Web Directory

» AgainstTheWal.com
   Collection of news articles focused mainly on Wal-Mart labor practices.
   http://www.againstthewal.com/

» Blog Against the Wal
   A weblog designed to spread the anti Wal-Mart message through the internet.
   http://blogagainstthewal.blogspot.com

» Common Dreams - Sweet Victory: Maryland Stands Up To Wal-Mart
   Maryland approves a bill that would require all businesses there with more than 10,000 employees to spend at least 8% of their payroll on worker health benefits, directly affecting Walmart's low spending per worker.
   http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0417-28.htm

» Hidden Cost of Wal-Mart Jobs [PDF]
   UC Berkeley study finds that use of safety net programs by Wal-Mart workers in California is higher than average for the retail industry.
   http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/retail/walmart.pdf

» NPR : Slate's Michael Kinsley: Wal-Mart Love-Hate
   Slate founding editor Michael Kinsley shares his thoughts with NPR's Alex Chadwick about the retailing behemoth Wal-Mart, and how a company that generates so much antagonism can be so successful. [5:14 Realaudio streaming broadcast]
   http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1578326

» NPR : Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott on Being on Top
   NPR's Tavis Smiley talks with Wal-Mart president and CEO Lee Scott about the benefits of being a top Fortune 500 company and the problems that come with the prestige. [13-minute Realaudio streaming broadcast]
   http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1803960

» NPR : Wal-Mart Prices Put Onus on Suppliers
   Wal-Mart's low prices place severe demands on the discount chain's suppliers, according to a magazine report. A demand to cut prices 5 percent every year has forced some suppliers into bankruptcy and prompted others to shut down American factories for che
   http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1572652

» The Huge Class Action Sex Discrimination Suit Against Wal-Mart
   Professor Anthony J. Sebok examines the issue of whether the discrimination suit against the retailer should proceed as a class action.
   http://writ.news.findlaw.com/sebok/20040809.html

» The Wal-Mart Effect
   A three-part series from the Los Angeles Times profiling the retail giant and its business practices. [Free registration required to view this content]
   http://www.latimes.com/business/la-walmart-sg,1,1534896.storygallery

» The Wal-Mart You Don't Know
   Fast Company looks at Wal-Mart's pricing practices and their sometimes devastating pressures it exerts on the companies it does business with.
   http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/77/walmart.html

» Wal-Mart Censorship
   Examines the issue of company's cultural censorship of rock and rap CDs by artists like Marilyn Manson, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Sheryl Crow. [MetroActive]
   http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/01.09.97/walmart-music-9702.html

» Wal-Mart Facts
   Wal-Mart's official facts and news website, with current news and information about the company.
   http://www.walmartfacts.com/

» Wal-Mart Litigation Project
   Tracks information about litigation involving Wal-mart, and provides support services to attorneys who have already sued Wal-Mart.
   http://www.wal-martlitigation.com/

» Wal-Mart Watch
   Wal-Mart's impact on local ways of living: Small businesses, people who know what they are selling, community relationships that all vanish when Wal-Mart moves in.
   http://www.walmartwatch.com/

» Wal-Mart: The Facts
   Part of the National Organization for Women's "Women-Friendly Workplace Campaign" that alleges unfair labor practices by Wal-mart.
   http://www.now.org/issues/wfw/wm-facts.html

» WalMart Class
   Sex discrimination lawsuit alleging denial of advancement and training, lower wages, sexually hostile work environment and retaliation.
   http://www.walmartclass.com

» WalMart is Bad for Business
   An educator and activist worries about the effect of Wal-Mart on the economy, workers, taxpayers, the environment, and National Public Radio.
   http://webhost.bridgew.edu/jhayesboh/badbusiness.html

» WalmartSucks.org
   Complaint site.
   http://walmartsucksorg.blogspot.com

» Walocaust
   Lampoons the company's own advertising to portray it as cruel and harmful to working people.
   http://www.walocaust.com/

» When Wal-Mart Comes to Town
   Inc. Magazine's article about how a small Maine town reacted to Wal-Mart's opening three stores in the area.
   http://www.inc.com/magazine/19930701/3644.html