Wal*Mart. Is it good for U.S. consumers? Is it good for the world? Is it good for its workers?
The debate continues, and it is growing. Here's more:
Big names enlist in campaign against Wal-Mart
Here's an excerpt:
Among those lined up against the company at Wal-Mart Watch are Jim Jordan, campaign manager for 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, and Terry Holt, a spokesman for the 2004 Bush-Cheney campaign.
Odd bedfellows: A Republican working for unions against Wal-Mart.
“Wal-Mart is giving capitalism a bad name,” Holt explained. “It’s lost touch with its small-town roots and has become a company that is depending on corporate welfare ... and an all-too-cozy relationship with China.”
Under fire, Wal-Mart turned to Reagan adviser Michael Deaver, Bush-Cheney political director Terry Nelson and several Democrats, among them civil rights leader Andrew Young and campaign strategist Leslie Dach.
Talk about odd bedfellows: Democrats working for Wal-Mart against organized labor.
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