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Fri, 08/01/2008 - 10:51am — vastleft

Will Wal-Mart leave us alone?

How about if we go back go dissing unions as "special interests"?

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A "Nice" Reminder

By BDBlue on Fri, 08/01/2008 - 11:43am

that even if Walmart does better on some issues (like the environment), it still sucks on labor.

I'd be interested in seeing a study on whether Walmart has spent more fighting unions than unions would cost.

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"Do what you feel in your heart to be right -- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't. " - Eleanor Roosevelt

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Not on the environment

By Aeryl on Fri, 08/01/2008 - 12:04pm

I don't know if you've seen the doc Greenwald did on Wal-Mart, but they had a big segment on how Walmart isn't really that good on the environment(locally).

They leave their garden center fertilizers in the parking lot, with no cover, so they get rained on. Then the chems go into the runover and get drained into protected lakes and creeks, then they refuse to do anything about it.

Bill Clinton for First Dude!!!

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He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.
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Tasini: "Why Are Democrats Taking Money From Wal-Mart?"

By amberglow on Fri, 08/01/2008 - 12:14pm

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-t...

(chock-full of links to their misdeeds over the years)

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Hadn't Seen That, Aeryl

By BDBlue on Fri, 08/01/2008 - 12:27pm

Can't say I'm surprised. Walmart is all about the money. When it's about how the customers spend their money, Walmart is happy to go green. When it's about saving themselves money - through efficiency - Walmart is happy to go green. If it costs them money, like cleaning up fertilizer, then that's just a crazy radical idea.

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"Do what you feel in your heart to be right -- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't. " - Eleanor Roosevelt

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