Walmart needs to be put under.

Why does the government let them get away with that? Why do we even continue to shop there?

I think its workers are mistreated however it is the workers who put themselves in that position. They can quit right? Or perhaps they can't because they are in too much credit card debt? Or they have had 6 kids they can't afford or they made bad decisions their entire lives and did not get some kind of education. Walmart can't live the employees lives for them - so they abuse their situations.

Well, I totally agree with Harry Potter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuEAJFnMIjk&watch_response

What's Wal-mart? I am soooo over Wal-mart.

I am Union man for over twenty years, and a Shop Steward for over ten. What Wal Mart is doing, is keeping good honest working people poor. No health insurance, minimum wage, (or close to it) and no union to help protect the workers from unsafe practices, and mean spirited and sometimes down right abusive supervisors. Sure you want to save a buck, but to do it on the backs of hard working Americans, just is'nt right. Dont forget the Mom and Pop stores that were in your neiborhood for years, that dissapeared soon after Wal-Mart arrived.

They provide a job that pays on average at least $1.00 above minimum wage, limited health benefits available from day one, discounts, profit sharing, stock options - wow how bad is that.....

I live in a small town, and the closest place to shop is Walmart. Otherwise it's a hell of a drive to get to a Meijer or Kmart, way longer to get to Target or a mall! Here, I haven't heard a bad thing from the employees at Walmart, and a lot of them have been there for many years. I hated Walmart where I lived in the city, though. It was dirty and the employees were crabby and unhelpful.

They treat their workers the same as any other big box company. The sad thing is that this will never change without having to first change the face of every corporation out there. There really is nowhere you can go to escape a similar situation so what do you do. Well as a worker for this corporation I will tell you. You either work hard and make as much extra cash as possible and put yourself through college or two work hard and climb out of the pit of entry level. Either go up or out...what we hear is the account of workers that are stuck one way or another at that bottom peg.

I think that a company that brings jobs to a community is a good thing. I think that if they can ease the cost of living by selling things people need cheaper, then that's a help to the community. The fact that they don't give health insurance to some of their employees... well they are a business. If they offered it to their employees and their employees had to take it but pay hundreds of dollars a month to get it because the company pays thousands a month for the coverage... how many would actually take it? I see it as a stepping stone to get people off their butts and onto their feet. Get them into the working class, where they can then better themselves and move on. Really, who plans on retiring as a Walmart Greeter? Who retires from the Drive Thru Window at Burger King? They are jobs that are designed to move people up and out into the workforce. They are employing people who had no job otherwise. That isn't bad. Could the conditions improve for the worker? Yes. Would you rather see the person who has a job and no insurance instead sitting at home with No Job AND No Insurance? It almost sounds like that is what you would prefer.

I believe they are treated OK. otherwise how come they have so many workers all the time?

Minimum wage, pathetic health benefits, unfair and unnecessary terminations and disrespect at the lowest level. I worked there for a while, saw it all.

Minimum wage, pathetic health benefits, unfair and unnecessary terminations and disrespect at the lowest level. I worked there for a while, saw it all.