Wal-Mart Watch Announces Maryland Advocacy Campaign In Support Of Fair Share Health Care Act
For Immediate Release
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Washington, D.C., December 13, 2005 – Wal-Mart Watch (www.walmartwatch.com), the leading national non-profit organization working to reform the business practices of Wal-Mart, today announces a statewide advocacy campaign in support of Maryland’s Fair Share Health Care Act (Senate Bill 790 and House Bill 1284). The campaign -- which will include an aggressive public education drive coupled with field outreach to business leaders, activists and elected officials -- will mobilize support for a successful override of Gov. Ehrlich's veto of the bill, expected in mid-January. Wal-Mart Watch's activities will also bolster the efforts of our allies currently working across the state.
Since its founding in spring 2005, Wal-Mart Watch has grown into the premiere resource for facts and research on Wal-Mart’s harmful business model and inadequate employee health care plan. In recent months Wal-Mart Watch has leaked three internal documents to national newspapers, including the infamous health care memo in which a Wal-Mart executive disclosed that 46 percent of Wal-Mart employees’ children are either on Medicaid or are uninsured. The memo is available at www.walmartwatch.com/memo. Additionally, Wal-Mart Watch hosted in November "Higher Expectations Week," with over 1,200 educational events in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
These Wal-Mart Watch spokespeople are available for comment on the Fair Share Health Care Act and Wal-Mart Watch’s upcoming advocacy campaign in Maryland. Contact our press office at 202-557-7440 for comment and bookings.
Andrew Grossman, Executive Director
Tracy Sefl, Communications Director
Nu Wexler, Press Secretary
Rev. Jarvis Johnson, Director of Faith-Based Organizing
Additional resources for journalists:
See state-by-state Wal-Mart health care statistics here.
Read Wal-Mart Watch Special Reports here.
Read Wal-Mart talking points here.
Access our external research library here.
