Walmart: Pay the Kids

[Omaha Steve]

Have you heard Wal-Mart's minimum wage in Mexico? $0 per hour.

Right now, 19,000 teens aged 14 to 16 work as grocery baggers at Wal-Mart stores in Mexico. These teenagers wear Wal-Mart uniforms and service Wal-Mart customers, but Wal-Mart doesn't pay them.

In order to sidestep international labor laws, Wal-Mart calls them "volunteers," and forces them to work only for tips.

Watch a short video about this unethical practice, and send a letter to Wal-Mart officials and the Mexican Labor Department:Wal-Mart is the world's largest retailer, and the largest private employer in Mexico. The retail giant earns more than a billion dollars a year in Mexico alone.

Wal-Mart could easily afford to pay these teens minimum wage -- which in Mexico is just $5 per day. But instead, Wal-Mart disgracefully takes advantage of local customs to exploit these youngsters.

This is just the latest example of Wal-Mart's constant attempts to avoid paying fair wages to its workers. The retail giant has a history of sweatshop labor in overseas factories that supply its merchandise. And because of its unfair labor practices, Wal-Mart currently has more than 80 wage and hour lawsuits pending in the United States.

Learn more about Wal-Mart's labor practices in Mexico, and tell Wal-Mart to stop taking advantage of its teenage baggers:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-kHy8WOKuI&eurl=http://action.walmartwatch.com/page/speakout/PayTheKids


http://action.walmartwatch.com/PayTheKids

As the world's largest company, Wal-Mart has a responsibility to set the standard for fair and humane business practices. Instead, it takes advantage of its workers every chance it gets.

Wal-Mart must stop exploiting its teenage grocery baggers and start using its size and influence to become a leader in corporate responsibility.

You can help make that happen:

http://action.walmartwatch.com/PayTheKids

Sincerely,

David Nassar
Wal-Mart Watch

Paid for by WalmartWatch.com, a campaign of Five Stones and The Center for Community and Corporate Ethics

[Crazy Dave]

1. Another reason we never shop at Wal-Mart

Never. No bullshit, no excuses, no "I only get my prescriptions there", we don't shop there period.

[LiberalFighter]

2. Make sure to put blame on Mexico's practices too. Mexico allows Wal-Mart.