- Wal-mart Protest - http://comp.uark.edu/~scummin/psa/walmart.html
Information from the Progressive Student Association of the University of Arkansas, which is protesting an annual shareholders' meeting held on the Fayetteville campus. Includes list of alleged unfair labor practices and links to related websites.
- Whirl-Mart - http://www.breathingplanet.net/whirl/
Documents and sponsors performance art ritual during which a group gathers and silently pushes empty carts through the aisles of a superstore.
- NPR : The Marketplace Report: Breaking Wal-Mart's Toy Grip - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1672389
NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Marketplace New York bureau chief Bob Moon about recent trends in the toy industry. Some toy makers are negotiating exclusive sales deals with retailers such as Toys-R-Us to break the low-price grip of Wal-Mart.
- NPR : The Power of Wal-Mart - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1837340
Last week, voters in a California community said no to a superstore in their neighborhood. Join NPR's Neal Conan and his guests to review the pros and cons of Wal-Mart and what it all means for the retailer's future. [48-minute Realaudio streaming broadcast]
- Frontline on PBS : Is Wal-Mart Good For America? - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/
While some economists credit Wal-Mart's focus on low costs with helping contain U.S. inflation, others charge that the company is the main force driving an overseas shift to China in the production of American consumer goods. [Streaming video available to view the hour-long TV report]
- Tell Wal-Mart Enough is Enough - http://action.americanrightsatwork.org/campaign/walmart2005?
An online petition demanding Wal-Mart to stop obstructing unionization activities, and closing stores when their workers decide to start a union there.
- Friends Of The Anclote River - http://www.friendsoftheancloteriver.com/
A group of concerned citizens aiming to preserve the Anclote River in Florida, and opposing a 24-hour Wal-Mart Supercenter from opening there.
- Westbrook Our Home - http://westbrookourhome.com/
Documents local activities concerning commmunity development and opposing the placement of a Wal-Mart supercenter in a local neighborhood in Maine.
- Boycott Wal-Mart - http://www.1worldcommunication.org/Walmart.htm
Opposition to Wal-Mart's overworking and underpaying garment workers in Bangladesh, under near slave-labor conditions and no overtime or benefits.
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