WALLMART SHAREHOLDERS NEED YOU NOW!!!
Wal-Mart is the world's largest retailer and is the largest corporation and private employer in the United States.1 For the fiscal year ended January 2003, the company reported operating net income of $12.6 billion on annual revenues of $246 billion, and the company has a market capitalization of $223 billion, representing 2.0% of the total market capitalization of the S&P 500 Stock Index. For the third straight year, Wal-Mart topped the annual Fortune 500 ranking of the nation's largest companies. The company, as the biggest employer in 25 states, is a primary standard setter for wages and labor practices. Wal-Mart employs 1.4 million workers worldwide and over 1 million in the United States, with more than 3,000 stores in the U.S. and almost 1,300 international operations.1
November 2004: Wal-Mart was ordered to pay $765,000 in fines for violating state petroleum storage tank laws
May 2004: Wal-Mart will pay a $3.1 million fine to settle a Clean Water Act violation
January 2004: Wal-Mart agreed to pay a $400,000 penalty and to stop selling refrigerants that contain ozone-depleting substances.
2004: "Federal labor law charges have been filed on behalf of Wal-Mart workers in 25 states
November 2003: U.S. Attorney's Office saying the world's largest retailer allegedly violated federal immigration laws.