Wal-Mart - Always Low Wages - Always

This is not my first Wal-Mart bumper sticker. And it is not my most original Wal-Mart bumper sticker. But it is, for the moment, my favorite. I expect it will become my best-selling Wal-Mart sticker -- though that is not saying much.

I have long been a zealous critic of Wal-Mart. My zeal was recently rekindled by the new documentary film, "Wal-Mart, The High Cost of Low Price." From its union-busting, to its hiring illegal immigrants, and its calling a 28-hour work  week "full time," Wal-Mart may well be called the biggest slave-owning entity in the history of the world. 

My little town of Flagstaff, Ariz. has both a Wal-Mart and a Sam's Club. As if this were not bad enough, we will soon have a Super Wal-Mart. The Super Wal-Mart might have been avoided thanks to the efforts of our City Council, which passed an ordinance restricting the amount of space a big box store could devote to selling groceries. But the ordinance was narrowly overturned by voters in a divisive vote. I don't expect this will do much to improve the situation for Flagstaff's working poor. 

Maybe things would have turned out differently if I had produced this sticker sooner. We may have lost the battle in Flagstaff, but you may still have time to save your town, and I hope my new Wal-Mart sticker can help.     

Dan R. Frazier