Haiti’s hunger, that burn in the belly that so many here feel, has become fiercer than ever in recent days as global food prices spiral out of reach, spiking as much as 45 percent since the end of 2006 and turning Haitian staples such as beans, corn and rice into closely guarded treasures.
Saint Louis Meriska’s [...]
Just last month, Keonna Yantize Williams pleaded guilty to theft of property and forgery, both class B felonies, under a plea agreement that got him 10 years in prison for his role in using forged checks to purchase a Sony Playstation 3 and a laptop at the Pleasant Grove Wal-Mart Supercenter in Rogers. Circuit Judge [...]
The Wal-Mart Way. Exploit everyone you can, wherever you can, every time you can.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Washington, D.C. - Wal-Mart Watch released a new digital video today to raise awareness about the nearly 20,000 teens who work without pay in Wal-Mart’s Mexican stores. To view the video, click here.
The unethical practice was brought to [...]
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From Plane to Soapbox via Taxi
Sitting in my room in a hotel in Entebbe. I lay in bed this morning and watched the sun rise through a bank of cumulus clouds over Lake Victoria before going back to sleep for another hour.
It’s the end of my gruelling three-week assignment and later today I’ll get [...]
What happens when Wal-Mart has completely destroyed Made In The U.S.A.?
Gary Weiss, Forbes
What troubles me about Wal-Mart’s India move concerns the potential for social disruption.
There are 12 million people working in retail in India, ranging from operators of boutiques to the fellows who sell “cold water” on the streets of Delhi. I think the water guy and the kid selling fresh coconut juice in [...]
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