Articles, Studies and Resources on Wal-Mart

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3. Related Articles of Interest
4. Studies and Reports on Wal-Mart and Big Boxes
5. Internal Company Documents on Stopping Unions
6. Community Organizations Fighting Wal-Mart
7. Books, Films and Music on Wal-Mart
8. Anti-Walmart, Pro-Walmart and Informational Website Links
9. Wal-Mart Stores by State

 

Introduction

ReclaimDemocracy.org is devoted to restoring citizen authority over corporations, rather than repeatedly fighting harms caused by individual corporations. So why do we compile such a vast collection of information on one company and assist communities resisting its power? Simply because Wal-Mart is perhaps the most visible symptom of the disease -- runaway corporate power -- that we work to cure, and a magnet for citizens who we hope will go on to address structural problems.

We use Wal-Mart as an entry point for deepening readers' awareness of systemic problems and -- most importantly -- pro-active solutions. We selectively archive articles we believe will be of lasting interest, including many that are pro-chain or otherwise oppose our positions. If you seek daily news or commentary on Wal-Mart, see our links page for sites providing that.

Our work related to Wal-Mart includes:
* revoking corporations' power to override local decision-making authority;
* agitating for enforcement of laws that protect workers' rights and safety;
* stopping massive subsidies that flow to major corporate chains, unfairly handicapping independent businesses and precluding true market competition

Our pages on Corporate Personhood, Corporate Accountability and Independent Business offer a wealth of related information.

Articles on Wal-Mart and Big Box Stores: 2007-08

Sept 2008	Walmart's Exploding Gas Can Problem (video clip from "60 Minutes")
July 2008	Walmart's Own Audit Documented Constant Violation of Labor Laws (Arkansas Business)
July 2008	Court Finds Wal-Mart Repeatedly and Willfully Violated Minnesota Labor Laws (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
June 2008	Union-Backed Wal-Mart Critics Soften Message (NY Times)
Apr 2008	Sweatshops: An Inside View (Washington Monthly)
Mar 2008	Interview with Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott on the corporation's environmental initiatives and PR campaign (Wall St. Journal)
Jan 2008	As Wal-Mart Board Member, Hillary Clinton Raised No Objections to Union-Busting (ABC News)
Jan 2008	Court Upholds North Carolina's Clampdown on Wal-Mart Tax Evasion Scheme (Raleigh News Observer)
Nov 2007	Subrogation Clause in Wal-Mart Insurance Policy Leaves Accident Victims Desperate (Wall St. Journal)
Nov 2007	Wal-Mart Sustainability Report (pdf) (Wal-Mart Corporation)
Nov 2007	Shell Corporations Used to Evade State Taxes (Wall St. Journal)
Nov 2007	Wal-Mart Improves Employee Health Plans (NY Times)
Oct 2007	Wal-Mart Increases Investment...in Politicians (Business Week)
Oct 2007	Inside Wal-Mart's Bid To Slash State Taxes (Wall St. Journal)
Oct 2007	Wal-Mart Routinely Challenges Tax Assessments (NY Times)
Oct 2007	Wal-Mart Era Wanes (Wall St. Journal)
Sep 2007	Crime Pays for Wal-Mart (Las Vegas Sun)
Sep 2007	The Distribution Trap (Wall St. Journal)
Sep 2007	Wal-Mart’s Sustainability Initiative: A Civil Society Critique (43 pp pdf)
Aug 2007	Wisconsin Seeks Back Taxes from Wal-Mart, Alleges Illegal Tax Evasion (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
Aug 2007	Werbach and Wal-Mart (Fast Company)
Aug 2007	Wal-Mart Eyes Smaller and Higher-End Stores (Wall St. Journal)
Jun 2007	Legislators Aim for Big Boxes (Wall St. Journal)
Jun 2007	'Green' Wal-Mart: an Oxymoron? (Washington Post Writers Group)
Jun 2007	Wal-Mart Takes Back Door to Enter Banking Business (NY Times)
May 2007	Wal-Mart Seeks to Overturn Tucson Law (Arizona Star)
May 2007	Reviewing Candidate Clinton's History with Wal-Mart (LA Times)
May 2007	Discounting Rights: (a critical report on Wal-Mart from Human Rights Watch)
Apr 2007	Boxed in by Big Box Battle (Village Soup)
Apr 2007	The Danger of Doing Business with Wal-Mart (Forbes)
Apr 2007	Wal-Mart's Growth Formula Has Stopped Working (Business Week)
Apr 2007	Wal-Mart and Organics: Big Promises, Little Delivery (Business Week)
Apr 2007	Heber, Utah Wal-Mart Battle Goes to Ballot (Deseret News)
Apr 2007	Big Tax Breaks for Big Boxes (Syracuse Post Standard)
Apr 2007	Inside Wal-Mart's 'Threat Research' Operation (Wall St. Journal)
Mar 2007	An Interview with Lee Scott (Business Week)
Mar 2007	Big-box Retailing Is Intrinsically Unsustainable (Grist Magazine)
Mar 2007	Selling Wal-Mart (The New Yorker)
Mar 2007	Wal-Mart Abandons Bank Plans  (ReclaimDemocracy.org)
Mar 2007	Wal-Mart Is Said to Have Big Banking Plans (Leaked email contradicts corporation's claims to FDIC), (NY Times)
Feb 2007	Wal-Mart Rejects Subsidy for Cleveland Store (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Feb 2007	Wal-Mart: Always Low Taxes (Baltimore Sun)
Feb 2007	Wal-Mart Cuts Taxes by Paying Rent to Itself (Wall St. Journal)
Jan 2007	Wal-Mart Seeks New Flexibility In Worker Shifts (Wall St. Journal)

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