For nearly two generations,no company has been worse than Walmart when it comes to suppressing the rights of workers to stand together on the jobAmericans are increasingly fed up with an economy that rewards wealth over work, a message that’s made it all the way to the top. That’s why when the White House hosts a Summit on Worker Voice on Wednesday to highlight the power of working people standing together to demand better jobs and better lives, and one notable corporation has been excluded – Walmart.
Walmart is the embodiment of our broken economic system. The company pays poverty wages,has discriminated against women and minorities, harms our environment, and wreaks havoc on the global supply chain and continues to lead a race to the bottom where workers are treated like numbers on a balance sheet instead of human beings with families to sustain. Walmart’s motto: “Save Money. Live Better” seems only to apply to its heirs,who maintain amassed more wealth than 42% of the poorest American families combined. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com