[Livingwage] Walmart demo today

[Belden Fields]

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> From: Belden Fields <a-fields at uiuc.edu>
> Date: December 15, 2005 5:04:02 PM CST
> To: LW <livingwage at lists.cu.groogroo.com>
> Cc: UC Progressives <ucprogressives at lists.chambana.net>
> Subject: [Livingwage] Walmart demonstration Saturday
>
>
> Please come to the demonstration in front of the new Champaign  
> Walmart on north Market Street (north of the Beverly theater) this  
> Saturday, 12-2.
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> WAKE UP WALMART!
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> Join us on an Informational Picket Line, December 17, 12 noon to  
> 2:00 in front of Wal-Mart on North Prospect and Anthony Drive.
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> Sponsored by C-U Coalition for a Living Wage
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> C-U Jobs with Justice Organizing Committee
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> The Wake-Up Wal-Mart Campaign – a national grassroots movement of  
> Americans who believe by joining together we can change Wal-Mart  
> and build a better America
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> Local questions and comments? cu_jwj_forming at mail.com
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> More information? www.WAKEUPWALMART.COM
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> *Do not park in the Wal-Mart parking lot
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> The Purpose of this picket line is to tell people why Wal-Mart  
> needs to change.
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> Ø    Wages below the poverty line force employees to rely on  
> government programs. Wal-Mart pays $1-$2 less per hour than all  
> other superstores
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> Ø    Wal-Mart’s health care benefits are so poor, employees are  
> advised by managers to seek medical public assistance.
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> Ø    Our taxes subsidize Wal-Mart through city government  
> subsidies, public housing assistance and welfare for employees,  
> full and part-time
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> Ø    Wal-Mart forces down the wages and benefits of its suppliers,  
> as well as the non-union wages in the area.
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> Ø    Wal-Mart is the subject of the largest gender discrimination  
> lawsuit in the history of America.
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> Ø    Wal-Mart violates child labor laws, immigration laws and  
> forces unpaid overtime work.
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> Ø    Wal-Mart’s monopoly practices force smaller businesses to  
> close, impacting the entire region.
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> Ø    Wal-Mart has its own “plantation factories” overseas that  
> produce most of its goods.
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