Research Center: Health Care

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Lee Scott’s “The Company of the Future” Speech Lee Scott’s January 2008 speech to company suppliers.	01/24/08
What Do We Know About Wal-Mart? An Overview of Facts and Studies This report from the Brennan Center “is intended to help New Yorkers make informed policy decisions about economic development in their communities.”	01/14/08
Wal-Mart and Health Care: Condition Critical A report from the Center for a Changing Workforce on Wal-Mart’s insufficient health care policies.	01/14/08
A Handshake with Sam An agreement of shared principles offered in good faith to the executives and board members of Wal-Mart.	01/04/08
Out with the Old: Wal-Mart’s Year-Long Pursuit of a Younger, Cheaper Workforce In October, 2005, an internal memo to the Wal-Mart Board of Directors explained the corporation’s plans to scale back employee benefits and reduce health care coverage for its employees.Out With the Old examines how Wal-Mart has changed its health care system since then, and where it is headed.	01/04/08
Wal-Mart’s Worker Compensation Program How Wal-Mart’s Workers’ Compensation Practices Are Costing Its Workers, the States and Taxpayers	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
Discounting Rights: Wal-Mart’s Violation of US Workers’ Right to Freedom of Association Human Rights Watch’s first report on US-based labor violations, this report examines Wal-Mart’s systematic anti-union practices.	12/20/07
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
The Wal-Mart Tax: Shifting Health Care Costs to Taxpayers This report from the AFL-CIO examines Wal-Mart’s practice of shifting costs away from the company and on to taxpayers. “This abuse of poverty health care programs means Wal-Mart is directly contributing to the nation’s Medicaid crisis.”	12/19/07
Wal-Mart: An Example of Why Workers Remain Uninsured and Underinsured (AFL-CIO) This report from the AFL-CIO examines why fewer than half of Wal-Mart’s employees are insured under the company plan.	12/19/07
A Downward Push: The Impact of Wal-Mart Stores on Retail Wages and Benefits This study from U.C. Berkeley’s Center for Labor Research and Education examines Wal-Mart stores’ effect on local wages and employee benefits.	12/06/07
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 2007 Sustainability Report "We have found that there is no conflict between our business model of everyday low costs and everyday low prices and being a more sustainable business.”	11/19/07
Out with the Old—Wal-Mart’s Year-Long Pursuit of a Younger, Cheaper Workforce Wal-Mart Watch explores the changes made by Wal-Mart a year after the release of the controversial Chambers Memo.	10/30/06
Maryland Fair Share Health Care Legislation Examining Wal-Mart’s battle with the Maryland legislature over the Fair Share Health Care Bill	10/16/06
Handshake With Sam Research Documents Backup research documents for Wal-Mart Watch’s Handshake with Sam	10/13/06
Wal-Mart 2005 Annual Report Our fiscal year ending January 31, 2005 was another record year for Wal-Mart. We topped $10 billion in net income for the first time in our history and added almost $29 billion in sales.	02/05/06
Susan Chambers Memo On October 26, 2005 the New York Times reported a “secret” memo written by Susan Chambers, Wal-Mart Executive Vice President for Benefits, for the Wal-Mart Board of Directors.	10/26/05
Low Prices at What Cost? Wal-Mart Watch’s 2005 Annual Report Our look at some of the most important issues surrounding Wal-Mart’s business practices.	05/23/05