Wal-Mart has become much more than just a small corner store in rural America. In the past 10 years, Wal-Mart has grown into the largest retailer in the world -- number 1 among the Fortune 500 -- and is America's largest employer. With more than 1.4 million employees and billions in profits, Wal-Mart is a giant company with giant responsibilities. First and foremost, Wal-Mart has a responsibility to all Americans to set the standard for customers, workers and communities, and to help build a better America.

The truth is that Wal-Mart has let America down by lowering wages, forcing good paying American jobs overseas, and cutting costs with total disregard for the values that have made this nation great. Wal-Mart has needlessly exploited illegal immigrants, faces the largest gender discrimination lawsuit in history, forced workers to work in an unsafe environment, and broken child labor laws.

America's largest employer must reflect America's values. But, Bentonville will never change on its own, not unless we stand together and challenge Walmart to change.

Together, we can change Walmart and change America for the better.

 

The UFCW is one of the most progressive unions leading the fight to build worker power in our workplaces, communities and the political and legislative arenas to insure that workers and their families participate fully in the rewards of the economy they help sustain. Organizers play an effective role by engaging workers to take action to win a voice in the workplace. The Organizer will probe and start organizing programs, develop worker committees and conduct house calls to workers. The Organizer will learn how to engage non-union workers in campaigns with members, the community, political allies and other constituents as well as learn how to mentor and train new and less experience organizers.

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