Wal-Mart Watch Statement on Release of Wal-Mart 2006 Ethical Sourcing Report
For Immediate Release
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Wal-Mart Watch executive director David Nassar today released the following statement in response to Wal-Mart’s 2006 Ethical Sourcing Report:
“Wal-Mart’s Report on Ethical Sourcing is an attempt to avoid responsibility for the problems the company itself has created.
“In recent years, in factory after factory that supplies goods for Wal-Mart, widespread cases of blatant illegal and unethical labor abuses have been uncovered. Today, we are releasing another report produced by Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM) that shows serious labor violations in toy factories in China ranging from wage and hour violations to unsafe working conditions to unsanitary housing to coerced audit responses from workers.
“In light of recent toy recalls, it is not a stretch to draw a connection between the pressure Wal-Mart puts on it suppliers for low cost merchandise, the problems at these factories and the safety issues of the products. If Wal-Mart and the Walton family were truly committed to improving product safety and worker conditions, the company would spend money to do it, not distract with a report that glosses over the serious problems within its supply chain.”
SACOM Report: The Story of Toys Made in China for Wal-Mart http://walmartwatch.com/img/blog/sacom_jun2007.pdf
Wal-Mart’s Global Labor Violations
http://walmartwatch.com/img/blog/labor_rights.pdf
