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Back in January I wrote about The Ruckus Society’s developed campaign with other organizations to “quarantine” Wal-Mart.

Ruckus is teaming up with Jobs with Justice and ACORN to bring a National Quarantine of Wal-Mart. On Friday, June 2, during Wal-Mart’s annual shareholders meeting, thousands of concerned citizens dressed in hazmat suits, and armed with yellow caution tape, will be putting Wal-Mart sites across the country under “quarantine”.

Learn more about how you can participate in this action at Quarantine Walmart.

WalMart now wants to take over the banking business. Since it’s easy to get a bank charter in Utah, our state seems a good target for the giant corporation.

Not without a fight.

Today’s papers have posted articles on what opponents are doing to keep the richest corporation in the world from invading:
Wal-Mart bank plan slammed at FDIC
Public hearing: Industry warns of dire outcome if Utah plans come to life (Includes links to other articles)
Wal-Mart foes speak up: Keep to banking issue at hand, Garn tells hearing

More than a dozen organizations testified against Wal-Mart’s application before the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which has never before held a public hearing on a bank application. The hearing continues today. Many witnesses worried that if the government allowed Wal-Mart to begin banking, even in the limited terms outlined in its application, it would lead to a dangerous combination of commerce and banking by a company known for crushing competitors and driving out small businesses. (Deseret News)

Davey is standing up to Goliath yet again – let’s hope that Davey wins this time.

DOES YOUR COMMUNITY HAVE WAL-MARTITIS? Symptoms include: swelling welfare rolls; depletion of public funds; exhaustion; difficulty making ends meet; and feverish profits. Contact the Bureau of Worker Health immediately.

The Ruckus Society has developed a campaign with other organizations to “quarantine” Wal-Mart.
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I was asked in an email to share this message about WalMart with friends, so here it is:
WalMart Workers Rights has produced a video that is a pardoy of Garth Brooks’ commitment to sell his music exclusively through WalMart. Attached to the video is a petition you can sign to stop WalMart’s Union Busting Practices. Watch the video at:
WalMart Workers Rights

Sometimes, Davey wins.

An article published on Common Dreams announces a law passed by Maryland legislators that targets Wal-Mart and requires an increas in health care coverage by companies with more than 10,000 employees. This law requires these companies to spend at least 8 percent of their payrolls on employee health benefits.

This “fair share” law is in the works in about 30 other states and the passage of such a law in Maryland has given inspiration to legislators across the country.
In each state proposal, affected companies that don’t meet the payment threshold would have to pay the difference into a state fund to assist the uninsured.

Maryland’s passage of this law came after its Republican Governor, Bog Ehrlich, issued a veto.
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