[Peace-discuss] Fw: Walmart: High profits, low wages [from Color of Change]

[Jenifer Cartwright]

For yr attn and action...

--- On Fri, 12/21/12, Rashad Robinson, ColorOfChange.org <info at colorofchange.org> wrote:
We stand on the side of Walmart workers.

Please share this image to show your support.











Dear Jenifer,

Just like the workers toiling thanklessly for Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol, Walmart employees are rewarded for their efforts with insults and disrespect.  Walmart’s notoriously poor wages and working conditions — designed to squeeze every last dollar of productivity out of its “associates” — mean workers struggle to survive on poverty wages while executives and the Walton family rake in record profits.1

On Black Friday, workers across the country told Walmart loud and clear: enough is enough. Historic protests held at over 1,000 Walmart stores demonstrated the powerful need for real change at the company.2

You and nearly 55,000 ColorOfChange members are helping us take the fight for good jobs to the next level, by demanding that Walmart’s Board meet with workers and take immediate steps to improve working conditions. Now, with the holiday shopping season in full swing — and Walmart scrambling to avoid any more negative publicity3 — it’s time to further expose America’s biggest Scrooge.

Please share this image with your friends and family: show Walmart that we demand respect for all workers.

The odds are stacked against low wage workers — many of whom are Black women. Service sector jobs continue to dominate the post-recession labor market, and they're not going anywhere.4 This is why it's essential we make companies like Walmart a better place to work and shop. 

At the end of A Christmas Carol, Scrooge learns the importance of treating people well, and if Walmart ever hopes to be embraced as a good company, it needs to learn the same lesson. Walmart can start by ensuring that its employees work reasonable hours, have adequate health care and can support their families.

Please share this Humbug image to show Walmart workers that you support them and their demands for respect in the workplace. And when you do, please ask your friends and family to do the same.

Thanks and peace,

-- Rashad, Matt, Arisha, Aimée, Kim, Johnny and the rest of the ColorOfChange.org team
    December 21st, 2012

P.S. Click here to download either the full-size version or the Facebook cover photo size of the image.

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References

1. “Corporate Profits Just Hit An All-Time High, Wages Just Hit An All-Time Low,” Business Insider, 06-22-12 

 http://act.colorofchange.org/go/2021?t=7&akid=2762.394109.SasTVM

2. “Walmart impoverishing and endangering workers,” The Hill, 12-07-12 

 http://act.colorofchange.org/go/2022?t=9&akid=2762.394109.SasTVM

3. "Hold Walmart accountable to Black workers," ColorOfChange.org, 11-15-12 

 http://act.colorofchange.org/go/2023?t=11&akid=2762.394109.SasTVM

4. “A Fast Food Nation Fights for Living Wages — Against Long Odds,” Colorlines, 12-07-12 

 http://act.colorofchange.org/go/2024?t=13&akid=2762.394109.SasTVM



 
 
 
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