Date of publication: September 6, 2007
Source: Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Author: By Steve Painter
Excerpt from article:
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. ’s lowcost, low-price business model leads to environmental damage, sweatshop conditions at suppliers’ factories and loss of jobs in communities, a coalition of labor, environment and community groups says in a report scheduled for release today.
The Big Box Collaborative, an umbrella organization encompassing two dozen groups, singles out the world’s largest retailer for business practices it says result in more harm than good.
“They’re the biggest so obviously they have the most impact,” Trina Tocco, the group’s coordinator, said in a telephone interview....