[Peace] News Urbana Wal-Mart Opening

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Subject: Re: News, Wal-Mart Opening


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WAKE UP WALMART


Join us on an Informational Picket Line, January 31, 3-4:30 pm in front of the new Urbana Wal-Mart on Tatman Court (the Post Office side.) It's their Grand Opening. We want to give them a warm Urbana welcome.



The purpose of this picket line is to tell people why Wal-Mart needs to change.



Ø      Wages below the poverty line force employees to rely on government programs. Wal-Mart pays $1-$2 less per hour than other superstores 



Ø      Wal-Mart's health care benefits are so poor, employees are advised by managers to seek medical public assistance. 



Ø      Wal-Mart is the subject of the largest gender discrimination lawsuit in the history of America.



Ø      Wal-Mart violates child labor laws, immigration laws and forces unpaid over time work.



Ø      Our taxes subsidize Wal-Mart through city government subsidies, public housing assistance and welfare for employees, full and part- time



Ø      Wal-Mart has its own "plantation factories" overseas that produce most of its goods. 



Sponsored by C-U Coalition for a Living Wage

C-U Jobs with Justice Organizing Committee

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



Local questions and comments? cu_jwj_forming at mail.com  or 344-3354.



More information on Wal-Mart? www.WAKEUPWALMART.COM 



            



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