Those without bank accounts can't get personalized checks. They also can't pass a credit check needed to rent an apartment or get a car loan. Reform is needed to help these working poor.
Ron Galloway | Posted 03.08.2009 | Business
WalMart has 1.4 million employees at its 4000 U.S. locations. These employees have one thing in common: a job. Maybe not the most rewarding job in the world, but a job nonetheless.
Lisa Derrick | Posted 01.25.2009 | Entertainment
There are a number of reasons Springsteen's move to sell exclusively through the mega-retailer is, um, really confusing, if not downright contradictory to the Springsteen hagiography.
David Nassar | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics
When ten employees of the Wal-Mart meat department in a TX store elected UFCW as their union, Wal-Mart immediately scrapped their entire network of in-store butcher departments nationwide.
Mike Papantonio | Posted 03.26.2009 | Business
If the centralized, organized mouthpiece for labor is destroyed, then so is the only advocacy vehicle available to the nonunion worker.
The Huffington Post | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics
Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Wal-Mart was warning employees that a Democratic win in November would be bad for workers. But the ...
David Nassar | Posted 08.09.2008 | Business
Despite the millions of dollars Wal-Mart spends to improve its image, a look behind the mask reveals a company that has not changed its appalling business practices at all.
Ron Galloway | Posted 08.09.2008 | Business
Wal-Mart held meetings explaining why an Obama victory might lead to unions organizing more easily. But are they aware that Buffy Wicks, the designer of Obama's grassroots campaign, used to work for Wake Up Wal-Mart?
WSJ/AP | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics
UPDATE: Wal-Mart has issued a statement regarding The Wall Street Journal article outlining how it's warning employees to beware of voting for Democra...
Rohit Chopra | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business