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Labor, Environmental Groups Challenge Wal-Mart

HeadlineSep 02, 2009

A coalition of labor and environmental groups has launched a new campaign against the retail giant Wal-Mart. The American Values Agenda for Change at Walmart is seeking to pressure the company on improving wages, healthcare benefits, as well as its environmental and labor policies. The group’s website WakeUpWalMart.com says it’s issued a challenge to Wal-Mart to agree to a series of new standards to mark Labor Day next week.

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