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The Wal-Mart model is business based on sweatshop
labor and a lowering of labor standards. This is what makes their
low prices possible, while still maximizing their profits. Though
Wal-Mart has a code of conduct for its supply factories, there
are numerous cases of violations of those workers rights. Nor
are Wal-Mart's wrong-doings just limited to the violation of worker
and human rights; many are concerned with the environmental damage
it wreaks in its production, and its cost to taxpayers. Most importantly,
as the biggest company in the world, Wal-Mart sets the standards
for the whole industry, affecting millions of people world-wide.
On this page, you will find information on Wal-Mart's
use of sweatshop labor, its exploitation and discrimination of
women and how the Wal-Mart model lowers the standards for workers
all over the world. Get the latest news on Wal-Mart, information
about planned events, and how you can join this struggle.
Campaign for Labor Rights is part of the growing
movement against Wal-Mart and other companies that don't respect
human and worker rights. Wal-Mart may be powerful, but together
can we make the change.
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