Online Public Schools Are a Disaster, Admits Billionaire, Charter School-Promoter Walton Family Foundation

A new political strategy: throw online charters overboard to save the rest of the school privatization industry...
http://www.alternet.org/education/online-public-schools-are-disaster-admits-billionaire-charter-school-promoter-walton

Walmart to shut over 100 stores across the country

Walmart had to make the move because of lower earnings and increased competition from online retailers like Amazon.
https://youtu.be/VmHh61okgzY

Walmart Workers Escalate Thanksgiving Wage Protests With Weeks Of Fasting

Workers say they frequently share food in the breakroom to save their friends from going hungry despite recent improvements to ... Read more

Confessions of a Walmart Hitman • BRAVE NEW FILMS

Former Walmart executive blows the whistle on Walmart's mistreatment of workers. He recounts how he would watch Associates sit in the break room during their lunch hour without eating because they couldn't afford food. Walmart banned management from offering Associates any money to buy lunch. Walmart's corporate philosophy is to "do more with less" -they want the associates to do more, while Walmart pays them less. Employees were required to work "off the clock" -and shaving minutes from worker's timecards was a common way to steal wages and keep labor costs under control. Employees would be fired for mere SUSPICION of discussing unionization. Workers were terminated for the slightest offenses to create a culture of fear. To Walmart, Associates are nothing more than disposable people. SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1JUX3Xv WATCH THE FULL FILM FREE: http://bit.ly/walmart-movie
Interview:
https://youtu.be/1GBmvYvKN5Y

Wal-Mart to raise U.S. hourly workers' pay after criticism

CHICAGO — Wal-Mart Stores will begin paying all of its U.S. hourly workers at least $9 an hour by April and $10 an hour by next February, striking back at critics who say it underpays employees...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-news-bc-walmart19-20150219-story.html

The Ugly Walmart Truth: Some Managers Treat Workers Like Dirt

A manager comes forward to reveal the corporation’s abusive culture and the way it retaliates against workers organizing for change.
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Why one Walmart worker is on strike

Victoria Alvarez explains why she and other Walmart workers nationwide are striking today, despite Walmart's attempts at silencing them.
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Walmart Asks Employees To Donate Food To Help Feed Their Coworkers

Walmart workers at one of the low-wage retail giant's Oklahoma City locations are being asked to help keep each other fed ...  Read more

Walmart Lures Managers Into Making Political Contributions By Leveraging Charity For Needy Workers

"A coalition of groups is asking federal officials to investigate Walmart for misuse of a company charity set up to help its low-income workers. The company is using the charity to drum up contributions to the political action committee it uses to influence elections and curry favor with politicians, a scheme that violates the federal ban on corporate money going to PACs, according to a Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint the groups filed Monday..."
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My Personal Walmart Nightmare: You Won’t Believe What Life Is Like Working There

The president's visiting my store Friday. He won't see how I sleep on my son's floor and eat potato chips for lunch.

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