Chris Kofinis
Chris Kofinis
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Wal-Mart understands that they have a growing public relations disaster on their hands. American people are looking at a company with $10 billion in profit and $285 billion in sales that makes excuse after excuse about why it can't provide a living wage and health care to its workers.
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Wal-Mart's future in 2006 will not look any brighter unless Lee Scott realizes that Wal-Mart must change into a more responsible employer.
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Wal-Mart is facing a perfect storm of negativity. People are rallying around this movement. It's not just workers. It's rippling out and becoming a real debate about values.
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You can?t just be the one who criticizes; you have to be the one who offers a new road.
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This is a desperate attempt to remake their faltering image.
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People are just beginning to realize how much power they have.
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Our hope is that what comes from this is that Wal-Mart will take seriously our concerns and millions of people who want to see Wal-Mart do the right thing every day,
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We've been very active in leading the way. Wal-Mart is trying to gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
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States like Maryland should be applauded, not sued, for trying to address the tragic fact that in state after state Wal-Mart forces taxpayers to subsidize its health-care costs.
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If Wal-Mart was serious about diversity, it would hire independent auditors, stop refusing to disclose its diversity goals, and finally release the hard data about what Wal-Mart pays its women and minority workers.
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If Wal-Mart chose to do the right thing every day, they wouldn't need a super-secret public relations strategy,
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In terms of pay and benefits, the Wal-Mart business model is leading this race to the bottom. Unfortunately, other companies are following it.
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All we know is that again and again, Wal-Mart will say one thing and do the opposite.
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All these initiatives are good for Wal-Mart but they don't address the core problems that they create for their workers and their communities.