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I'm uncertain if this is the appropiate thread for this, and has little to do with Religion, but this DOES have to do with human rights, and I've had enough.

I work for Walmart Inc. Actually, I work at Sam's Club, a membership only subsidiary of Walmart. And I'm more than certain that several, if not all of you, know that Walmart treats their workers and employee's like crap.

Well let me tell you.

You have not heard wrong.

Over the school year, I ask for 20 hours a week, because I am in college, and require ample study time. But they schedule me for almost 30 hours!! On top of that, they change our schedules with out telling us!! If I remember correctly, once a schedule is posted, isn't it against the law to change it without the worker's permission??

But now that I'm out of school, I asked for more hours, so I can pay for school. And what happens?? They cut all the part-timers hours!! To 20 hours a week!! And why?! Because "Payroll is bad"!!

The Walmart "Empire" has enough money in it's reserves to give EVERYONE in the company at least a $1-2 raise, along with benefits. And they would STILL have over a BILLION dollars left over.

There was a store, somewhere up north, that had decided to start a Union. Do you know what happened??? Instead of giving the workers more money, they closed the store, and laid everyone off!! How can you treat your worker's that way?!

If you are willing, please sign the petition from Care2 at the following link.

Sign the petition!!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/154065406?ltl=1122486708

Thank you for your time, and signatures.

You misunderstand what I mean. The concern is not just MY own. If it was just about me, I'd cry like a three old in my bed. My point is that I'm not the only one going through this crap! There are hundreds, if not thousands of other Walmart employee's getting ill treatment. Even if I didn't work for Walmart, I would still be doing this! I merely used myself as an example because I've experienced the... Whats the word I'm looking for... bull s**t that Walmart is constantly dishing out.

By human rights, I mean the right for a Union if the employee's so call for it. I myself don't nescesarilly like Unions, but if there are employee's who wish to be in one, why deny them the right to do so??? It's not just my hours, its everyone's hours! Perhaps I didn't make that clear, for which I apologize. I understand that in the working world, I'll have to put up with a lot of s**t... but I shouldn't have to deal with the kind of crap that Walmart gives.

The Walton family is a bunch of tyrants. When Sam Walton died, back in 1992, he left equal shares of his wealth and his business to his wife and four children, leaving them to dominate the fourth to eigth slots on the top ten list or world's wealthiest people. Collectively, the Walton family owns over 100 billion dollars (twice as much as Bill Gates).

There has always been talk of horrible human rights around the Walmart company, but in recent years it has been getting worse. I read a newsaper article that said they were telling employees (at least in my area) to be ready to work any time, day or night, weekend or not, and that they could fire anyone for simply saying no.

In my small not-quite-mountain town Walmart wanted to move here, but the town commerce said no. If and when they do, practically every small business in my little town will go under. The town board kept making up excuses to keep Walmart away, and for a while it worked, but then one day, after hearing no word on the subject for a long time, I learned they're moving in right across the street from one of the grocery stores. The grocery store I work at, in fact. -_-;

All the corporation cares about is making money, and they'll do that in any way they can, no matter who they hurt along the way, as long as the superrich folks on top continue to get richer.

Personally, I don't think a petition will do a single thing. I doubt it will even make S. Robson Walton blink. That is, if the company execs even take it seriously enough to glance at it in the first place.

I feel that true action needs to be taken. I myself have taken place in pro-choise, anti-Bush and gay rights activist campaigns, and I've seen them make worlds more progress than a name on a slip of paper. If you want a starting point, I'd say start by boycotting the place. The less money you give the company is less money for the power hungry execs. Then start organising campaigns and protests. Just be careful though, if you take this route. In today's Republican dominated government, anything you do that stops a rich person from making money can land you in jail.

I have to agree with Chocolate here. Just quit. If you spend the time looking for other options, you'll find them.

So, its still not against rights or laws, if stores cant compete to bad for them, here there are lots of stores that compete with walmart, so I dont see why you cant find one there.

It's so funny. Were I live, is a nice little town, with relatively few "Super chain" stores. We have a Giant Eagle, a Starbucks, and a Bruger's. Other than that, all the other places are not anywhere near that Calibur.

There is a big lot of land, where a state mental institution used to be, they are planning to open a wal-mart there. The only thing I can foresee happening, is my town having only a Wal-mart, Giant Eagle, Bruger's and Starbucks. With all the other stores closed down.

Furthermore, there is a wal-mart, a mall, a sam's club, and a s**t load more, only twenty minutes away.

All in all, I hate wal-mart.

They may, however, cause towns to go into depression. Meaning, less money is being circulated in some area's. Meaning, worse economy overall (assuming other area money circulation stays the same). Meaning the value of the dollar decreases. Meaning we have to pay more to buy the "cheap" things. Worker's wages at wal-mart will thus increase, due to the rise in living expenses.

You see, such "lop-sided" competition can have drastic effects on the overall economy.

Well I'm not saying I like but Walmart does, and I dont like that they run the nice little shops out of buisness, but they arent goign against any rights, or laws, so you cant really do anything but boycott right? I myself am a protestor sweatdrop but I dont really have much against Wal-mart when I could be out gettign Nike or IAMS