WakeUp WalMart Holds Press Conference in Des Moines

By WakeUp WalMart

As the presidential hopefuls get off the ground in Iowa, WakeUpWalMart.com has also hit the ground running!

And we would like to invite you to join us on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 for a local press conference to be held at 10:45 A.M. on the West Steps of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Community leaders Abraham L. Funchess, Jr. and John Campbell will call on Wal-Mart, America’s largest private employer of minorities and women, to be a model employer and a civil rights leader that provides good jobs, good health care, good benefits, and a safe and just workplace. 

The press conference will highlight Wal-Mart’s terrible civil rights record. As local activists, we’d love to have you there to help us lead the effort to change Wal-Mart and make it live up to its responsibility as a model corporate citizen. 

Please consider the following facts:

§         Gender Discrimination: Over 2 million women workers are suing Wal-Mart in the largest gender discrimination lawsuit in U.S. history.

§         Poor Diversity: Even though 33 percent of Wal-Mart employees are minorities, only 23 of Wal-Mart’s managers are minorities.

§         Poor Health Care: 53 percent of Wal-Mart workers have no company health care, including an estimated 124,000 African-American and 81,000 Hispanic Wal-Mart employees.

§         Injustice: Wal-Mart faces over 57 wage and hour lawsuits across the U.S. involving millions of former and current Wal-Mart workers, many of them minorities.

§         Racial Discrimination: 10,000 African Americans have been certified to file a class action lawsuit against Wal-Mart for discriminatory hiring practices.

If you join us, not only will you be helping in the fight to change Wal-Mart, but you will also receive a FREE, limited edition, “Justice Now, Wal-Mart” t-shirt (while supplies last). So don’t forget to RSVP for the press conference by calling 515-369-3569 or emailing us at Iowa@WakeUpWalMart.com, and remember to check out our newly revamped website at www.WakeUpWalMart.com.

Thanks and can’t wait to see you at the press conference because, “if you change Wal-Mart, you can change America”

Silvia Fabela
WakeUpWalMart.com
Office: 515-369-3569               
Mobile: 202-834-7448

When: Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Where: State Capitol, West Steps
Time: 10:45 A.M.
Who:   Abraham L. Funchess, Jr., John Campbell                                                        
Additional info: Parking is available in the visitor parking lots, which are clearly marked.