Resolutions Be it resolved that:

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ResolutionsBe it resolved that

• The company pays fair wages
  to employees and fair prices to suppliers of
  goods.

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PRO
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Fair Wages

• National minimum wage is only 5.15 per hour
  (www.dol.gov).
• The national average wage for full-time Wal-Mart
  employees is 10.11/hour (www.walmartfacts.com).
• Wal-Mart wages also reflects the cost of living
  in particular regions.
• Higher wages in urban areas where there are
  greater expenses
• Wages alone prove that Wal-Mart provides fair
  wages

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Wal-Mart Healthcare and Benefits

• Wal-Mart offers a medical plan
• Pays for 2/3 of employees benefits.
• Wal-Mart offers an educational opportunities
  program
• Reimbursement for completion of GED.
• Wal-Mart offers a family care program.
• Discounted child care and free professional
  counseling.

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Jobs Market

• Wal-Marts provide jobs for many
• New and more Wal-Marts more jobs for those
  communities

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Jobs for Everyone

• Leading employer of Hispanic Americans, with more
  than 139,000 Hispanic associates

• Leading employers of African Americans, with more
  than 208,000 African-American associates.

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Also

• More than 220,000 of their associates are 55 or
  older.  They employ more than 775,000 women.

Also new jobs for suppliers from other parts of
the world.
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OVERSEAS

• Wal-Mart holds a positive reputation among their
  suppliers here in the United States and overseas.
  A Wal-Mart's study found that Wal-Mart has a
  largely positive effect on Americans' lives, and
  that its low prices give consumers more buying
  power by holding down prices throughout the
  economy.

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• Global Insight found that Wal-Mart's presence
  holds down prices of consumer goods in the U.S.
  by 3.1 percent. The effect is both direct,
  Wal-Mart's own low prices, and indirect,
  suppliers and rivals reduce their prices to sell
  to or compete with Wal-Mart. The report says
  that on average Americans that shopped at Wal-
  Mart saved 118 billion in 2004, or 402 per
  person, thanks to Wal-Mart.

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• The reason we are able to benefit from the low
  prices of Wal-Mart is largely because of the
  overseas suppliers. It costs less for certain
  goods to be manufactured overseas and that allows
  for the lower prices here at home. We are able
  to benefit from that directly.

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• To date, we have cooperated with about 20,000
  suppliers in China. We ranked No.1 Good
  Credibility and Accurate and Prompt Payment for
  several years in a row by China Chain Store
  Franchise Association and the Department of
  Enterprise Consultation Service of International
  Business Machine China Co. Ltd. (formerly
  Pricewater House Coopers Co. Ltd.). We always
  treat our suppliers as partners and grow with
  them.
• Reference almart/index.htm

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Wal-Mart will continue to expand investment and
cooperation in China and contribute to the
economic development through the following
aspectsIncrease procurement and support export
of Chinese products to other countries in the
worldIncrease investment in China, especially
in the west parts of China, to response to the
governmental policy of "Developing the West"
Create more employment opportunities and
generate more taxes to benefit local
economyWork closely with consumer goods
manufacturers, share our information and
resources, and support manufacturing enterprises
to improve production, technology and management
skillsIntroduce our advanced retailing
techniques and experience to promote the Chinese
retail industry standard and development.  
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• You can see Wal-Mart is greatly concerned about
  their suppliers and the relationship and standing
  that they hold. They continually strive to keep
  that relationship/partnership positive.

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CON
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Wal-Mart Wages

• A considerable number of employees earn far below
  the poverty line.
• In 2001, a sales associate earned an average of
  8.23 an hour, earning 13,861 yearly. The
  poverty line for a family of 3 in 2001 was
  14,630.
• Cashiers earn approximately 7.92 per hour at 29
  hours a week. This brings the annual wages to
  11,948. (2003)
• Wal-Mart associates dont earn enough to support
  a family In 1999, the average budget for a
  two-person family was 23,705as compared to an
  employees earned average of about 13,861.
• Wal-Mart can afford a wage increase for its
  employees a dollar an hour increase in pay could
  be provided by raising prices a half a penny per
  dollarthis would result in about 1,800 more a
  year for an employee.
• Community Impactlower wages means less money
  going into the community and contributing to
  other wage and income decline.
• According to a 2003 National Labor Committee
  report a Honduran worker sews clothing for
  Wal-Mart at a rate of 43 cents per hour. After
  spending money on daily meals and transportation
  to work, the average worker is left with around
  80 cents a day to pay for rent, bills, childcare,
  school costs, medicines, emergencies, and other
  expenses.

Kristen Carty
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Unpaid Overtime

• Wal-Mart forces employees to work off-the-clock
• In their 2005 Annual Report, Wal-Mart faced 44
  wage and hour lawsuits
• Wal-Mart was recently ordered by courts to pay up
  to 120 workers in New Mexico, and 400 workers in
  Oregon for violating wage and hour laws.
• Wal-Mart violates the Fair Labor Standards Act
  One week of time records from 25,000 employees
  in July 2000 found 1,371 instances of minors
  working too late, during school hours, or for too
  many hours in a day.
• There were 60,767 missed breaks and 15,705 lost
  meal times. Steven Greenhouse, Suits Say
  Wal-Mart Forces Workers to Toil Off the Clock,
  New York Times, A1, 6/25/02
• In 2002, a federal jury found that Wal-Mart
  employees in Oregon were forced to work overtime
  without pay. 83 of these workers were entitled
  to back pay, and lawsuits just like these are
  pending in 28 states. (christianitytoday.com)

Kristen Carty
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Unions

• Across the country, workers have launched a
  massive drive to organize a union at Wal-Mart,
  demanding better wages and working conditions.
• Employees at more than 100 stores in 25 states
  are currently trying to unionize the company.
• Wal-Mart has responded to the union drive by
  trying to stop workers from organizing --
  sometimes in violation of federal labor law.
• In 10 separate cases, the National Labor
  Relations Board has ruled that Wal-Mart
  repeatedly broke the law by interrogating
  workers, confiscating union literature, and
  firing union supporters. (www.motherjones.com)

Kristen Carty
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Health Care Benefits

• Wal-Marts Health Care Plan Fails to Cover Over
  600,000 Employees
• Wal-Mart reports that its health insurance only
  covers 48 of their employees. Wal-Mart has
  approximately 1.3 million US employees.
• Part-timersanybody below 34 hours a week must
  wait 2 years before they can enroll. Moreover,
  part-time employees are ineligible for family
  health care coverage. Full-time hourly employees
  must wait 180 days (approximately 6 months)
  before being able to enroll in Wal-Marts health
  insurance plan. Managers have no waiting period.
  (Wal-Mart 2005 Associate Guide)

Holly . Phillips
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• Despite 10 billion in profits, President and CEO
  Lee Scott said, "In some of our states, the
  public program may actually be a better value -
  with relatively high income limits to qualify,
  and low premiums." (Transcript Lee Scott Speech
  4/5/05)
• In 2003, Wal-Mart spent 1.4 billion on its
  health insurance. This amounts to an employer
  contribution of around only 0.75 an hour per
  employee. This accounts for approximately a
  half-percent of Wal-Mart's 259 billion in sales
  in 2003. (Wal-Mart 5500 Filings, Wal-Mart Annual
  Report).

Holly Phillips
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Non-Health Care benefits

• Wal-Mart sponsors two retirement plans a profit
  sharing plan and 401(k) plan neither of which
  guarantee workers a fixed monthly pension
  benefit.
• Wal-Mart has shifted risks to employees by
  concentrating investment in its own stock.
  Wal-Mart fails to provide a secure retirement
  benefit for its employees.
• From January 2000 to January 2005, the average
  adjusted share price of Wal-Marts stock lost
  more than a fifth of its value.,
• Wal-Mart's retirement plans are Enron-like -- in
  2003, 67 of their combined assets were invested
  in Wal-Mart stock.
• Wal-Mart has stated that it has contributed
  around 4 percent of its earnings to its combined
  profit sharing and 401(k) accounts. For 2003,
  this would come out to a 302 a year contribution
  per employee.

Holly Phillips
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JOBS MARKET

• Wal-Mart taking other jobs and business
• Every Wal-Mart opened it creates 150 to 350 new
  jobs, but puts out 53 to 253 existing jobs, for a
  net gain of 97 new jobs
• But, new employees are dealing with decrease in
  wage with few benefits
• Suppliers of goods are loosing employees
• Suppliers of goods are loosing business (moving
  to China)
• Reference Abigail, Goldman, Cleeland, Nancy.
  (2003). Wal-Mart Effect An Empire Built on
  Bargains Remakes the Working World. Los Angeles
  Times, A.1.

Gaby Millan
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Jobs/Suppliers of Goods

• Suppliers are not gaining anything from Wal-Mart
  being the number one retailer
• American consumers are the reason why Wal-Mart
  has its power because they are demanding and
  Wal-Mart is supplying
• Suppliers have no choice but to supply to
  Wal-Mart due to being 1 retail store or else
  they lose their business as well, Who else are
  they going to sell to?
• We American consumers are responsible for the
  crisis in wages and lost of well managed
  businesses that existed before Wal-Mart
• Reference Smith, Hedrick. (Producer), Young,
  Rick. (Director). (2004). Is Wal-Mart good for
  America? Motion picture. Alexandria, Va. PBS
  video.

Gaby Millan
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Wal-Mart job opportunities come with
problems..SEX DISCRIMINATION
Reference http//www.cmht.com/pdfs/cwwalmart3.pdf
Gaby Millan
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You still dont believe it
Reference Reference http//www.cmht.com/pdfs/cww
almart3.pdf
Gaby Millan
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Wal-Mart U.S. Store SaturationProblem is only
rising
Reference http//www.windwhip.net/walmart/walmar
t_store_saturation_US.gif
Gaby Millan
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Overseas

• Wal-Mart co-determines the price of a product
  from a company.
• Rubbermaid, Levi Strauss, General Electric,
  Masterlock, and Dial Soap
• More than 1 million manufacturing jobs have been
  lost since 2000.

Reference Freeman, R. , Tichnor, A.  (2003,
November 14).  Wal-Mart is Not a Business, ts
an Economic Disease Electronic version. 
Executive Intelligence  Review.
Amanda Camp
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INQUISITORS