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The Summer 2006 WWA newsletter is now available. Inside three Wal-Mart worker's from Apopka share their stories of how speaking out through the Wal-Mart Worker's Association has led them to better treatment and a sense of power in the face of the world's biggest retailer. (Download newsletter)
Caving to pressure, Mayor Daley vetoed a big box ordinance that would have forced companies like Wal-Mart and Target to pay workers at least $10/hr plus benefits.
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Wal-Mart Defends Itself, This Time to Its Workers
Wednesday 16. of August 2006 Age: 3 yrs
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has spent the past year burnishing its public image in the face of slowing sales growth and amplified criticism from labor groups. Now, it is turning its attention inward.
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By: By Ylan Q. Mui and Amy Joyce of The Washington Post 16-08-06 13:22
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Wal-Mart raises entry pay
Tuesday 08. of August 2006 Age: 3 yrs
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6% hike not response to Chicago, firm says
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., under pressure nationally to boost pay for entry-level workers, said Monday it will raise starting wages by an average 6 percent at about one-third of its stores across the country, including stores in the Chicago area.The announcem...
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By: Sandra Jones of the Chicago Tribune 08-08-06 10:34
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Chicago Orders ‘Big Box’ Stores to Raise Wage
Thursday 27. of July 2006 Age: 3 yrs
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After months of fevered lobbying and bitter debate, the Chicago City Council passed a groundbreaking ordinance yesterday requiring “big box” stores, like Wal-Mart and Home Depot, to pay a minimum wage of $10 an hour by 2010, along with at least $3 an hour worth of benefits.
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By: Eric Eckholm of the New York Times 27-07-06 11:02
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Big box living wage ordinance passes in Chicago!
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City by City, an Antipoverty Group Plants Seeds of Change
Monday 26. of June 2006 Age: 3 yrs
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GARY, Ind. — The teller's eyes widened as a customer poured thousands of pennies onto the counter, an intentionally obnoxious way to pay a high heating bill. Still looming in line at the utility payment center, on a street of boarded-up buildings in this rusted city, were 10 more people carrying hef...
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By: ERIK ECKHOLM OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 26-06-06 12:20
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LaTrell Smith, 26, an Acorn member in Chicago, asked James Meadows to support a living-wage law.
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Push Is on for Higher Wal-Mart Wages
Friday 23. of June 2006 Age: 3 yrs
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CHICAGO — Opponents of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s expansion into inner cities are scoring early success with a new tactic, enlisting support for a proposed local ordinance requiring giant retailers to significantly raise the minimum wage and help pay for health benefits.
Advocates of the so-called l...
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By: Dave Carpenter of AP Business Writer 23-06-06 15:19
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Chicago Considers Mandatory Living Wage For Workers
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Poll: Make 'big boxes' toe wage line
Wednesday 21. of June 2006 Age: 3 yrs
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Chicagoans overwhelmingly favor wage and benefit standards for Wal-Mart and other "big-box" retailers, even if it places jobs at risk, according to a new poll commissioned by proponents to turn up the heat on the City Council.
Of the 500 registered voters surveyed last week, 84 percent want alder...
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By: Fran Speilan of the Chicago Sun Times 21-06-06 11:53
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Chicago residents want living wages for their Wal-Mart employees
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DeStefano Blasts Wal-Mart
Monday 05. of June 2006 Age: 3 yrs
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John DeStefano joined Wal-Mart worker Rosa Soto across the street -- OK, way across the street -- from the retail giant Wednesday to demand that it offer its workers better health care instead of sticking Connecticut with an annual $5.6 million bill.
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By: Paul Bass 05-06-06 11:30
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Study finds Wal-Mart Contributes to Poverty
Thursday 18. of May 2006 Age: 3 yrs
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A study focused on the effects of Wal-Mart stores on poverty rates found that an estimated 20,000 families nationwide have fallen below the official poverty line as a result of the chain's expansion.
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By: St. Louis Business Journal 18-05-06 16:09
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Wal-Mart, Analysts Appear To Differ On Co's Labor Plans
Tuesday 09. of May 2006 Age: 3 yrs
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NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) insists it doesn't haveformal plans to cut full-time jobs at its U.S. stores, but some Wall Streetanalysts appear to have reached a different conclusion.
Last week, Citigroup analyst Deborah Weinswig predicted in a 60-page researchreport that Wal...
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By: James Covert, Dow Jones Newswires 09-05-06 17:22
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TALES OF THE TAPE: Wal-Mart's Other Big Labor Problem
Tuesday 09. of May 2006 Age: 3 yrs
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NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) has taken plenty of heat over its wages and health benefits, but many employees say they've got an even bigger gripe with the world's largest retailer: their time sheets.
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By: James Covert of the Dow Jones Newswire 09-05-06 12:12
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