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Wal-Mart Watch Statement Regarding Wal-Mart Bonuses
For Immediate Release
Thursday, March 19, 2009
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In response to Wal-Mart’s decision to announce employee bonuses today, Wal-Mart Watch spokesman David Nassar released the following statement:
“Wal-Mart’s decision to give employee bonuses reflects its sensitivity to the growing public pressure to share some its billions in profit with the workers who earned it. Unfortunately, Wal-Mart’s actions again reflect a greater commitment to public relations than they do to real change.
“The fact is that Wal-Mart had the same program last year, yet we hear from many workers that they never received the bonuses that were promised. One worker wrote:
‘I got on yesterday hoping to [see] my MyShare reward but I got a rude awakening. It wasn’t on there. Our store manager has been promising us that it would [be] on our checks but come to find out we didn’t even qualify.’
“Again this year, not all Wal-Mart employees are eligible for the bonuses. Furthermore, Wal-Mart is trying to paint contractual obligations and 401k contributions as “bonuses” to employees.
“Another worker writes us:
‘Our promise from management...was a $1000 bonus if not more. When the time came...our bonus was just 200 dollars, that’s it. The store manager, over $35,000. How is this possible? Don’t the associates make the heart and soul of this club and the company?’
“What remains for Wal-Mart is what it has always refused to do: truly lift up its workforce by making a substantial investment in hourly wages and health care benefits. If the Walton Family does the right thing and lifts up its 1.4 million workers, it will lift up America with them.”
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