Don't Shop Wal-Mart

What does Wal-Mart cost you?
HEALTH CARE
Wal-Mart fails to provide health insurance to over half their employees. Who pays for it? We all do. Wal-Mart workers top Medicaid rolls in at least 16 states. Read more.
WOMEN
Wal-Mart is the subject of the largest class action lawsuit in history by current and former female employees who were paid and promoted at significantly lower rates than their male co-workers. Read more.
OUTSOURCING
If Wal-Mart were an independent nation, it would be China's eighth-largest trading partner. Is Wal-Mart trading away America's future to fatten its corporate bottom line? Read more.
LOCAL ECONOMIES
For every new Supercenter that Wal-Mart opens, two local supermarkets will close. How will this affect your town? Big box stores like Wal-Mart spend nearly four times less within local and state economies as local businesses do. Read more.
WORKERS
The average pay for a Wal-Mart sales associate is $1,000 below the poverty line for a family of three. Business as usual? Not necessarily. Retail rival Costco pays its workers 65% more on average than Wal-Mart, yet earns more profits per employee. Read more.
DISCRIMINATION
Two recent lawsuits by minority employees and customers have brought to light a disturbing pattern of racial discrimination by Wal-Mart. Read more.
UNCHECKED GROWTH
Think Wal-Marts are everywhere you turn today? Just wait five years. Wal-Mart plans to nearly double its retail outlets in the U.S. by 2010 and has already demonstrated its willingness to play hardball with anyone who stands in their way. Read more.