Wal-Mart has done it again. For the second year in a row, it won the annual "Grinch of the Year" award from Jobs With Justice.
The world's largest retailer beat U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld by more than 2-to-1. Wal-Mart got 52 percent of the 13,134 votes cast, while the DOD honcho garnered 24 percent.
WakeUpWalMart nominated the retail behemoth for "leading the global race to the bottom, boosting profits for its executives on the backs of its employees through low wages, insufficient healthcare, and discrimination," Jobs with Justice said.
"Given the competition from Rumsfeld and Verizon Wireless, Wal-Mart should be extremely satisfied to have won the 'Grinch of the Year' award," said JwJ Executive Director Fred Azcarate. "With no end in sight for their continued poor treatment of workers, the communities they live in, and the environment, we suspect that they'll go for a 3-peat next year."
The American Federation of Government Employees, the leading union for DOD workers, nominated Rumsfeld. President George W. Bush's Defense Secretary is vigorously pushing a Bush scheme to kill all worker rights and whistleblower protections for at least 600,000 civilian workers at his agency.
The Communications Workers of America nominated Verizon Wireless, for its widespread illegal anti-union tactics. It got 16 percent of the vote, while Bush himself garnered the bulk of the write-in votes, which accounted for 8 percent of the total.
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Wal-Mart has done it again. For the second year in a row, it won the annual “Grinch of the Year” award from Jobs With Justice.
The world’s largest retailer beat U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld by more than 2-to-1. Wal-Mart got 52 percent of the 13,134 votes cast, while the DOD honcho garnered 24 percent.
WakeUpWalMart nominated the retail behemoth for “leading the global race to the bottom, boosting profits for its executives on the backs of its employees through low wages, insufficient healthcare, and discrimination,” Jobs with Justice said.
“Given the competition from Rumsfeld and Verizon Wireless, Wal-Mart should be extremely satisfied to have won the ‘Grinch of the Year’ award,” said JwJ Executive Director Fred Azcarate. “With no end in sight for their continued poor treatment of workers, the communities they live in, and the environment, we suspect that they’ll go for a 3-peat next year.”
The American Federation of Government Employees, the leading union for DOD workers, nominated Rumsfeld. President George W. Bush’s Defense Secretary is vigorously pushing a Bush scheme to kill all worker rights and whistleblower protections for at least 600,000 civilian workers at his agency.
The Communications Workers of America nominated Verizon Wireless, for its widespread illegal anti-union tactics. It got 16 percent of the vote, while Bush himself garnered the bulk of the write-in votes, which accounted for 8 percent of the total.
Written by Press Associates, Inc., news service. Used by permission.
For more information
Visit the Jobs with Justice website, www.jwj.org