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On-line Resources for Wal-Mart http://ufcw7.org/Wal-Mart Watch.htm http://reclaimdemocracy.org/walmart Reports and Articles of Interest on Wal-Mart Walmart: An Example of Why Workers Remain Uninsured and Underinsured, CT AFL CIO, 10/2003. Everyday Low Wages: The Hidden Price we all Pay for Walmart. A report by the Democratic staff of the committee on education and the Workforce by US Representative George Miller (D-CA), 2/2004. Hidden Cost of Walmart Jobs. Use of Safety Net Programs by Walmart Workers in California. Arindrajit Dube, PhD, Ken Jacobs, UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education, 8/2004. Walmart: The Anatomy of a Bad Neighbor. Workers, Business and Society Suffer when a Walmart Comes to Town. Prepared by The office of Congressman Anthony D. Weiner, 12/2004. Major Users of State Provided Health Insurance Programs, Found on Walmart Watch. Wal-Mart's Pay Gap, detailing how Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott's Compensation is 871 times as high as U.S. Wal-Mart Workers, and 50,000 times as much as Chinese Workers, a report by The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), 4/2005. Articles of Interest about Wal-Mart Walmart Finds Big Apple Chilly Toward Big Box, Hartford Courant, 8/22/05. Walmart's Biggest Threat - Rising Costs. Reuters, 8/2005. Unions Go Abroad in Fight With Wal-Mart , LA Times, 8/2005. Investor's Business Daily, Wal-Mart Nation, 8/2005. Wal-Mart rings up trade-offs for Americans: In the debate on cheap labor and low prices, conflicted consumers try to balance value, values. By Lee Drutman / The Providence Journal Walmart Employees and Katrina at NPR website, type in Walmart in Search box. Click on the first article entitled "Firms Work to Locate and Pay Displaced Workers" for an audioblog on what companies are and are NOT doing for their workers. |