Take action now and sign the petition to Wal-Mart's CEO!
The world’s largest corporation is choosing to destroy the livelihoods of nearly 200 working families rather than accept a fair and impartial agreement defining workers wages and benefits.
Wal-Mart announced, yesterday, it was shutting down the store where workers had unionized six months earlier to have a voice on the job. Workers at the Jonquiere, Quebec store had been in negotiations with Wal-Mart the last several months, attempting to reach a fair agreement on wages and benefits. The company pulled the plug on the store when the workers appealed to the Quebec Labor Ministry to initiate a process that would establish a wage and benefit settlement
An Associated Press story put it this way: As Union [Workers] Near Win, Wal-Mart Closes Store (February 10, 2005).
The message from the world’s largest and wealthiest corporation to consumers, communities and workers worldwide is clear: Wal-Mart would rather close stores, eliminate worker’s jobs and make the entire community suffer, rather than reach an agreement with workers for fair wages and benefits.
We need your help today. Please sign our petition to Wal-Mart’s CEO Lee Scott. Tell Mr. Scott to respect workers. Wal-Mart can’t shut down stores because it doesn’t want workers to be paid fairly.
This is not just a fight for Wal-Mart workers. With Wal-Mart’s unprecedented size and growth--$280 billion in revenues last year—we realize we are fighting for everyone. But we cannot win this fight alone.
Wal-Mart is too big, the company has more than $9 billion in profits and the management is hell bent on world-domination. But, we have a secret weapon. We have something their billions of dollars cannot buy. We have the people.
Together, we have the power to stop the largest, greediest corporation in the world. We are their consumers and we can make a difference. Sign our petition today and tell Wal-Mart to open its doors to fairness.
The battle over Wal-Mart is a struggle for the kind of society we want to live in. Entire towns shut when Wal-Mart moves in. Mom and pop stores disappear. Health care costs are skyrocketing because Wal-Mart shifts its costs to communities and taxpayers. And Wal-Mart pressure forces manufactures to ship jobs overseas.
You can stop Wal-Mart.
Click here to take action now and sign the petition to Wal-Mart's CEO!
Posted by UFCW 227 at February 11, 2005 02:06 PM