We+Have+no+name+bc+we+talk+2+much+(Against+Walmart)


 * www.asms.com. "Walmart History Timeline". 4/7/09.**

1. 1962 - Sam Walton opens the first Walmart in Rogers, Arkansas. - LO 2. 1972 - Walmart is approved and listed on the New York Stock Exchange. - LO 3. 1978 - Walmart takes over Hutcheson Shoe Company. - LO 4. 1978 - First pharmacy, auto service and jewelry department. - LO 5. 1979 - First total annual sales of $1 billion. - LO 6. 1983 - Took over all Woolco stores in the US. - LO 7. 1983 - First "people greeters". - LO 8. 1983 - First one-hour photo lab. - LO 9. 1988 - First Super Saver built. - LO 10. 1990 - Becomes the nation's number 1 retailer. - LO 11. 1991 - The first foreign Walmart is opened in Mexico City. - LO 12. 1992 - First Puerto Rican Walmart. - LO 13. 1992 - Sam Walton passes away. - LO 14. 1995 - Three Walmarts open in Argentina. - LO 15. 1996 - Listed on Toronto Stock Exchange. - LO 16. 1996 - First Chinese and Korean stores. - LO 17. 1997 - Becomes the nation's number 1 employer. - LO 18. 1997 - First $100 billion annual sales. - LO 19. 1997 - First OneSource nutrition center. - LO 20. 1998 - First German Walmart. - LO 21. 1998 - Contributes $102,000,000 to charities. - LO 22. 2002 - Launches Walmart.com. - LO 23. 2002 - First female CEO. - LO 24. 2002 - Biggest sales day in history, $1.43 billion on November 21. - LO 25. 2006 - The year ends with $349 billion in sales. - LO**
 * HISTORY OF WALMART


 * www.walmartmovie. com. "Statistics Used in Movie". 4/7/09**

26. Because of Walmart, retail wages drop $3 billion a year. - AP 27. In Alabama, 3,864 children of employees are enrolled in Medicaid. - AP 28. Every year taxpayers pay $1,557,000,000.00 to support Walmart employees. - AP 29. Walmart spends $7,000 on an Anti-Union Camera System per store. - AP 30. They spend $100,000 on a 24-hour Anti-Union Hotline. - AP 31. They spend $7,000,000 on an Anti-Union Crisis Response Team, which includes a private jet. - AP 32. In Colorado, they recently were sued for $50 million in a class action off the clock suit. - AP 33. It's estimated that in Texas alone, workers were cheated out of $150 million in unpaid wages. - AP 34. Right now, they face 31 lawsuits. - AP 35. Walmart is currently paying $11 million for knowingly using illegal immigrants as janitors. - AP 36. They face $1.6 million fines for discrimination against women charges. - LO 37. In the U.S., there are currently 26,699,678 square feet of unused and abandoned Walmarts. - AP 38. Walmart was fined $1 million dollars by the EPA in 2001 for clean water violations in Texas. - AP 39. Two years later, they were fined $3.1 million for the same reason. This was the largest fine ever given to a retailer for reasons of destroying the enviroment. - AP 40. Walmart imports $18 billion worth of products from China every year. - AP**
 * WALMART STATISTICS


 * www.mises.org. "The Ultimate Pro-Walmart Article." 4/7/09.

PRO WALMART FACTS 41. Walmart offers lots of products under one roof. -AP 42. Walmart provides jobs. - AP 43. Walmart trains workers for free. - AP 44. Walmart offers low prices so some people can afford things they wouldn't otherwise be able to afford. - AP 45. Walmart makes donations to the poor. - AP 46. Walmart (debatebly) improves the local economy. - AP 47. Walmart is helping improve the trade deficit with China. - AP 48. Walmart provides health care to people who can't afford it. - AP 49. Walmart does not overpay CEOs. - AP 50. Instead of overpaying CEOs, Walmart uses the money to better their stores. - AP**


 * www.wakeupwalmart.com. "Walmart Facts". 4/7/09.

ANTI WALMART FACTS 51. Most Walmart workers earn way below the poverty line. At an average rate of $8.23 an hour, they make about $13,861 annually. Anything below $14,630 is considered impoverished. -GT 52. A Walmart worker doesn't even earn enough to support a two person family. - GT 53. If Walmart increased in the price of every product in the store by only a half penny per dollar, they could pay each worker $1,800 more a year. - GT 54. The average Walmart worker works 8 - 12 unpaid hours a month. -GT 55. Walmart knowingly violates the Fair Labor Standards Act, but yet they do nothing to stop. - GT 56. Walmart's health care plan doesn't cover over 775,000 employees. - GT 57. Compared to other companies of their size, Walmart's health care plan is far less. - GT 58. Walmart's health care plan eligibility is very restrictive. - GT 59. The health care plans offered are too expensive for their employees to use. - GT 60. Even Walmart's CEO agrees that public health care is preferable to theirs. - GT 61. Between 2000 and 2005, their health care became 16% more expensive. - GT 62. Compared to its competitors, Walmart barely covers any employees. - GT 63. Their spending on health care is far below the industry standards. - GT 64. They only spend about 77 cents per hour per employee on health benefits. - GT 65. Walmart spends more on advertising than on health care. - GT 66. One sixth of Walmart's employees have no health insurance. - GT 67. Lots of tax payers' money goes to Walmart and its workers. - GT 68. As Walmart's executives' pay goes up, healthcare goes down. - GT 69. Tax dollars go to making Walmart bigger. - GT 70. When Walmart expands, their workers' wages go down. - GT 71. When Walmart moves into a community, it's the residents who pay for the growth, whether they wanted the store or not. - GT 72. Because of Walmart's low wages, the community suffers. - GT 73. Walmart hurts other businesses, especially small ones. - GT 74. They destroy the environment by not dealing with waste correctly. - GT 75. Traffic in towns with Walmarts is generally worse. - GT 76. Walmart once attempted to build a Super Center over a sacred Native Hawaiian burial ground, unearting 60 sets of human remains. -BW 77. Walmart tends to abandon stores without warning, leaving people jobless. - BW 78. Walmart buys 70% of its products in China. - BW 79. The products that Walmart buys in America are usually made in other foreign countries. -BW 80. The Chinese factory workers are treated badly. - BW 81. Workers in other foreign countries that work in Walmart sweat shops are often subject to physical abuse. - BW 82. Walmart does little to keep its workers safe. - BW 83. Arkansas says Walmart is the most aggressive company when it comes to dealing with worker complaints and accusations. - BW 84. Walmart offers no secure retirement plan. - BW 85. Although they make $11 billion a year, they share almost nothing with employees. - BW 86. They place retirement costs on communities. - BW 87. Walmart closes down any stores that try to form a union. - BW 88. Walmart actually has a handbook for managers on how to prevent unions. - BW 89. Walmart has an anti-union policy. - BW 90. Women are paid less and have less of a chance of promotions. - BW 91. Walmart goes against Child Labor Laws by letting minors overwork and work during school hours. They have also been sued for allowing minors to operate dangerous equipment. - BW 92. Walmart imports far more port containers than any other US company. - BW 93. Every 45 seconds, one of Walmart's containers arrives in the US. - BW 94. Since 9/11, only 5-6% of these containers are inspected on arrival. - BW 95. Walmart lobbies Congress members not to tighten port security. - BW 96. Walmart puts profit before American security. - BW 97. Walmart uses money and influence to lobby politicians. - BW 98. Walmart's lobbyists have close ties to the Department of Homeland Security. 99. Last year, Walmart face 76 lawsuits regarding wage. 100. Walmart claims they're a changed company, but the public hasn't see in it yet. - BW**