Wal-Mart Watch Calls on Wal-Mart Board to Help Change Retail Giant

In a letter delivered to Wal-Mart’s Board of Directors, Wal-Mart Watch and more than 7,500 supporters call on the board to make help changes at the company. Wal-Mart’s 14 directors will each receive a packet today that includes the letters signed by 7,526 Wal-Mart Watch supporters, and a DVD compilation of personal appeals to board members. From thousands of comments sent in by Wal-Mart Watch supporters, the letter highlights nine individuals who voiced their concerns over Wal-Mart’s unfair labor practices, prohibitive health care plan and impact on local communities.

As Kristen from Upland, California put it:

“Wal-Mart can be about so much more than making money. It can be about leading the industry in fair labor practices. It can be about leading the field in environmentally sensitive causes. To many that I know Wal-Mart has become a symbol of all that disturbs them about big business. You CAN change their minds and get them back into your stores by showing the kind of compassion for the world around you that wins the hearts and minds of your customers.”

THANK YOU to all the dedicated supporters who signed the letter: your help is fundamental in pressuring Wal-Mart to change its practices and behave as a responsible corporate citizen.

Click here to read the letter in its entirety.  >>

Click here to watch the video sent to the Board of Directors.  >>

Posted by Alex Goldschmidt on Wednesday, May 30, 2007

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