Latest Headlines
Wal-Mart To Lay Off 300 At Bentonville Headquarters -02.17.10 | Arkansas Business
Walmart, others make money on Oregon’s energy tax credits -02.17.10 | The Oregonian
Former Avon Wal-Mart employees claim discrimination -02.17.10 | Associated Press
Fact Sheets
The Employee Free Choice Act Legislation that will truly make a difference for Wal-Mart workers
Wage & Hour Issues Read how Wal-Mart continually fails to pay every worker for every hour worked
Health Care Wal-Mart's still insures barely over half its employees on the company plan
Always Low Wages Poverty-level wages make life extremely difficult for Wal-Mart's 1.4 million workers
The Environment How Wal-Mart's business model is detrimental for our planet
Wal-Mart Watch Statement Regarding New Wal-Mart CEO Mike Duke
For Immediate Release
Friday, January 30, 2009
PRESS INQUIRIES
For press inquiries, contact us at (202) 557-7440.
In response to Mike Duke replacing Lee Scott as Wal-Mart’s CEO on Sunday, Wal-Mart Watch Spokesman David Nassar released the following statement:
“During nine years as Wal-Mart’s CEO, Lee Scott has made life harder for Wal-Mart workers. His failure to change Wal-Mart’s business practices has resulted in dozens of wage and hour lawsuits, and declining real wages for Wal-Mart employees.
“We hope that with a new CEO in Bentonville, Wal-Mart can finally turn the page and start to improve the lives of its workers. While most businesses are struggling through the recession, Wal-Mart and the Walton Family are taking in multi-billion dollar profits - giving Mike Duke the unique ability to stimulate the economy and do the right thing by sharing some of the wealth with his 1.4 million U.S. workers. If anyone deserves a raise right now, its Wal-Mart workers.
“We wish Mike Duke the best of luck in the years ahead.”
###
Connect
