Wal-Mart: Poster Store for Greed

http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/05/02/wal-mart-poster-store-for-greed/

by Tula Connell, May 2, 2008

One of the first things that comes to mind when thinking about Wal-Mart is the mega-retailer’s shoddy treatment of workers, including its sorry job safety record.



Over the years, Wal-Mart has been fined for blocking emergency exits, and so endangering workers, and for several years, implemented a “lock-in” policy at night so no one could enter or leave the building, leaving workers inside trapped.

But while Wal-Mart may not always follow federal job safety and health laws, the $315-billion-a-year corporate behemoth never would turn down the opportunity to make a buck. Even if that means selling posters that highlight federal and state labor laws.

Like workplace safety and health.

Several click-able links in story.

Chinese industrialists and financiers who signed on to the global fascist agenda in the 70s.

The folks in Bentonville don't want a business with a Sam's Club card to go anywhere else for anything, and every business must display these signs.

Wal-Mart has these signs posted too. They just don't read them all that often.