Research Center: Fact Sheets

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Sacred Lands: Wal-Mart’s Relationship with Native Americans This Wal-Mart Watch fact sheet examines Wal-Mart’s relationship with Native Americans, both in its stores and in its development practices.	09/16/08
Wal-Mart’s New Health Plan: Medicaid In the most recent report from Policy Matters Ohio, Wal-Mart tops the list of Ohio employers with the most employees receiving government health care assistance.	09/04/08
Wal-Mart: Save Money, Bust Unions Wal-Mart is on the verge of closing a garage in Gatineau, Canada, which is close to unionizing. Read about the company’s long history of anti-union behavior in our new fact sheet.	08/13/08
Breaking from Tradition: The Unionization of Wal-Mart China A Wal-Mart Watch fact sheet on the unionized workers of Wal-Mart’s China stores.	04/08/08
U.S. and China Lose in Wal-Mart’s Global Economy Wal-Mart’s history of importing cheap goods from China and other countries, where labor costs are low and safety and environmental regulations are lax has a detrimental effect on the citizens of both the U.S. and China.	04/08/08
Rhetoric v. Reality: Wal-Mart’s 2007 Holiday Sales Despite some random, recent assertions that Wal-Mart is on the right track and may outperform Target for the 2007 holiday season, Wal-Mart’s business model remains unsustainable.	01/08/08
Is Wal-Mart Really A ‘Green’ Company? While Wal-Mart has taken some commendable steps forward during the past year, the company has a long way to go to reverse the damage it has inflicted and show it is serious about its environmental efforts.	01/04/08
The Wal-Mart Fake Blog Controversy: Anatomy of a Public Relations Disaster “Richard Edelman posted the apology in his blog yesterday afternoon, roughly a week after Wal-Mart Watch and BusinessWeek, in separate events, exposed the pair behind “Wal-Marting Across America” as Washington Post photographer Jim Thresher and freelance writer Laura St. Claire.”	01/03/08
Wal-Mart: Opposed to Country of Origin Labeling Wal-Mart, the largest grocer in the world, opposes legislation that would require food to be labeled with its country of origin.	01/03/08
Wal-Mart and Hazardous Waste Every Wal-Mart store uses and sells items with hazardous chemical ingredients. Wal-Mart is currently under investigation in California and Nevada for failing to dispose of these materials correctly.	01/03/08
Importing Danger: How Wal-Mart’s Massive Imports from China Threaten America’s Food Supply Wal-Mart imports the vast majority of the products it sells – including much of its food – from overseas, particularly China.	01/03/08
Wal-Mart’s Flat Same-Store Sales Wal-Mart’s dwindling same-store sales are about far more than the weather.	01/03/08
Consumer Safety at Wal-Mart As the world’s largest company and the nation’s leading grocer, Wal-Mart’s actions have a tremendous impact on the health and safety of Americans.	01/03/08
Wal-Mart’s Stalled GLBT Policies Information on Wal-Mart’s health benefits, discrimination policy and corporate behavior towards gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered employees.	01/03/08
Wal-Mart’s Global Labor Violations Over the past few years, the retailer has accumulated a bevy of sweatshops to produce cheap goods at the cost of exploited labor.	01/03/08
Congressional Toy Safety Hearings: Where’s Wal-Mart? As Congressional hearings commence to investigate the dangerous Chinese toy recalls, the House and Senate are calling some of the industry’s largest players to testify about their roles in the process.	01/03/08
Wal-Mart’s Wage and Hour Violations Wal-Mart is currently facing more than 80 lawsuits at various stages of the legal process. The potential financial impact of these cases and those still to come are massive, even for a behemoth such as Wal-Mart.	01/03/08
Cutting Corners: Wal-Mart’s “Improved” 2008 Health Care Offering Falls Short Despite widespread criticism of the strategy outlined in her memo and Wal-Mart’s denial of plans to implement such a strategy, Wal-Mart is following Susan Chambers’ advice.	01/03/08
UNFAIR: Wal-Mart Leaves Employees to Rely on Taxpayer Programs for Health Care Wal-Mart is the largest private employer in the United States, with over 1.3 million “associates,” yet the company’s health insurancefails to cover over half of its employees.	02/20/06