Wal-Mart Watch Launches Wal-Mart Employee Speakout Website

WASHINGTON, Oct 16, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Wal-Mart employees share stories of low wages, poor treatment as Walton family prospers
On the heels of Wal-Mart's closure of a unionized Tire & Lube Express in Gatineau, Quebec, Wal-Mart Watch today unveiled a new website -- walmartspeakout.com -- which will serve as an unprecedented tool for Wal-Mart workers to speak out and share their stories about Wal-Mart's low-wage, low-benefit business model. These stories expose Wal-Mart's poor treatment of the very same workers who are responsible for the tremendous financial success of Wal-Mart and the Walton family.
In recent months, Wal-Mart workers across the country contacted Wal-Mart Watch to express frustration and desperation regarding Wal-Mart's low wages and unfair treatment of its employees. These workers fear retaliation for speaking out against Wal-Mart or using the company's "open door" policy to address their concerns. In response, Wal-Mart Watch created the website to provide an opportunity for workers to tell their stories and expose the truth about their lives as Wal-Mart employees...


SOURCE Wal-Mart Watch

http://www.walmartspeakout.com