Research Center: External Links

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Wal-Mart and the World (NOW with Bill Moyers) The debate over Wal-Mart’s effect on American towns and the American workforce is not new. “Wal-Martization” has become a code word for suburban sprawl. Yet this fall, the volume of that debate appears to have been turned up.	07/01/08
International Worker Rights Class Action Against Wal-Mart In the most comprehensive legal campaign yet, a suit was filed in September 2005 on behalf of workers from four continents for massive, systematic wage and hour violations.	01/23/08
Frontline: Is Wal-Mart Good for America? This television special from PBS’s “Fronline” examines the impact Wal-Mart has on several aspects of American life.	12/19/07
UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research: Living Wage Policies and Wal-Mart Wal-Mart could increase its minimum wage to $10 per hour and greatly boost the well-being of its low-income workers with little financial impact on most shoppers.	12/05/07
The Pirate Bay Wal-Mart advertises on an illegal file sharing website known as Pirate Bay	01/22/07
Foreign Ventures Come to Terms with China’s Labor Unions An article from The New Republic on Wal-Mart’s co-operation with labor unions at its Chinese stores.	12/15/06
Lee’s Garage Examples of internal correspondence between Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott and his managers.	11/03/06
Bank of Wal-Mart? Wal-Mart attempts to open an industrial loan corporation	11/02/06
Wal-Mart Television Ads Wal-Mart Television Ads	10/16/06
Store Wars: When Wal-Mart Comes to Town A look at the populist spirit that engulfs a small Virginia town when retail giant Wal-Mart comes knocking, blueprints in hand. The ensuing debate, which pits neighbor against neighbor, illustrates the struggle between conflicting versions of the American dream. A truly American story, Store Wars is about the right of a community to determine its own future.	07/01/06
Bruised in Bentonville (Fortune Magazine) For Wal-Mart, the customer has always been king. But lately the retailer has realized that it has other constituents--and some are mad as hell. Can the world’s biggest company adjust?	04/18/05
Inside the Leviathan (New York Times Review of Books) The New York Times Review of Books takes a look at Wal-Mart who has “grown into a business whose dominance of the corporate world rivals GM’s in its heyday.”	12/01/04
The Waltons: Inside America’s Richest Family (Fortune Magazine) Andy Serwer of Fortune Magazine provides insightful analysis of America’s richest family - the Waltons of Wal-Mart.	11/15/04
Everyday Low Wages: The Hidden Price We All Pay For Wal-Mart A 2004 report by Congressman George Miller finds that, “while charging low prices obviously has some consumer benefits, mounting evidence from across the country indicates that these benefits come at a steep price for American workers, U.S. labor laws, and community living standards.”	02/16/04
Is Wal-Mart Too Powerful? (BusinessWeek) Low prices are great. But Wal-Mart’s dominance creates problems—for suppliers, workers, communities, and even American culture.	10/06/03
The Wal-Mart You Don’t Know (Fast Company) The giant retailer’s low prices often come with a high cost. Wal-Mart’s relentless pressure can crush the companies it does business with and force them to send jobs overseas. Are we shopping our way straight to the unemployment line?	08/20/03