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We need you to help educate our community about the Wake-Up Wal-Mart campaign!

Kentucky Jobs with Justice and UFCW Local 227 are working together in hopes of building the Wake-Up Wal-Mart community. We know you and your group are concerned with issues of social justice. This is not a company with 25,000 employees, but is America's largest employer with over 1.3 million workers. Will you join us in learning more about the devastating impact of this immense corporation on our communities? For more information contact KY JwJ at 502-625-3724, kyjwj@kyjwj.org or Chris Sanders, UFCW at 502-582-3508



Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

Jobs with Justice is part of the huge, national alliance supporting Robert Greenwald's upcoming documentary; "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price". The film is a poignant, visual example of the affects Wal-Mart has on our country, our families, our economy and our future- and it needs to be seen. This film will educate, inspire and motivate viewers and with your help, it will be an important part of the campaign to make Wal-Mart a better company. But the film alone cannot create change - we need you. This film can be a great tool in your own local organizing efforts to stop corporate greed at Wal-Mart. Please follow the links below to learn more about how you can help:

SIGN UP today to host a screening at http://www.walmartmovie.com/host.php?track=jwj
PRE-ORDER the DVD at http://www.walmartmovie.com/watch.php?track=jwj
RSVP to attend a screening in your neighborhood at http://www.walmartmovie.com/rsvp.php?track=jwj There are numerous screenings across Kentucky during the premiere week.

Not convinced? Wal-Mart spends nearly $4 million a day telling their story. For a little more than $100 the film's producers created the "Wal-Mart ads" here http://www.walmartmovie.com/wmtv/?track=jwj to tell a different story. Send it to your friends, to those who agree that Wal-mart needs to change, and those who don’t agree. Whether we agree or not, we can still have fun!


Wal-Mart Memo Leaked

On October 26th, the New York Times revealed a top secret Wal-Mart memo exposing Wal-Mart at its absolute worst. In addition, the memo proves what a farce Wal-Mart's past two days of "vision speeches" have been. Wal-Mart's CEO had the gall to come out this week and try to paint Wal-Mart as a company making big changes. But today's memo proves Wal-Mart's announcements are nothing more than a publicity stunt by exposing the truth behind Wal-Mart's culture of greed and moral corruption.

The memo, written by Susan Chambers, Executive VP for Benefits, robs Wal-Mart workers of their human dignity and instead treats them like the products in their stores. It is simply appalling that Wal-Mart's senior management would actually write a memo suggesting not to hire certain workers because they may be unhealthy or obese.

You can read the entire New York Times article and the actual Wal-Mart memo here:

New York Times article Wal-Mart Memo

Most startlingly, the memo admits, for the first time, that there is a Wal-Mart health care crisis in America.

The memo specifically states: "...our critics are correct in some of their observations. Specifically, our coverage is expensive for low-income families, and Wal-Mart has a significant percentage of associates and their children on public assistance."

In fact, Wal-Mart revealed 46% of the children of Wal-Mart employees are either uninsured or on taxpayer funded public health care programs. No wonder Wal-Mart so vehemently opposes legislators’ efforts to expose the truth about the true cost of the Wal-Mart economy. It is inexcusable and unconscionable for a company, with $10 billion in profits, to know 1 out of every 2 of their employees’ children has no health care or is forced to rely on our public safety net and do nothing about it.

The key question becomes: What else does Wal-Mart know and when will they reveal it? Wal-Mart’s great American deception of the past two days will not stand and Lee Scott ought to be ashamed of himself for perpetuating such a fraudulent image to the American people.

Thank you for all you continue to do to change Wal-Mart,

Paul Blank
WakeUpWalMart.com
P.S. The moral corruption does not stop and start with this memo. Wal-Mart also gave Rep. Tom DeLay $5,000 two days after he was indicted for his part in a money laundering scandal. If you haven't signed our petition yet or forwarded it to a friend, please do so now: http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/feature/delay


"Why She's Protesting Wal-Mart"

Check out the Courier-Journal editorial by Attica Scott, KY JwJ Organizer.

Learn more about how Wal-Mart is hurting working families at Walmartwatch.com




So, what we are going to do about it? How can we hold Wal-Mart accountable? How can you and your group get involved?

For more information, go to www.WakeUpWalMart.com .

For a good laugh, go to: Wal-Mart heiress returns USC diploma after cheating report


   

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