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Fuzzy Math that Would Make Enron Execs Blush

October 2, 2009 By wuwm Leave a Comment

Who would you say is the most repugnant corporation in American corporate history?  Is it Enron, who gave record amounts to the Bush-Cheney machine and bankrupt millions of investors?  Halliburton, the shameless war profiteer? … [Read more...]

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Wilderness Walmart Fight Rages On

September 30, 2009 By wuwm 1 Comment

For those of you who don't know about the Wilderness, it was a famous Civil War battle near Chancellorsville, Virginia. 3,700 Americans died there. To put that in perspective, about 2,000 Americans died on the shores on Normandy. The Civil … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: civil-war-battlefield, robert-duvall, walmart, wilderness

Labor’s Labor Day Challenge for Wal-Mart

September 4, 2009 By wuwm Leave a Comment

The coalition includes: AFL-CIO, Change to Win, Sierra Club, Campaign for America's Future, National Education Association, American Federation of Teachers, National Consumers League, AFSCME, American Rights at Work, Communications Workers … [Read more...]

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Help Needed Defeating Wal-Mart on Battlefield

August 31, 2009 By wuwm 6 Comments

Lowell at Blue Virginia has reasonably asked on the location: Maybe I'm missing something here, like the (supposedly) urgent need to build retail right on top of a battlefield where 145,000 Union and Confederate soldiers fought and more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: battlefield, civil-war, creigh-deeds, virginia, wal-mart, walmart

The Steroids Era and Wal-Mart

July 31, 2009 By wuwm 16 Comments

When we look back on The Steroids Era in baseball, we're going to see a bunch of players who broke the rules and grew to an unnatural behemoth size, and how the people who were supposed to provide oversight either turned a blind eye or even … [Read more...]

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Labor Violations, Bogus Standards in WalMarts Chinese Supplier Factories – via China Labor Watch

July 28, 2009 By wuwm Leave a Comment

This is merely the latest, and one of the most grievous, examples of Wal-Mart saying one thing and doing another, in their long running anti-labor track record.  Americans cannot continue to support the world's largest retailer while … [Read more...]

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Will Walmart live up to their PR on Health Care this time?

July 10, 2009 By wuwm 1 Comment

Despite all of their feel-good rhetoric, the reality is that <a href="http://blog.wakeupwalmart.com/ufcw/2009/05/walmarts_new_ad.html" target="_blank">nearly half of Walmart’s 675,000 employees – not to mention … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health-care, labor, obama, wal-mart, walmart, workers

Walmart’s $4 Drugs Coming From Indian Company Whose Products Have Been Banned In US and Canada

June 23, 2009 By wuwm 1 Comment

2009 Violations In Feb 2009, the FDA halted a review of importation applications for generic drugs manufactured at Ranbaxy's Paonta Sahib plant owned by Ranbaxy Laboratories, LTD, the Indian generic drug manufacturer, "due to evidence of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: drug-company, health-care, india, wake-up-walmart, walmart

Do Walmart employees even know their own store policies?

April 1, 2009 By wuwm 2 Comments

The Walmart in Norman, Oklahoma refused to accept bike returns until a district manager, acting on a reader tip, reminded the store that they were violating company policy. Reader Keia tried to return the "shoddily constructed," "dangerous … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: customer-service, walmart

Walmart pretends it cares about healthcare

March 18, 2009 By wuwm 8 Comments

Wal-Mart is ramping up its Washington activity to push for comprehensive health care reform, and the world's largest retailer says it is ready to use its economic muscle to get out in front and influence the discussion. "We're willing to … [Read more...]

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Honored to be guest speaker at @MarianRyanDA Opioid Task Force alongside @TheNANProject ED Jake Cavanaugh & peer mentor John Oxenford. Pleased to provide a legislative update & share efforts to support mental well-being among youth & adults. #MAPoli

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.@WSJopinion:"There’s no doubt that a racist subculture exists in America and is spread on social media. Politicians and media figures have an obligation to condemn it and such conspiratorial notions as 'white replacement theory.'" #BuffaloTerrorist

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“We have some commitments” from delegates, @chrisforma says on @bloombergbaybiz. “But a lot of them, you know, show up at the convention and vote how they feel.” Adds that “even today I'm calling up to the last minute.” #mapoli

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Inbox: The second round of $500 payments to essential workers from the Baker administration will roll out in June. #mapoli

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Massachusetts needs to harness the drive and curiosity of its students and expose them to STEM careers early, but we can’t do it unless companies are willing to hire interns, write @MassLtGov Karyn Polito and @MassEducation Sec. James Peyser. #mapoli https://trib.al/L5S4j5v

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