Press Releases
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Q2 Earning Show Walmart Loosing Its Edge
August 17, 2011
For Immediate Release: August 16, 2011 CONTACT: press@walmartwatch.org With U.S. Business Suffering, Company Turns To Foreign Markets To Prop Up Profits Walmart Watch spokesperson Andy McDonald issued the following statement today about Walmart’s Q2 earnings report, which showed Walmart’s profits were driven primarily by lower taxes and favorable foreign currency adjustments, not sales in the [...]
Walmart Associates Launch New Effort Asking for Respect, Call on Executives at Walmart Corporate Headquarters
June 16, 2011
For Immediate Release June 16, 2011 press@walmartwatch.org New Associate-led effort seeks to improve lives of Walmart Associates, Improve Walmart Stores Washington, DC—Hundreds of Walmart Associates today traveled to the company’s corporate headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas to call directly on Walmart executives to show respect for all employees. The effort was part of a new Associate-led [...]
Research on Walmart’s Political Contributions Shows Conflict Between Walmart’s Words & Priorities
June 1, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: press@walmartwatch.org Despite attempt to moderate image, company keeps donations flowing to conservative candidates. WASHINGTON—With a vote on political contributions disclosure planned for this Friday’s Walmart annual shareholders meeting, Walmart Watch today released new research on Walmart’s political giving—revealing a contrast between the company’s stated political priorities and the candidates the company [...]
Walmart Watch Statement on Justice Scalia’s Refusal to Recuse Self from Dukes Case
March 29, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: press@walmartwatch.org Walmart Watch issued the following statement in response to this morning’s U.S. Supreme Court proceedings in considering the class action merits of the Dukes v. Walmart Stores case: “This morning’s oral arguments before the Supreme Court are yet another reminder of the challenges many workers, especially women, face in ensuring [...]
Walmart Watch Launches New Website, Reinvigorates Program
January 20, 2011
Walmart Watch, a program seeking to hold Walmart fully accountable for its impact on communities, the American workforce, the retail sector, the environment and the nation’s economy, launched a new website today amid growing nationwide concern about the future of the American economy. Walmart Watch exists to challenge Walmart to more fully embrace its corporate [...]
