Walmart is
celebrating its 50-year anniversary this year, and people of faith are
calling for Jubilee at Walmart. In the Judeo-Christian tradition,
Jubilee mandates the freeing of slaves, cancelling of debts and
redistribution of resources every 50 years to limit inequality.
Walmart
is the glaring example of inequality. For 50 years it helped legitimize
an economy that benefits a few at the expense of working people.
As
Walmart claims to celebrate and honor values like "hard-work,"
"entrepreneurship," and "the American dream," the majority of its 1.4
million workers still earn poverty wages with very limited access to
insurance and benefits.
This Open Letter will be delivered to the company at its annual shareholders' meeting on June 1, 2012.
source: Kim Bobo
National Director
Interfaith Worker Justice
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