last night, I couldn't resist bumping this.

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Posted by SweetestOfPeas

this story is NOTHING compared to what DH and I saw on one of the STARZ channels the other day. OMG! the way they treat their workers in China is HORRIBLE!!

they make 13 cents an hour and are beaten by managers they force them to work 7 days a week or they get fired, and when asked by anyone how many days they work, they have to LIE and say 6! and they get rewarded for lying about this and the horrid conditions they work in.

they live in FILTHY TINY dorms, and rent + utilities is taken out of their paycheck. even if they don't want to live in the dorms, they STILL have to pay rent.

I WILL NEVER EVER SHOP IN THAT STORE AGAIN!!!!!

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I went once.. I think that it is the worst store

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i have never shopped in Walmart and learned WAY too much about their shady business practices since they were time-after-time points of case study when I was going for my MBA.

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Posted by SweetestOfPeas

this story is NOTHING compared to what DH and I saw on one of the STARZ channels the other day. OMG! the way they treat their workers in China is HORRIBLE!!

they make 13 cents an hour and are beaten by managers they force them to work 7 days a week or they get fired, and when asked by anyone how many days they work, they have to LIE and say 6! and they get rewarded for lying about this and the horrid conditions they work in.

they live in FILTHY TINY dorms, and rent + utilities is taken out of their paycheck. even if they don't want to live in the dorms, they STILL have to pay rent.

I WILL NEVER EVER SHOP IN THAT STORE AGAIN!!!!!