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:: Monday, December 08, 2003 ::
Wal-Mart's Big City Blues by Dan Levine, the Nation
Wal-Mart's vital statistics are remarkable. Annual sales ($244 billion) comparable to the gross domestic product of Austria. Plans to open a new Supercenter every two days. No unionized American workers.
The last bit is one of Wal-Mart's keys to profitability. By keeping wages close to subsistence level, the Arkansas-based retailer offers low prices that draw herds of gleeful shoppers away from the competition. Little wonder the company dispatches squads of unionbusters whenever its happy 'associates' breathe the phrase 'living wages.'------------------------------------------- posted 7:13 AM :: reference link ::
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