"WAL-MART STORES INCORPORATED." "WELL..." "I KNOW." "THANK YOU." "THANK YOU." "I KNOW." "EVERY..." "ALL RIGHT." "EVERY YEAR..." "OKAY." "IT WOULD BE A PLEASURENFOR ANYBODY" "TO BE THE CEO OF THIS COMPANY" "BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTERNIF YOU'RE SAM WALTON" "OR YOU'RE DAVID GLASSNOR YOU'RE LEE SCOTT. N"WE HAD RECORD SALES." "WE HAD RECORD EARNINGS." "WE HAD RECORD REINVESTMENTNBACK INTO OUR COMPANY. YOU BETTER BE READYNTO BE BETTER. WAL-MART STORES INCORPORATED" "NIN SOME CIRCLES." "AND THAT MAKES ITNMORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER" "THAT WE FOCUSNON DOING THE RIGHT THING" "AND DOING THINGS RIGHTNEVERY TIME." "THERE'S TWO THINGSNTHAT WE SHOULD DO." "NUMBER ONE IS TELLNTHE WAL-MART STORY." "GET THE MESSAGE OUT THERE." "AND THE SECOND THINGNIS STAY THE COURSE." "WAL-MART IS TOO IMPORTANT" "TO INDIVIDUAL FAMILIESNWHO ARE STRETCHING A BUDGET." "WE'RE TOO IMPORTANT" "TO THE SUPPLIERSNWHO EMPLOY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE." "WE'RE TOO IMPORTANTNTO OUR ASSOCIATES" "FOR WHO WE HAVE SO MUCH LOVENAND VALUE SO MUCH." "AND YOUR COMPANYNWILL CONTINUE TO DEMONSTRATE" "OUR CITIZENSHIPNAS A GOOD EMPLOYER" "AND A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITIES" "THAT WE SERVE SO WELLNAROUND THIS WORLD." "NI'LL PROMISE YOU THIS " "WE'RE GONNA STAY THE COURSE." "AND THIS COMPANYNIS GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW." "HH WAS STARTED... 1962." "STARTED ON MAIN STREETNIN MIDDLEFIELD. AND ITNWAS PRETTY DIFFICULT TO KNOW." "IT WAS A BIG DECISION." "MY BROTHER-IN-LAW AND I DECIDEDNWE WERE GOING TO TAKE THAT STEP." "WE WENT INTO BUSINESS." "STARTED IN A LITTLENONE-ROOM BUILDING" "THAT HAD A FULL BASEMENT." "WE DID ALL OF THE PLUMBINGNIN THE BASEMENT." "THE UPSTAIRS RETAIL AREANWAS VERY SMALL." "WE WERE THERE FORNA YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS." "THEN WE MOVED ON TO A LARGERNSTORE IN A SHOPPING CENTER" "AND SPENT SEVERAL YEARS THERE." "NAND BUILT THIS FACILITY HERE." "THIS GENTLEMAN HERENHAPPENS TO BE MY SON." "MANY YEARS." "IT WAS MUCH EASIERNTO RETIRE IN '96" "WHEN HE WAS HERE TO TAKE OVER. WHAT WE CALLNOUR HARDWARE SECTION " "THE NUTS AND THE BOLTS AND THENNAILS AND ALL TYPE OF FASTENERS." "THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN GOOD" "BECAUSE A LOT OF THE FARMERSNWERE ALWAYS MENDING MACHINERY" "AND THINGS AROUND THE FARM. AND THEY COME IN HERENFOR THE FIX-IT-UP-TYPE THINGS. WORK TILL 9:00." "DO YOU HAVE THE CAR?" "I WORKED HERE SINCE I WAS 6." "TOO. GRANDPA OR DAD WOULD GIVE USNTHEIR POCKET CHANGE. ESPECIALLYNWHEN WE WERE BUILDING IT. AND I UNLOCK THE DOOR. AND I GET THE DAY MONEY FORNEACH DRAWER IN THE REGISTERS. TOM IS HERE." "TOM GOES AHEAD AND KIND OFNTIDIES UP THE FRONT OF THE STORE" "AND SETS OUT THE AMERICAN FLAG" "AND THE BENCHESNFOR OUR CUSTOMERS TO SIT ON." "THE AMISH FELLASNON THEIR WAY TO WORK" "WILL STOP HERE FOR THINGS THEYNNEED FOR THEIR DAY'S PROJECTS." "THEY'LL COME AND GET PLUMBINGNOR ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES" "NSPORTING GOODS." "WE HAVE A BUSYNSPORTING-GOODS DIVISION. TRYING TO CHANGENSTOCK AND INVENTORY." "NTO STAY WITH SERVICE. WE'RE GOING TO STAY WITHNSOMETHING THAT IS NOT OFFERED" "OR THAT YOU CAN COMPETE IN." "Man:" "I'VE PROBABLY BEEN SHOPPINGNHERE FOR 32 YEARS OR SO." "ALL MY NEEDSNTHAT I NEED FOR HARDWARE... DO NOT PROVIDENEXCELLENCE IN SERVICE." "I'LL USE WAL-MART AS AN EXAMPLE." "YOU'RE REALLY LUCKY IF THEY HAVENANYONE IN THE PLUMBING SECTION" "WHO KNOWS ANYTHINGNABOUT PLUMBING." "WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET READYNFOR THEM FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS." "I HAD A MEETING WITH THE GUYS.NEXPLAINED THE PURPOSE OF OUR JOB" "AND MAKE SURENWE DO EVERYTHING RIGHT." "EXPLAINED WHAT WAL-MART DID" "AND WHAT WE DONAND WHAT WE CAN DO DIFFERENT." "THIS WAS BROUGHT TO USNBY AN AMISH CUSTOMER OF MINE." "HE'S SO MUCH AGAINSTNTHE WAL-MART MOVEMENT" "AFTER READING THIS BOOKNTHAT HE WANTED TO GET SOME IN WHATEVER IT COST HIM." "THAT'S BASICALLY..." "I GOT A FEW EXTRA ONES." "HE'S TAKING SEVERAL OF THEMNAND IS GETTING RID OF THEM." "WILL I?" "I HAVE NEVER BEENNIN A WAL-MART STORE." "I NEVER INTENDNTO GO IN A WAL-MART STORE. AND I'VE NEVER LIKEDNTHEIR PRINCIPLES. BUT I'VE SEENNA LOT OF SMALL COMMUNITIES" "CRUCIFIED AND FORCED OUT." "MA AND PA OPERATIONS THAT HAVENBEEN IN BUSINESS FOR YEARS" "THAT ARE OUT ON THE STREET." "THEY HAD TO CLOSE THEIR DOORSNJUST BECAUSE OF ONE ENTITY." "AND IT APPEARS THATNTHAT IS THEIR INTENT " "TO COME INTO A COMMUNITYNAND FORCE EVERYBODY OUT." "THEY DID NOTHING BUT LAY DOWNNTHE RED CARPET FOR THEM." "MY GRANDFATHER" "TO BUILD THIS BUILDINGNON THIS LOT." "THEY WENT THROUGH EVERYTHING" "TO TRY TO GETNTHE COMMISSIONERS AND STUFF" "TO ALLOW THEM TO BUILD." "WE HAD SIGN ISSUES.NGOTTA BE A CERTAIN SIZE." "WE HAD TO MAKE SURE WE HADNENOUGH GREEN AROUND THE AREA. THE PEOPLE WHO OWN THE COMPANY" "ARE THE RICHEST PEOPLENIN THE WORLD." "I THINKNTHEY COULD SPREAD THAT OUT." "I'M CURIOUS TO SEE HOW MUCH" "THEY'LL ACTUALLY GIVE BACKNTO THE COMMUNITY." "TO EVEN USE AMERICAN WITHNWAL-MART IN THE SAME SENTENCE" "I DON'T AGREE WITH AT ALL." "IT'S... ONLY WITH AMERICANNBOARD MEMBERS." "IT'S NOT A MYSTERY.NTHEY COME RIGHT OUT ON RECORD" "AND SAIDNTHEY DON'T BUY AMERICAN." "Dr. Bruening:" "NALL IT'S DONE IS GIVE CHINANA BETTER DISTRIBUTION CENTERN." "THEY WOULDNHAVE HAD TO FIND CONTACTS" "AND DEVELOP THEIR OWN MARKETS." "NOW THEY'VE GOT A PIPELINE RIGHTNINTO EVERYBODY'S LIVING ROOM." "Glassburner:" "NI THINK THE GOVERNMENTNSHOULD HAVE MORE CONTROL." "YOU TALK ABOUT MONOPOLIES." "I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS." "I'M NOT AT ALL IN FAVOR OF ANYNKIND OF COMMUNISM OR SOCIALISM." "I BELIEVE AMERICA SHOULD ALWAYSNAND FOREVER REMAIN FREE." "I THINK THERE NEEDNTO BE REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED" "WHEREIN..." "NTHEY BUSTED UP STANDARD OIL. BUT WAL-MART SEEMS TO BENGOING ON A RAMPAGE AND NOBODY'S EVENNPAYING ATTENTION." "I DON'T..." "THE LOGIC OF IT ESCAPES ME." "I SPEND A LOT OF TIMENTHINKING ABOUT IT." "I'M A REPUBLICAN." "I'M A CONSERVATIVE." "I'M FOLLOWING VERY CLOSELY" "WHAT'S HAPPENINGNWITH THE UNIONS." "IT USED TO BE THE UNION WAGE" "WAS SOMETHING EVERYBODYNWOULD LOOK UP AT" "HE'S A UNION WORKER." "HE'S MAKING $18 OR $20NAN HOUR." "I REALIZED THAT'SNWHAT WE'RE PAYING OUR PEOPLE." "WE'RE NOT UNION. WHETHER IT BE WAL-MART OR KMART" "OR ANY STORE THAT'S NOTNGONNA PAY A FAIR WAGE." "I LOVE AMERICA." "IT'S THE FINEST COUNTRYNIN THE WORLD." "NFIGHT AND DIE FOR THIS COUNTRY. THAT AREN'T FOR THE GOODNOF THE PEOPLE." "THE PEOPLE EN MASSE. BUT THE GREATER MAJORITYNOF THE PEOPLE" "ARE BEING MADE SUBSERVIENT. WOULD BE COMFORTABLENWITH THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING." "I DON'T THINK THIS WAS WHYNHE STARTED THE STORE." "IT WASN'T TO CRUSHNOTHER COMPETITION. FAMILIES WHO CAN'T FEEDNTHEIR CHILDREN." "AND FAMILIES WHO HAVENTHE ENTIRETY OF THEIR BELONGINGS" "IN A CAR AND IN A TRAILER" "AND ARE SPENDING MOST OF THEIRNLIFE IN THEIR CAR OR AT THE MALL" "BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN EVICTEDNFROM THEIR HOMES" "BECAUSE THEY CAN'T FIND WORK." "THEY CAN'T FIND WORK." "I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLENTHAT DON'T REALIZE" "TOO." "YOU SAYNTHAT'S IN MIDDLEFIELD." "NO."NEXACTLY." "THAT'S NOT THE CASE." "I WAS DREAMINGNTHAT THE PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN PROTESTING." "BUT I THINK THE LIKELIHOODNOF THAT HAPPENING IS..." "WE'LL PROBABLY SEE PIGS FLYNBEFORE THAT." "Jon:" "I PUT THISNBUSINESS PLAN TOGETHER" "WITH THE HELP OF DIFFERENTNORGANIZATIONS AND PEOPLE." "I WENT TO SEVERAL DIFFERENTNBANKS TO CHECK ON SOME FUNDING. THE APPRAISER ACTUALLY CAME INNAND DEVALUED THE BUILDING." "I FIGURED IT WOULD BENAPPRECIATING AFTER 10 YEARS." "AND HE CAME INNWITH A LOWER VALUE." "AND I QUESTIONED HIM.N"HOW CAN THIS BE? BUT IT STILL SHOULD BENHOLDING ITS VALUE." "NO. THEY KNOCK THE VALUES DOWN THERE'S GONNA BENA BUNCH OF EMPTY BUILDINGS" "AND NONE OF THEMNARE GONNA BE ABLE TO SELL." "ANY COMMUNITY ON A GRAND OPENINGNIS GOING TO SEE A CHANGE " "DROP IN SALES." "IT HAPPENS REGARDLESS OF WHETHERNIT'S WAL-MART OR SOMEBODY ELSE." "YOU'LL GET A DROP IN SALES." "SO THERE WILL BENA DRAMATIC CHANGE OF SOME TYPE." "HOW LONG IT'LL LAST " "IT CAN'T LAST FOREVER BECAUSENYOU CAN'T STAND THE OVERHEAD" "IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE BUSINESS." "SO SOMETHING HAS TO HAPPEN. BUT YOU NEVER KNOW." "NAFTER WE LIQUIDATE PRODUCT..." "I'M IN THE PROCESSNOF TRYING TO SELL THE..." "SONI'M TRYING TO SELL THE BUILDING" "TOO." "I'VE GOT A COUPLE PEOPLENON THE LINE" "THAT WANT TO TALK TO MENWITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS." "NWE'LL WORK SOMETHING OUT" "WHERE WE CAN SELL THE PROPERTY" "AND I'LL BE ABLENTO PAY ALL MY BILLS" "AND WALK AWAY WITHOUT ANY DEBT." "THAT'S IF IT ALLNWORKS OUT RIGHT." "I PRAY THAT IT WILL." "Nicholson:" "I REMEMBER THATNLIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY." "THE HELL WITH IT.NWAL-MART WILL BUY THE DAMN TOWN." "WE'LL SHUT THEM DOWN." "6 MONTHS." "NOF WHEN WE'D BE CLOSING THEMN." "Man:" "YOU DRIVE ALL THE WAY UPNTO NEW YORK CITY ON ROUTE 80. AND YOU'LL SEE A WAL-MARTNUP ON THE HILL." "YOU'LL SEE A PERKINSNAND MAYBE A BURGER KING. AND YOU'LL SEE AN EMPTY TOWN." "IT LOOKS LIKE A NEUTRON BOMBNHIT IT." "I RODENTHAT RIBBON OF HIGHWAY" "I SAW ABOVE MENTHE ENDLESS SKYWAY" "Norman:" "THEY DON'T GET IT. THEY START TALKINGNABOUT CHEAP UNDERWEAR." "N"YOU CAN'T BUY SMALL-TOWNNQUALITY OF LIFE AT A WAL-MART." "THEY DON'T SELL IT. YOU CAN'T GET IT BACKNAT ANY PRICE." "I FOLLOWED MY FOOTSTEPS" "THROUGH THE SPARKLING SANDSNOF HER DIAMOND DESERTS" "AND ALL AROUND ME..." "Thibodeaux:" "WE THOUGHT IT WASNTHE MOST FANTASTIC THINGNIN THE WORLD" "TEXAS." "IT WAS LIKE THEY HAD BESTOWED" "SOME GREAT HONORNON THE COMMUNITY." "WITH OPEN ARMS." "WE COULD NOT SAY ENOUGH GOODNABOUT THEM." "COULD NOT DO ENOUGH FOR THEMNTO HELP THEM COME. YOU COULD COME TO TOWNNON A SATURDAY EVENING" "AND NOT FIND A PARKING PLACENANYWHERE." "I CAME TO DOWNTOWN HEARNENON SATURDAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS." "AND THERE WAS 12 CARSNIN DOWNTOWN HEARNE." "I COUNTED THEM.N12 CARS IN DOWNTOWN HEARNE." "THAT IS PATHETIC." "THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND" "THIS LAND IS MY LAND" "FROM CALIFORNIA" "TO THE NEW YORK ISLAND" "FROM THE REDWOOD FOREST" "TO THE GULF STREAM WATERS" "THIS LAND WAS MADENFOR YOU AND ME" "WAL-MART WAS A GREAT THINGNFOR OUR COMMUNITY." "IT'S REALLY AWAKENEDNTHE WEST SIDE OF OUR TOWN. THAT THE NUMBER-ONE THING INNTHIS COMPANY IS OUR ASSOCIATES." "WE'VE GOT STORESNTHAT AREN'T TREATING ASSOCIATES" "AS WELLNAS THEY SHOULD BE TREATED." "IT'S A COMMUNITY COLLEGE." "I DIDN'T HAVE MUCHNFOR ANYTHING ELSE." "I WAS DOING REALLY WELL." "I HAD A 4.0 AVERAGE." "BUT LIFE HAPPENS." "MY DAD GOT SICK.NMY MOM GOT SICK. AND IT JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT" "THE WAY I THOUGHTNIT WAS GOING TO." "NI HAD SO MUCH PRIDE IN MY JOB." "I DID." "I DIDN'T MIND BEING THERENWHEN THEY NEEDED ME." "I DIDN'T MIND DOING..." "I KNEWNTHAT WE WERE SHORT-STAFFED." "I DIDN'T KNOWNIT WAS A PURPOSEFUL THING." "THAT'S THEIR INTENTION." "THEY HAD STACKS LIKE THISNOF APPLICATIONS IN THE BACK." "THEY JUST DIDN'T HIRE THEM." "N"WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO." "WE DON'T HAVE THE PEOPLE." "NI WAS REALLY..." "I FELT BAD FOR THEM." "OKAY." "I'LL GIVE YOUNAN EXTRA HOUR HERE." "I'LL COME IN EARLY TOMORROW.NI WON'T TAKE MY DAY OFF." "DeVoy:" "NALWAYS HAVING TO STAY LATE." "12:30." "KEEP THE NUMBER OF ASSOCIATESNFROM BEING FULL TIME" "AS MANY AS YOU CAN." "KEEP THEM PART TIMENAS MUCH AS YOU CAN." "AND JUST KEEP REDUCINGNTHAT EXPENSE." "THE COMPANYNDOESN'T ALLOW THE STORES" "ENOUGH PAYROLL DOLLARSNTO GET THE JOB DONE." "AND THE JOB IS ENORMOUS." "IN THE SALES." "MY STORE ALONE DIDNOVER $100 MILLION IN SALES" "THE YEAR THAT I LEFT." "DeVoy:" "HAVING TO GET UPNWITH THE KIDS." "JUST GETTING THEM OUT TO SCHOOLNAFTER FOUR HOURS' SLEEP." "THEY DON'T CARENABOUT WHAT YOU SACRIFICE." "IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANYNPEOPLE LOSE THEIR FAMILIES." "IT DOESN'T MATTER" "IF THE ASSOCIATESNHAVE GOOD HEALTH CARE. OTHER THAN WHATNTHE BOTTOM-LINE PROFIT IS" "FOR THAT STORE THAT MONTH." "IT MAKES IT REALLY DIFFICULT" "TO HAVE A GOOD FAMILY LIFENAT WAL-MART." "YOU GO FOR IT." "IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT HAPPENSNTO THEIR FAMILIES." "THE HELL WITH THEM." "WE'RE TROUBLED BY THE FACT" "THAT THERE ARE PEOPLENWHO WORK FULL TIME" "NCANNOT PROVIDE ENOUGH" "FOR THEIR FAMILIESNTO LIVE DECENTLY." "IT WAS JUST IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME" "TO PAY MY BILLSNAND PAY FOR DAY CARE AND WORK." "YOU SHOULD HAVE PLENTY OF TIMENTO GO INTO THE OFFICE." "THE MONEY I DID GETNWENT RIGHT BACK INTO WAL-MART." "I'D GET MY CHECK." "HAVE IT DEPOSITED." "GO SHOPPING. I HAD MY KIDSNON THE WAL-MART INSURANCE." "IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE ITNWAS TOO MUCH FOR ME TO HANDLE." "I JUST COULDN'T AFFORD IT." "I'D HAVE TO PAY MY PREMIUMSNAT WORK." "I STILL HAD TO PAY." "I ALWAYS HAD TO PAYNA CHUNK OF MONEY." "I'M PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WENHAVE THE BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE" "AND THAT WE HAVE THE WAGESNWE HAVE. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLENTO MEET THEIR DEDUCTIBLE. AND HE DIDN'T HAVENANY KIND OF INSURANCE." "I WOULD HAVENTO TRY AND FIX HIM MYSELF." "GET HIM MEDICATION MYSELF. I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE HIMNAND PAY IT AS I COULD." "SAM WALTON BELIEVEDNTHAT IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE" "FOR AN ASSOCIATENWITH ILLNESS IN THE FAMILY HOW WERE THEY GOING TO SURVIVENTHE FINANCIAL IMPACT?" "Noble:" "I WAS UNDERNMY MOM'S INSURANCE PLAN" "WITH A LOCAL GROCERY STORENTHAT SHE WORKED FOR." "NIT WAS $5. NI'M PAYING $70." "I CAN'T AFFORD" "TO PUT MY CHILDRENNON THE WAL-MART INSURANCE" "BECAUSE IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE." "THERE'S NO WAY I CAN AFFORD" "TO HAVE $75 TAKEN OUTNOF EACH CHECK JUST FOR MEDICAL. I AM ABLE TO GETNTHE MEDICAID FOR THE KIDS" "THROUGH COLORADO STATE. SO I DON'T SEENWHY THEY CANNOT OFFER" "A BETTER MEDICAL PACKAGENFOR THEIR ASSOCIATES" "SO THAT WE CAN AFFORD TO GETNOUR FAMILIES ON INSURANCE." "HE'S SICK." "WE EAT.NWHICH ONE DO WE DO?" "LET'S GIVE HIMNAN ASPIRIN." "NTHEY'RE AT POVERTY LEVEL." "I WATCHED SO MANY PEOPLENGO WITHOUT LUNCH IN THE LOUNGES" "THAT I STOPPED EATINGNIN THE LOUNGES." "I HAD MY MANAGERS EAT IN THERENBECAUSE I COULDN'T STAND IT. AND WE WEREN'T ALLOWEDNTO OFFER THEM ANY MONEY." "AND THERE WERE PEOPLE I'D SEENTHAT DIDN'T EAT NOTHING." "THEY'D TAKE AN HOUR LUNCHNAND JUST SIT THERE." "WE HAD FULL-TIME EMPLOYEESNTHAT WORKED AT WAL-MART." "AND THEY HAD MEDICAL. SO THEY HAD TO GO OUT AND GETNSOME TYPE OF GOVERNMENT MEDICAL." "NI WAS ON WIC." "IT'S AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM. BECAUSE YOU GOT ALL THE FORMULANAND CEREAL AND STUFF" "YOU NEEDED FOR THE BABY." "AND I ALSO WENTNTO THE MEDICAID OFFICE. BUT AT LEAST THEY'RE THERE." "I'M THANKFUL FOR THE PROGRAMSNTHAT ARE AVAILABLE." "IT'S NOT A FUN SITUATION." "IT'S DEMEANING. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLENWHO JUST USE THE SYSTEM." "NBECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY" "I WOULD WANT TO SPENDNANY LENGTH OF TIME" "HAVING TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DONTO GET ASSISTANCE." "YOU TALK ABOUTNUSING THE SYSTEM." "LOOK AT THE WAY WAL-MARTNIS USING THE SYSTEM." "THEY'RE PROMOTING PEOPLENTO GO TO HEALTHY KIDS" "AND TO GET FOOD STAMPSNAND SECTION 8 HOUSING." "THEY'RE THE ONESNTHAT ARE USING THE SYSTEM." "IT'S PRETTY BAD WHENNYOU NEED TO TELL YOUR EMPLOYEES" "THAT "ALL THESE PROGRAMSNARE AVAILABLE FOR YOU" "BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PAYING YOUNENOUGH MONEY." "RETAIL GIANT WAL-MART" "IS ENCOURAGING ITS WORKERSNTO GO ON WELFARE. SHE SAYS WAL-MART IS MAKINGNTHE GOVERNMENT TAKE CARE OF IT." "WAL-MART HAS MORENEMPLOYEES AND FAMILY MEMBERS" "ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAIDNTHAN ANY OTHER COMPANY." "CRITICS ACCUSE THE RETAIL GIANT" "OF USING MEDICAIDNAND STATE PROGRAMS FOR THE POOR" "AS ITS HEALTH-CARE PLAN." "Man:" "THIS REPORTNFROM U.C. BERKELEY RESEARCHERS" "CONCLUDES WAL-MART COSTS STATENTAXPAYERS $86 MILLION A YEAR" "AND COUNTY TAXPAYERSNAS MUCH AS ANOTHER $25 MILLION NAND FOOD STAMPS." "Woman:" "EVELYN DEES USED TO WORKNFULL TIME FOR WAL-MART" "BUT DIDN'T HAVE COMPANYNHEALTH-CARE BENEFITS. SO SHE TURNEDNTO GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE." "Woman #2:" "WHAT THE PUBLICNDOESN'T UNDERSTAND" "IS THAT THOSEN"EVERYDAY LOW PRICES" "ARE BASED ON TAXPAYER SUBSIDIES." "WAL-MART IS GETTING AWAY WITH ITNBECAUSE THEY CAN." "I TALKED TO THE REGIONALNPERSONNEL MANAGER" "ABOUT WHO WAS GOING TO TAKE CARENOF THE WAL-MART ASSOCIATES" "AND THEIR HEALTH-CARE NEEDS." "LET THE STATE DO IT." "THE PERSONNEL MANAGERNTOLD ME PERSONALLY" "THAT THERE'S ASSISTANCENOUT THERE FOR PEOPLE." "THEY SHOULD BE ABLENTO GO USE IT." "USE YOUR TAXPAYERS' DOLLARS." "I HAD A LIST OF ALLNOF THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES" "AND THE DIFFERENT PLACESNPEOPLE COULD GO OR IF THEY NEEDED TO APPLYNFOR WIC OR FOR MEDICAID." "YOUR DIGNITY IS NOT THERE.NYOUR PRIDE IS NOT THERE." "YOU GO TO WORK KNOWING THATNYOU'RE NOT MAKING ENOUGH MONEY BUT YET YOU GOTTA GO WITHNA SMILE ON YOUR FACE AND FAKE IT." "THAT'S PRETTY BAD." "COME UP WITH SOME TYPENOF HEALTH CARE" "THAT A FULL-TIME PERSONNCAN AFFORD." "AND DON'T HAVE TO PUTNON THE SCALE" "HEALTH CARE"NOR "FEED MY FAMILY. HAD AN OUTSTANDINGN$240 BILLION IN SALES" "WOULD NOT PROVIDE A LIVEABLENWAGE AND AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE" "FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES?" "THERE'S NOWHERE AROUNDNTHAT THERE'S A COMPANY" "THAT MAKES THIS MUCH MONEYNAND STILL TURNS AROUND" "AND MAKES THEIR ASSOCIATESNGO TO THE STATE FOR AID." "Woman:" "I THINK MY COMPANYNTAKES FAMILY VERY SERIOUSLY." "THEY'LL HELP YOU ACHIEVENANYTHING YOU WANT." "THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ABSOLUTELYNENDLESS AT WAL-MART." "THINK OF THE CAREERSNTHAT GET STARTED IN THIS COMPANY" "AND THE DIFFERENCE IT MAKESNIN PEOPLE'S LIVES. JOBS THAT COME WITH OPPORTUNITYNFOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT. I WAS STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL." "I DIDN'T HAVE ANY PLANSNTO GO TO COLLEGE LATER ON." "THE PEOPLE THAT I WAS WORKINGNWITH WERE JUST SO NICE." "I JUST THOUGHTNTHAT WAS AWESOME." "MY JOB FUNCTION AS A TIRE  LUBENEXPRESS TECHNICIAN NRINGING PEOPLE OUT AND THEY WANT IT ALL DONENAT THE SAME TIME." "ALL I'M WORRIED ABOUTNIS THE ONE 4% RAISE A YEAR" "THAT YOU GET FROM WAL-MART. $1.07 RAISE." "I DON'T HAVE GOODNHEALTH BENEFITS." "I CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVENON MY OWN ANYMORE." "MOST OF IT IS THE POOR TREATMENTNFROM MANAGEMENT AT WAL-MART." "I DON'T KNOW.NIT'S JUST WEIRD." "I'VE ALWAYS BEENNKIND OF QUIET AND SHY." "AND NOW I KIND OF NEED TO STANDNUP FOR MYSELF AND MY COMMUNITY." "SO I JUST SEARCHEDNTHE INTERNET FOR A WHILE." "WHATEVER I TYPED INNBROUGHT UP THE SAME THING." "I'D TYPE IN "EMPLOYEE RIGHTS."NIT WOULD BRING UP THE UNION." "FAIR LABOR PRACTICE"NWOULD BRING UP THE UNION." "THESE CORPORATE PEOPLENIN THE WAL-MART CORPORATION" "DON'T EVEN REALLY LIKENTO SAY THE WORD "UNION." "IT'S A CURSE WORD." "THIRD-PARTY REPRESENTATION"NIS THE WAY THEY PUT IT." "Lehman:" "WAL-MART IS VERY OPPOSEDNTO UNIONS. IF NOT THE MOST AGGRESSIVELYNANTI-UNION COMPANY" "IN THE HISTORYNOF THE UNITED STATES." "JUST RELENTLESS IN THEIR SEARCHNFOR UNION ACTIVITY" "KILL IT." "WE GOT A FEW." "RIGHT? AND HE SAYS HE DIDN'T WANTNNOTHING TO DO WITH THE UNION." "NO." "I HAD A WORKER THAT CAME TO MENWITH A PIECE OF PAPER" "THAT SOMEONE HAD TYPED UPNON A COMPUTER." "WE NEED A UNION." "NO SIGNATURES.NTHAT'S ALL IT SAID." "AS A STORE MANAGER" "TO GO AND MAKE A PHONE CALL." "AND THE PHONE CALLNCOMES TO BENTONVILLE." "I HAD TONPERSONALLY DRIVE TO THE AIRPORT" "AND PICK UP THREE GUYS THATNFLEW IN IN A CORPORATE JET" "AND PICK THEM UP AND BRING THEMNBACK TO MY STORE." "WE HAVE TO DO THISNFOR THE REASONS WE STARTED IT." "Fortune:" "WHAT THEY DONIS THEY BASICALLY WALK IN YOU'RE NO LONGER IN CHARGENOF THIS STORE." "EVERY DECISION GOES THROUGH US." "Nicholson:" "THEY TAUGHT MENHOW TO PROFILE PEOPLE." "I DIDN'T KNOWNTHAT WAS THE TERM THEN." "AND IT WAS IDENTIFYING PEOPLE" "THAT WERE THE STRONGESTNREPRESENTERS" "NOR AT LEAST GET A VOTE." "ANITA WE NEED TONCONTACT STILL." "POSSIBILITY THERE." "AND THEY'RE TALKING." "THEY WALK AWAY FROM EACH OTHER." "THEY GOTTA GO." "THEY'RE CONSPIRINGNTO DO SOMETHING." "Man:" "BE NOISY." "BE HAPPY." "BE BOISTEROUS." "WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT FOLKSNWHO ARE TRYING DESPERATELY AND PROBABLYNMEANEST CORPORATION." "Fortune:" "THE ASSOCIATESNIN THE AUTOMOTIVE DEPARTMENT" "WERE FLOODED WITH BRAINWASHINGNMATERIAL AGAINST THE UNION." "I GOT FOOLED BY A UNION.NFOOLED BAD." "ALL THE UNION IS WORKING ATNIS TAKING A CUT OUT OF MY PAY." "TAKE YOUR MONEY" "AND SPEND IT TO HELPINGNPOLITICAL CAMPAIGNS" "AND HELP PEOPLENI DON'T EVEN VOTE FOR." "BECAUSE THEY KNOW A UNIONNWOULD JUST MESS IT UP." "BUT DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT." "JUST ASK THE ASSOCIATESNWORKING HERE IN THE BUILDING." "NOW I CAN'T GET WITHIN THE STORENOF 50 FEET OR THERE'S SOMEBODYNFOLLOWING ME AROUND THE STORE" "Man:" "I WAS NEVER ALONE.NI WAS FOLLOWED WHEREVER I WENT." "THE MANAGERSNWOULD FOLLOW ME. THEY MAKENTHEIR LIVES MISERABLE." "THEY DO ILLEGAL SURVEILLANCE. BREAK ROOMS." "YOU GOT A TARGET ON YOUR BACK." "I GOTTANSTAY AWAY FROM THIS PERSON" "BECAUSE I CAN GET FIREDNFOR TALKING TO THIS PERSON." "THEY'RE TARGETING A LOT OF ITNAT JOSH." "THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT JOSHNBEING HELD UP ON THEIR SHOULDERS" "AND PARADED AROUND." "HE'S JUST USING IT" "FOR A WAY TO GET ATTENTION. WE HAVE TO FREEZENALL THE RAISES" "BECAUSE WE CAN'T APPEARNTO BE BRIBING ANYBODY. TO SAY THAT'S WHYNTHEY WEREN'T GETTING RAISES." "SOME OF THOSE EMPLOYEESNSTARTED PUTTING PRESSURE BECAUSE "WE CAN'T GET RAISESNBECAUSE OF YOU." "I WAS SO SCAREDNTO GO TO THE BREAK ROOM" "BECAUSE THEY MADE US ALLNGO TO BREAK TOGETHER" "BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY DEADNAFTER THAT." "WE START WALKING THROUGH." "CUSTOMERS AND OTHER ASSOCIATESNWERE GIVING US DIRTY LOOKS." "I'M NOT SITTINGNIN THAT BREAK ROOM." "ALICIA'S GOOD." "ALICIA'S WAY GOOD." "YEAH." "TALKED WITH HERNQUITE A BIT." "AND WE KNOW CODY'S GOOD." "RIGHT.NCODY'S WITH US HERE." "IT STRUCK THE MANAGERS TO STARTNHIRING ASSOCIATES IN THE STORE." "AND WHAT THEY DO THIS FOR IS TONTRY TO DISSOLVE THE PERCENTAGES" "OF THE PEOPLE IN THE STORENTHAT ARE FOR THE UNION." "JAMES.NJAMES IS ANOTHER NEW HIRE." "I'M NOT EVEN SURENWHO THAT IS." "YEAH." "BUT THIS IS OUR STORE." "THIS ISN'T THEIR STORE." "WE'RE MAKING THEM MONEY." "WE'RE THE LITTLE WORKER ANTS." "WHAT'S YOUR PREDICTION?" "IT'S AT 50/50." "NTHE FEW PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE" "ARE JUST GONNA MAKENIT OR BREAK IT RIGHT NOW." "I THINK YOU LOST ALICIA." "NO." "I'VE TALKED WITH HERNQUITE A BIT." "SHE'S JUST KINDNOF HARD-TO-READ-TYPE PERSON." "I HANG OUT WITH HERNON THE WEEKENDS." "SHE'S DEFINITELY INTO IT." "SHE'S REAL STRONG." "I JUST BELIEVENIT'S REALLY JUST GONNA GO DONE" "'CAUSE CODY'S NOT VOTING." "RYAN'S NOT VOTING YES." "AND I'M STILL KIND OF..." "BUT I KIND OF HAVE TO." "YOU'RE GETTING ALL FREAKED OUTNBECAUSE OF WHAT THEY'RE SAYING." "THEY'RE NOT GONNA KNOWNHOW YOU VOTED." "ALL IT'S GONNA BENIS A BUNCH OF NUMBERS RIGHT NOW." "SO WE'VE GOT 6 FOR A NO." "ANOTHER 6 YES." "7 ON THE FENCE. AND THAT MEANS ANYTHING." "THEY WILL KILL IT." "THEY'LL KILL THE CAMPAIGN." "BUT THE UNION..." "Fortune:" "NIT'S NOT A FAIR BATTLE." "IT'S NOT ACCORDING TO THENNATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT. EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE " "NMAYBE NOT-SO-LEGAL " "IS DONE TO KEEP THE UNION OUT." "Interpreter:" "NWAL-MART WAS VERY LUCKY" "TO ACQUIRENTWO REALLY GOOD COMPANIES." "NTHEY WERE ALREADY UNIONIZED." "WAL-MART HAD NO CHOICE." "WE GET 36 DAYSNOF VACATION A YEAR. 3 WEEKS IN THE SPRING." "IT DEPENDS." "YOU CAN SPLIT YOUR VACATIONSNINTO 2 OR 3 TIMES PER YEAR." "NIF YOU PREFER." "Interpreter #3:" "NMY JOB IS VERY IMPORTANT." "IT'S A BAD THING " "A VERY BAD THING." "IF WAL-MART SAYSNWE'RE ALL A BIG FAMILY THEN I DON'T UNDERSTANDNWHY THE COLLEAGUES IN AMERICA CAN'T ESTABLISH A UNION." "I CAN'T UNDERSTAND THAT." "Man:" "WAL-MART IS A CAREER.NIT'S NOT JUST A JOB." "GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE." "GOOD EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIESNFOR MY CHILDREN. INCLUDING MORE MINORITIES" "AND MORE SENIORS THAT WORK INNANY OTHER COMPANY IN AMERICA. AND IT GIVES THEM A STEP UPNTHAT ECONOMIC LADDER." "MY NAME IS EDITH ARANA." "I LIVE HERENIN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA." "I HAVE TWO GIRLS." "I GO TO SCHOOL TO BENA PRESCHOOL TEACHER." "I WORKED FOR WAL-MARTNFOR SIX YEARS." "THEY EXPLAINED TO ME THENDIFFERENT THINGS THEY OFFERED" "AND THE TYPE OF COMPANYNWAL-MART WAS." "THAT'S A COMPANYNI WANT TO WORK FOR." "I ALWAYS FOUND ITNREWARDING TO ME" "TO HELP THE CUSTOMERNFIND WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR." "I COULD WORK WONDERS." "DO MORE WITH LESS." "I KNOW THE TRUE MEANINGNOF DO MORE WITH LESS." "THEY WANT THE ASSOCIATESNTO DO MORE" "AND THEY'RE GONNANPAY THEM LESS." "THEY WOULD COME IN THE OFFICENOR ON THE FLOOR." "IT DIDN'T MATTERNWHERE YOU WERE WORKING." "NYOU KNOW WE HAVE NO OVERTIME." "THERE IS TO BE NO OVERTIMENWHATSOEVER." "WE MAY HAVE FIVE BASKETSNOF MERCHANDISE" "THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT BACK." "YOU MAY HAVE 30 MINUTES LEFTNON YOUR 8-HOUR SHIFT." "BUT WE NEED THOSE BASKETSNPUT AWAY." "AND THEY USUALLY DO ITNWITH A SMILE." "YOU WOULD GO ALONG WITH ITNBECAUSE YOU NEEDED THAT JOB." "OR BUTS ABOUT IT. I'LL JUSTNGET SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO IT." "YOU ARE NOT A PERSONNTHAT CANNOT BE REPLACED." "AND WE'RE HIRING ALL THE TIME." "I GOT THESE KIDS AT HOME." "I'LL JUST HAVE TO MAKENTHAT SACRIFICE." "AND YOU WILL." "THEY ARE ASKED TO WORKNOFF THE CLOCK THEY ARE GONNA LOSE THEIR JOB." "AND THEY DO ITNAS A MATTER OF SURVIVAL." "AND IT COMES FROM THE TOP." "Woman:" "WAL-MART IS FIGHTINGNLEGAL BATTLES" "WITH SCORES OF FORMER EMPLOYEESNIN 31 STATES " "HOURLY WORKERS WHO SAYNTHE COMPANY HAS CHEATED THEM" "OUT OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONSNOF DOLLARS IN OVERTIME PAY." "THE WAL-MART CORPORATIONNPAID APPROXIMATELY $50 MILLION" "TO SETTLE AN OFF-THE-CLOCKNCLASS-ACTION SUIT IN COLORADO." "IT IS ESTIMATEDNTHAT THEY CHEATED WORKERS" "OUT OF UP TO $150 MILLIONNIN UNPAID WAGES." "OUR POLICY IS THAT WE PAYNEVERYONE FOR EVERY HOUR WORKED." "YOU'RE THE CEO OF WAL-MART.NTHAT'S THE BEST YOU CAN DO?" "NWE'LL PAY YOU." "THAT'S IT?" "N"WORK AT WAL-MART." "IT'S BETTER THANNGETTING KICKED IN THE NUTS." "OUR DISTRICT MANAGERNEXPLAINED TO US" "HOW TO CHEAT WORKERSNOUT OF OVERTIME." "THIS IS HOW YOU CANNCOME IN ON YOUR PAYROLL BUDGET" "FOR THIS WEEK." "N3 WORKERS THAT HAD OVERTIME " "MAYBE AN HOUR OR EVENN20 MINUTES OVER 40 HOURS." "HE EXPLAINED TO US HOW TO GO INNTHE SYSTEM UNDER A FALSE USER ID" "TO GET INTO THE COMPUTER ANDNMOVE THAT TIME TO THE NEXT WEEK." "42 HOURS" "AND CHANGE IT TO 40 HOURS." "THE PEOPLE THAT ARE STRUGGLING" "TO JUST LIVE ON THE BASICSNEVERY DAY OR DO WITHOUT" "NEED THAT EXTRA MINUTE OR TWONON THEIR PAYCHECK." "AND THOSE ARE THE ONESNTHAT ARE VICTIMIZED THE MOST." "I'M NOT THE ONLY ONENTHAT DID IT." "DO IT." "Man:" "WAL-MART REFUSES TO FOLLOWNTHE VERY AMERICAN ETHIC" "THAT HAS SERVED THE COUNTRY WELLNFOR MANY YEARS." "PEOPLE SHOULD BE PAIDNFOR THE WORK THEY DO." "Man #2:" "WAL-MART CURRENTLY FACESNLAWSUITS IN 31 DIFFERENT STATES POTENTIALLY INVOLVING HUNDREDSNOF THOUSANDS OF WORKERS. YOU'RE RESPONSIBLENFOR REDUCING YOUR EXPENSES" "EVERY SINGLE MONTH." "AND THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT" "IS TO KEEPNTHE ASSOCIATES' NUMBERS DOWN." "Woman:" "I WAS JUST GETTINGNABOUT 19 HOURS A WEEK." "THAT'S JUST..." "NYOU CAN'T PAY BILLS WITH THAT." "IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT AT ALL. THAT'S DEVASTATING. BUT IT DOESN'T HELP YOUNAT HOME." "NWE HAVE GOOD JOBS." "74% OF OUR PEOPLE ARE FULL-TIME." "MOST PEOPLE IN AMERICANDON'T KNOW THAT." "ALTHOUGH MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW 000 A YEAR." "Man:" "I.N.S. AGENTS ARRESTEDN250 UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS" "IN 61 WAL-MARTS ACROSS AMERICA." "WAL-MART IS PAYING $11 MILLIONNTO SETTLE FEDERAL ALLEGATIONS" "IT USED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTSNTO CLEAN ITS STORES." "I'M STUNNED THAT THEY WOULDNEMPLOY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS." "VERY STUNNED." "YOU'RE STUNNED THEY HIRE ILLEGALNIMMIGRANTS FOR NEARLY NO PAY?" "YOU JUST BOUGHTNA SWEATSHIRT THERE FOR $.29. COULD BE FACINGNTHE LARGEST LAWSUIT" "EVER BROUGHT AGAINSTNA PRIVATE EMPLOYER." "LAWYERS SUING WAL-MARTNWILL FILE THEIR MOTION TODAY." "NTHE COMPANY COULD BE FACING" "A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUITNFOR DISCRIMINATION" "AGAINST 1.6 MILLION CURRENTNAND FORMER FEMALE EMPLOYEES." "I HAD NO IDEANABOUT THE LAWSUIT." "ALSO." "MEMBERS OF MANAGEMENT IN THE UPPERNECHELONS OF WAL-MART MANAGEMENT" "TALK ABOUT HOW WOMEN AT WAL-MARTNARE USELESS." "I HAVE DONE RECEIVING MANAGER." "I WAS OPERATION MANAGER." "I WAS MERCHANDISE MANAGER." "IT'S LIKENI KIND OF DID IT ALL." "I CLEANED THE BATHROOMNEVERY SINGLE DAY." "N"IT'S YOUR TURN AGAIN." "N"IT WAS MY TURN YESTERDAY." "NAND WE'D JOKE ABOUT IT." "WE'D GO BACK AND FORTH." "I KNOW." "I'M THE ONLYNFEMALE THAT'S WORKING OUT HERE." "I HAVE TO CLEANNTHE BATHROOM." "WHY A WOMANNBEEN IN THIS COMPANY" "ALL OF THESE YEARS?" "YOU LOOK AT THE EVALUATION. SHE SHOULD BE A G.M.NWITHIN A YEAR." "WITHIN 6 MONTHS." "EVERY EVALUATION." "WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?" "THE COMPANY HIDES THE FACT" "THAT THESE PRACTICESNARE VERY SYSTEMIC." "MEANING THEYNCOME OUT OF THE HOME OFFICE." "YOU WEREN'T WORTH IT." "YOU JUST WEREN'T WORTHNTHE TIME." "YOU WEREN'T WORTH THE MONEY." "YOU WEREN'T WORTH THE EFFORT --NNOTHING." "A BLIND MAN.NMY GRANDMOTHER WAS BLIND." "SHE COULD SEE BETTERNTHAN WHAT YOU GUYS ARE SEEING." "BECAUSE YOU PUT THE BLINDERS ON." "YOU DIDN'T WANT TO SEE. JUST TO SAY THATNTHEY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST ME" "BECAUSE I WAS A WOMAN." "I'M BETTY.NI'M A WAL-MART ASSOCIATE." "I LOVE WORKING AT WAL-MART." "I LOVE THAT THEY PAY MENLESS THAN MEN" "BECAUSE THAT MEANSNI CAN'T AFFORD TO EAT AS MUCH" "AND I GET TO KEEP MY FIGURE. BECAUSE HE'S A CUTIE." "HONEY. I DIDN'T GET ANY RESPONSENBACK AT ALL." "I WENT THROUGH EVERYTHINGNI HAD DONE FOR MY STORE MANAGER." "NYOU WOULD DO A CHECK LIST." "YOU TOLD ME TO DO THIS.NI DID IT." "YOU TOLD ME TO DO THIS.NI DID IT." "HE AGREED WITH A NOD." "NOW I WANTNWHAT YOU PROMISED ME. THERE'S NO PLACE FOR PEOPLENLIKE YOU IN MANAGEMENT." "PEOPLE LIKE ME?" "THAT I'MNA WOMAN OR THAT I'M BLACK?" "TWO OUT OF TWONAIN'T BAD. AT THIS PARTICULAR STORE. THEY HUNG IT UP IN THE CEILING" "AND PUT A ROPE AROUND IT." "LITERARY LYNCHEDNTHIS GUY'S BICYCLE." "I COMPLAINED BECAUSENTO ME IT WAS OFFENSIVE." "AND IT WAS UNACCEPTABLE." "WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT?" "NNOTHING. TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT. NCATCH A NIGGER BY THE TOE." "I REPORTED THIS INCIDENT.NNOTHING HAPPENED. THEY'LL JUST LET MORE PEOPLENOUT ON YOU" "TO SEE IF THEY CAN REALLY WORKNYOU OUT OF THERE OR WHATEVER." "AND THAT'S BASICALLYNWHAT HAPPENED TO ME." "I JUST GOT TIRED. NTHE WORSE I FELT." "N"YOU'RE AN IDIOT." "HOW COULD YOU HAVE NOT KNOWN?" "I WAS DEVASTATED. I COULD'VE BEEN AT HOMENWITH MY HUSBAND." "BUT I WASN'T." "BECAUSE I WAS DOING MY ENDNOF WHAT WAL-MART PROMISED ME." "NWE WILL DO THIS." "AND IT WAS NOT WORTHNMY HUSBAND'S LIFE." "AND THE WORST PART ABOUT IT IS WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE. BUT THEY'RE TOO AFRAIDNTO SAY ANYTHING." "Woman:" "I LOVE MY JOB." "NBUT IT'S REALLY SATISFYING." "WE TRULY ARE LIVINGNTHE AMERICAN DREAM." "NAND IT'S AT WAL-MART." "GREAT CITIZENSHIP ALSO MEANS" "THAT WE'RE GONNA SUPPORTNTHE COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE IN" "THROUGH OUR CHARITIES" "AND THE ORGANIZATIONSNTHAT EXIST THERE. I HAVE LIVED UNDER ABOUT 36%" "OF THE PRESIDENTSNOF THE UNITED STATES." "THINK ABOUT THAT. AND JUNIOR BUSH." "SO THERE'S 13 PRESIDENTSNOUT OF 43 I'VE LIVED UNDER." "WE CAME HERE IN 1959" "NWHICH IS INDEPENDENT GROCERS." "WE HAD APPROXIMATELYN150 EMPLOYEES." "NTHE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES " "AND THAT WAS A GREAT NUMBERNOF THEM " "NHEALTH INSURANCE." "WE ALSO HAD 401(k) PENSION PLANNTHAT THEY REALLY APPRECIATED. AND THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANTNTO YOU." "WE ALWAYS TRIED TO HAVENA CHRISTMAS PARTY" "OR CHRISTMAS DINNER" "NAND WE'D CLOSE THE STORES. 'CAUSE WE LIVEDNA COUPLE OF BLOCKS UP FROM IT." "Red:" "THE BAILER THAT WE USE HERENIS A BAILER" "THAT WAS LEFT OVER FROM WHEN WENCLOSED DOWN THE STORES IN THE LATE '90s." "Scott:" "NI DON'T BELIEVE IT'S FAIR" "THE WAY THAT WAL-MARTNCAN COME IN" "WITH THE FUNDINGNTHAT THEY GET. COMPARED TO WHATNTHE INDEPENDENT RETAILER GETS." "I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S FAIR. CAN YOU HELP US?" "THEY COULDN'T DO THAT." "Red:" "I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIRNTO HELP THEM PUTS OTHERS OUT OF BUSINESS." "THE COMPETITIONNTHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST" "REALLY HASN'T CAUSEDNA PROBLEM" "AS MUCH AS THE COMPETITIONNBEING HELPED" "BY OUR GOVERNMENT." "NTHEY GET ALL THE BREAKS." "WAL-MART IS COMING INNAND RUNNING US OUT." "NOR YOU GAVE THEM TAX ABATEMENTS." "WILL YOU GIVE USNA TAX ABATEMENT?" "THEY COULDN'T DO THAT." "THE COUNTYNNOR THE CITY WOULD DO THAT. BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT?" "THERENIS NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. OR ANY PLACE LIKE THAT." "IF YOU TELL THEM THERE HAS BEEN NOTHINGNTO STOP THEM HOOKING UP TO RURAL WATER" "AND HAVING ALL THE NEGATIVENEFFECTS ON THE CITY" "AND NONE OFNTHE POSITIVE EFFECTS." "Red:" "THEY HAVE A SUPERCENTERNIN CAMERON." "IT TOOK ABOUT 40%NOF OUR BUSINESS IN CAMERON" "AND ABOUT A THIRD OF OURNBUSINESS HERE IN HAMILTON." "IT TOOK OVER 50%NOF OUR BUSINESS OVERNIGHT." "Dee:" "IT'S HARD TO MAKENTHOSE PAYMENTS" "WITH OUR WHOLESALERNHAVING PROBLEMS." "SO EVERYTHING JUST KIND OFNCULMINATED" "IN EVERYBODY HAVING PROBLEMS." "WE USEDNCASH FROM THE INVENTORY." "AND THEN YOU DIDN'T HAVENANY INVENTORY. I HAD TO BORROW MONEY TO PUTNIN THE STORES" "WITH THE FARM AS COLLATERAL. SO WE HAD NO RECOURSENBUT TO JUST CLOSE THEM UP." "IT WAS 40 YEARS OF HARD WORK BUT..." "NHERB IS STILL SADDENED A LOT." "IT CERTAINLY WASN'TNWHAT HE PLANNED." "BUT WE HAD A LOT OF GOOD TIMES." "HE DID A LOT THINGS.NHE KNOWS LOTS OF PEOPLE." "AND THEY RESPECT HIM." "AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSENYOU'RE GONNA GET OUT..." "NAND THAT WAS A SUNDAY MORNING." "I'D WENT DOWN TO OPEN AND..." "JUST..." "I REMEMBER HIMNCOMING DOWN THE STAIRS" "NAND MOM TOLD ME." "AND I STARTED CRYING." "IT WAS LIKE A FAMILY MEMBER.NWE WERE THERE EVERY DAY." "IT WAS A BIG PART OF OUR LIFE." "IT WAS PROBABLYNMY FAVORITE PLACE." "I LIKED BEING THERE." "THEY WANTED IT FROM ME." "AND I LOVE THEM TO DEATH FOR IT." "THEY WANTEDNIT FROM ME AND MY FAMILY. WHERE WILL OUR FAMILIESNAND WHERE WILL OUR CHILDREN BE? NIT'S PROBABLY GOING TO GET TO BE" "VERY SERIOUSNFOR THE NATION." "IT MIGHT HAPPEN THAT WAY NOW. BUT IT COULD BE... BE A REVOLUTION. BUT IT WOULD BE A REVOLUTION." "I DON'T THINK ANYBODYNWANTS THAT." "AND I'M A 4thNAND 5th GRADE BILINGUAL TEACHER" "NIN THE DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS" "AT NEWLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THAT COULD HAVE KEPTNTHE THREE SCHOOLS" "THAT WE JUST CLOSED DOWNNTHIS SPRING OPEN." "I AM MONICA JEFFERSON." "I AM A SPEECH-LANGUAGENPATHOLOGIST." "AND I WORKNFOR SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT" "OF ST." "LOUIS COUNTY." "WAL-MART RECEIVESNOVER $31 MILLION IN SUBSIDY" "FROM THE MISSOURI GOVERNMENT. BUT BECAUSE OF WAL-MART'S LIES NWE'RE SHORT ON FIREMEN." "WE'VE ELIMINATED THE RECREATIONNDIVISION OF THIS CITY." "WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDENTHE SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS" "THAT THEY NEED AND DESERVE." "WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LIVESNHANGING IN THE BALANCE" "BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BENABLE TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES." "MY NAME IS CHARLES HUSSEY." "I HAVE BEEN A 4th GRADE TEACHERNIN WASHINGTON STATE FOR MANY YEARS." "WHEN I THINK OF THE MILLIONNDOLLARS THAT WAL-MART RECEIVED" "FOR ITS DISTRIBUTION CENTER IT'S OUTRAGEOUS." "TAKING REVENUE AWAYNFROM OUR COMMUNITY" "THAT WILL HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT" "ON OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TONPROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF SERVICE. AND THAT HAS AFFECTEDNOUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS." "THAT MONEY COULD GO INTONOUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS THE SUPPORT PERSONNEL. NOUR COUNSELORS BACK." "WE COULD PICK UP..." "THESE PROGRAMS ARE BEING CUT" "BECAUSE WAL-MARTNHAS RECEIVED SUBSIDIES. DECIDED THAT THEY ARE GOINGNTO LEAVE OUR COMMUNITY." "NTHEY WERE MOVING 2 MILES AWAY. WHICH WE STILL WILL NOT RECEIVENANY BENEFIT FROM." "Pettis:" "NJUST OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS." "SO JUST AS WE WERE ABOUTNTO BEGIN TO RECEIVE A 100% WE FOUND OUTNTHAT WE HAD BEEN THE CHUMP." "TO END UP WITH A VACANT BUILDING" "OF THE SIZENTHAT MOST BUSINESSES CAN'T FILL." "SO YOU HAVE A HUGE BUILDING" "THAT SITS VACANTNFOR MONTHS AND YEARS." "Woman:" "THAT'S WHY AT WAL-MART WENGIVE BACK FIVE DOLLARS EVERY SECOND" "TO THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE" "THROUGHOUT THE HOLIDAYSNAND ALL YEAR LONG..." "TO MAKE THE SEASONNAND EVERY DAY A LITTLE BRIGHTER." "RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP" "ALSO MEANS LOOKING OUTNFOR THE ENVIRONMENT." "WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCENIN THIS AREA'S SUSTAINABILITY." "Lisenby:" "ONE OF THE MOST EXCITINGNTHINGS ABOUT A RIVERKEEPER ORGANIZATION" "IS WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC." "AND WE HAVE A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS" "THAT VOLUNTEER TO KEEPNTHEIR PART OF THE CATAWBA RIVER." "BECAUSE THE CATAWBA RIVERNIS DAMMED 11 TIMES AND SO WE CALLNOUR VOLUNTEERS COVE-KEEPERS." "AND THESE COVE-KEEPERS" "WORK TO SAFEGUARD AND PROTECTNTHE CATAWBA RIVER. AND WE VISITEDNABOUT SEVEN WAL-MARTS" "IN THE CATAWBA RIVER VALLEY" "TO SEE WHAT THEIRNENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES WERE" "AND JUDGE WHETHER THEIR CURRENTNENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES" "WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT" "ON THE DRINKING WATERNIN THE TOWN OF BELMONT." "WHAT WE FOUNDNIN EVERY SINGLE CASE AND FERTILIZERSNIN THE PARKING LOTS." "WHAT CONCERNED US MOSTNABOUT THIS PARTICULAR CASE" "WAS THE PROXIMITYNOF THIS WAL-MART AND THAT CREEK EMPTIES RIGHTNHERE AT THE INTAKE SITE." "WHEN I'M OUT ON PATROLNAND ON THE RIVER WHAT I KNOW IS THAT THERE ISNA MOM SOMEWHERE" "WHO'S AT A KITCHEN SINK" "AND SHE'S PUTTING WATERNIN A BOTTLE" "TO MAKE FORMULA FOR HER BABY." "AND THAT BABY IS DRINKING... THIS PRODUCT KNOWNNTO CAUSE REPRODUCTIVE HARM" "BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIANAND BIRTH DEFECTS. NALL THIS MATERIAL THE SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER" "FOR ALMOST 2 MILLION PEOPLENIN THE REGION." "SO WE BEGAN CALLING WAL-MARTNTO REALLY EXPRESS OUR CONCERN" "ABOUT THESE CHEMICALS MAKINGNITS WAY" "INTO THE PUBLIC DRINKING WATER." "AND THEY GAVE ME A NAMENAND A PHONE NUMBER" "TO CALL." "WASN'T THE RIGHT PERSON." "THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T THINKNTHEY HAD AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSON BUT THEY WOULD TRY AND FIND OUT." "I CALLED BACK." "THIS TIME I CALLEDNTHEIR ATTORNEYS. I AM NOT GETTINGNANY ANSWER AND EVERY CONTACT I HAVENWITH YOU" "I'M GOING TO PUTNON MY WEB SITE" "AND REPORTNWHAT YOUR RESPONSE IS. THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BENON OUR WEBSITE." "SO THAT'S WHAT I DID." "NTHEY STILL DIDN'T CALL BACK." "WE THEN SENT THEM THE LAW." "AND I ELEVATED THE RHETORIC" "IT APPEARS TO US" "AS IF YOU ARENVIOLATING THE STORAGE LAWS." "WE ARE GETTING READYNTO CONTACT OUR ATTORNEYS." "NO ONE CALLED." "FINALLY THE ATTORNEYSNFOR WAL-MART" "WHO HAD TESTIFIEDNIN THE HEARING" "GAVE ME THE NAME OF A PERSON" "THAT THEY THOUGHTNWAS THEIR CONTACT." "I FINALLY REACHED THAT PERSON AND HE SAIDNHE HAD JUST STARTED THE JOB. AND HE DIDN'T KNOWNWHAT TO TELL ME." "NI STARTED CALLING THE NEWS MEDIA" "AND ASKING THEM TO DO A STORY." "WE GOT A GREATNLOCAL NEWS STATION SHOWING THESE PALLETSNAND PALLETS AND PALLETS" "NFERTILIZERS" "STORED IN THE PARKING LOTS" "RIGHT BESIDENTHE STORM-WATER DRAIN. AND THE EVENING NEWSNON THAT DAY." "IT JUST SO HAPPENS" "THAT THE WAL-MART MANAGERNFOR THE LOCAL STORE SAW THE STORY. YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT I SAWNON THE NEWS LAST NIGHT. HE HAD THEM PULL THOSE CHEMICALS" "FROM THE PARKING LOTSNAND PUT THEM UNDER COVER. AND PARTICULARLYNTHE CONSENT DECREES" "FROM THE ATTORNEYNGENERAL'S OFFICE WHAT FLABBERGASTED ME MOST" "ABOUT THE LACK OFNCORPORATE RESPONSE" "IS THEIR APPARENT DISREGARDNFOR THESE CONSENT DECREES" "AND THAT THEY HADN'T TAKEN THEMNVERY SERIOUSLY." "IT'S ONLY THE LOCAL GUYS. AS UNRESPONSIVE AS WAL-MART. BUT IT'S REALLY EXCITINGNWHEN A COMPANY LIKE WAL-MART" "TOO." "WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIPNWITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT." "THEY HAVE TREATED US VERY FAIRLYNIN WHAT THEY HAVE DONE. THEY HOLD USNTO A HIGHER STANDARD " "NHIGHER STANDARD OF EMPLOYMENT." "Interpreter:" "NMY NAME IS WANG QI." "I'M 21 YEARS OLD." "I'M FROM THE SHANGHAI PROVINCE." "AND POTATO." "I WANTED TO EARN SOME MONEY" "SO THAT THEIR LIFENCOULD BE EASIER." "I DIDN'T WANTNTHEIR LIFE TO BE TOO HARD." "THEY WOULD WORKNFROM DAWN TILL NIGHT." "THEY WOULD BEGIN TO WORKNON THE FARM AT DAYBREAK" "AND WOULDN'T GET BACKNUNTIL NIGHT." "I THOUGHT ABOUT WORKINGNIN THE FACTORY" "WHEN I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL." "I THOUGHTNTHAT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING" "AND EXCITING TO WORKNIN THE FACTORY." "I LEFT MY HOMETOWNNON APRIL 29th THIS YEAR" "AND THEN BEGAN TO LOOK FOR A JOBNIN SHENZHEN." "I HAD A FRIENDNWORKING IN THAT FACTORY" "WHO ALSO CAME FROM MY HOMETOWN. WHICH IS JUST IN FRONTNOF WIEN YIE'S ROOM." "NAND I COME FROM HUNAN PROVINCEN." "Interpreter #1:" "NHE HEARD MY DIALECT WHENNI WAS TALKING WITH MY FRIENDN." "THEN HE SPOKE WITH MENUSING THE SAME DIALECT." "HE ASKED ME WHERE I WAS FROM.NI DIDN'T TELL HIM THE TRUTH." "I SAID I WAS FROMNTHE CHUNGKING AREA. SO HE CAN SPEAKNTHE CHUNGKING DIALECT." "THAT'S THE WAYNWE GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER." "Interpreter #2:" "NMY GIRLFRIEND AND I WORKNIN THE SAME WAL-MART FACTORY." "NAND I WORK IN THE NEW ONE." "I AM ON THE NIGHT SHIFT AND FINISHNWORK AT SEVEN IN THE MORNING." "SHE BEGINS TO WORKNAT 7:30 EACH MORNING" "AND WORKS OVERTIMENUNTIL 10:00 P.M. I'LL COOK SOME DELICIOUS FOODNFOR HER. AND BUYING SOME LITTLE THINGS." "NYOU FEEL MORE RELAXED. NAND WE GET IN A GOOD MOOD. BECAUSE THE MEALS OFFEREDNBY THE FACTORY" "ARE REALLY DISGUSTING." "THE DILEMMA ISNWHETHER YOU LIVE IN THE DORM THEY ALWAYS DEDUCTNTHE RENT FROM OUR WAGES." "YOU HAVE NO CHOICENBUT TO LIVE INSIDE. N"YOU CAN MOVE OUT" "AND WE WILL NOTNCHARGE YOU ELECTRICITY OR WATER." "BUT RENT WILL STILL BE CHARGED. WHICH IS CHARGEDNBY HOW MUCH YOU USE." "THERE ARE VERY FEW FANSNINSTALLED IN MY WORKSHOP." "IT'S EXTREMELY HOT INSIDE. THEN THE OTHERS WILL TELL USNTHAT WE CAN ONLY HAVE ONE FAN" "OR THE FANS THAT ARE THERE." "NTHERE IS NO WIND AT ALL." "NI'M SITTING THERE" "AND DRIPPING WITH SWEATNALL DAY LONG." "MY BODY NEVER GETS DRY." "Interpreter #2:" "NWAL-MART INFORMED THE FACTORY" "THAT IT WAS GOING TO SEND PEOPLENHERE FOR THE INSPECTION" "AND THEY WILL TELL USNHOW TO LIE FOR THE INSPECTOR." "NTHE WORKERS MUST RESPOND" "AS THOUGH THEY WORK 6 DAYS EVEN THOUGH THEY ACTUALLYNWORK FOR 7 DAYS." "Interpreter #1:" "THEN WE WORKERSNDON'T DARE TO SAY ANYTHING WRONG" "BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY AFRAIDNOF BEING PUNISHED BY MANAGERS." "WAL-MART INFORMS US IN ADVANCE" "AND HAS A MEETING TO TEACH USNHOW TO LIE." "NYOU'LL BE REWARDED." "YOU'LL BE PUNISHEDNOR FIRED." "THE WORKER IS GIVENNA FAKE PAY SLIP. BUT THREATEN YOU TO DELIVERNFALSE INFORMATION." "WE REALLY WORK DAY AND NIGHT" "IN ORDER TO GET THE WAGE OF LESSNTHAN THREE DOLLARS A DAY." "MY MOM WANTS ME BACK HOME" "BECAUSE SHE FEELSNIT'S TOO TOILSOME." "BUT I DON'T THINK SO." "EVERYBODY ELSE HERENHAS THE SAME SITUATION AS ME." "NI CAN DO IT ALSO." "I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT MY MOMNWHEN I'M VERY TIRED." "THAT WOULD BE WONDERFULNIF SHE COULD BE HERE WITH ME." "SHE TAKES CARE OF MENVERY WELL WHEN I'M SICK." "SHE'LL LET ME HAVE A GOOD REST" "AND COOKS ANYTHINGNTHAT I'D LIKE TO EAT." "SHE'S REALLY VERY NICE TO ME." "Interpreter:" "I WOULDNRESPECTFULLY LIKE TO ASKNTHE BOSS OF WAL-MART" "TO GIVE THE CHINESE WORKERSNSOME CONSIDERATION" "AND A CHANCENFOR A LITTLE TIME OFF. THINK ABOUT CHINANAND THE FAR EAST." "Interpreter #3:" "NTHOSE PROFITS YOU MADE" "AND THE WONDERFUL LIFE YOU HAVENARE THE SWEAT AND TEARS" "AND OVERTIME WORKINGNOF CHINESE PEOPLE." "IF ONE DAY I ENCOUNTER A LADY DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU CAN BUYNSUCH A CHEAP TOY FROM WAL-MART?" "EVERY DAY AND NIGHT." "000 NEW JOBS" "AROUND THIS WORLDNTHIS PAST YEAR " "GOOD JOBS." "JOBS AND BENEFITS.NWE HAVE PROFIT SHARING." "RETIREMENT SAVINGSNACCOUNTS FOR OUR ASSOCIATES. JOBS THAT COME WITH OPPORTUNITYNFOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT." "000 YOUNG WOMENNIN BANGLADESH" "ARE SEWING GARMENTSNFOR WAL-MART. BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORDNA TOOTHBRUSH. 7 DAYS A WEEK" "ON THESE WAGESNOF 13 TO 17 CENTS AN HOUR. TRAPPED IN UTTER MISERY. WAL-MART SETS THE STANDARDS" "THAT OTHER COMPANIESNARE GOING TO FOLLOW." "WAL-MART RIGHT NOW" "IS SUCKING DOWN STANDARDSNALL ACROSS THE WORLD." "THESE ARE WORKERSNWHO HAVE NO RIGHTS." "THE OUTLOOK FOR THIS COMPANYNTODAY IS VERY POSITIVE. THE WAL-MART MODEL WORKS." "BECAUSE ONCE YOUR ASSOCIATESNKNOW THEY'RE MORE LIKELYNTO CONTACT YOU." "AND WE HAVE A VERY AGGRESSIVENPROGRAM UNDER WAY" "AND HAVE HAD NOWNFOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA." "MY JOB FUNCTION ENTITLEDNTHREE THINGS -- WHICH MEANS YOU GO IN THERENAND YOU MAKE SURE" "THAT THERE ARENHUMANE WORKING CONDITIONS." "BIG DEAL WITH THE FACTORYNCERTIFICATIONS IS TO MAKE SURE" "HUMANE ENVIRONMENT. AND THE PEOPLE ARE SO NICE. AND THEY WERENJUST WORKING FOR SO LITTLE MONEY" "AND WITHOUT ANY CONDITIONNOF FAIRNESS WHATSOEVER" "WITH THEIR COMPENSATIONNAND THEIR WORKING CONDITIONS." "I WENT BACK TO MY HOTEL ROOMNAND JUST WEPT THE FIRST TIME." "NI HAD PICKED UP THE PHONE." "I WAS CALLING MY WIFE AND I STARTED CRYING ABOUT THAT." "N"IT'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT." "I KNOW.NWE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING." "I JUST COULDN'T IMAGINENIT WAS THIS WAY. ONCE WE STARTED REPORTINGNTHE TRUTH THAT IT WOULD TAKE QUICK ACTION" "TO TRY AND MAKENTHE WORKING CONDITIONS BETTER." "I BELIEVED IN THE MISSIONNAND THE CULTURE" "WHICH I THOUGHT EXISTEDNAT WAL-MART." "I LED MORE WAL-MART CHEERS THANNJUST ABOUT ANYBODY THAT I KNOW." "I DIDN'T EVEN MIND BEINGNTHE SQUIGGLY. I WOULD HAVE BLEDNWAL-MART-BLUE BLOOD." "I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE WEREN'TNGONNA MAKE IT THE GOAL" "TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS." "I DIDN'T THINKNTHAT ANY RETALIATION" "WOULD BE BROUGHT AGAINST MENFOR DOING MY JOB." "I NOW REALIZENI WAS PRETTY NAIVE." "BUT IT JUST DIDN'T OCCUR TO ME ONCE THEY WERE FACEDNWITH THE TRUTH." "I KEPT GOINGNINTO OTHER FACTORIES" "AND SEEING THE SAME THINGS" "OVER AND OVER AGAIN." "AND IT BECAME APPARENT TO ME" "THAT THIS WAS NOTNAN ISOLATED ISSUE. AND THE ONES WHO ARE IN POWERNRIGHT NOW" "HAVE TREMENDOUS PRESSURE" "ON THEM TO PERFORMNLIKE NEVER BEFORE." "THE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNEDNTO KEEP THE GOODS FLOWING" "TO THE UNITED STATES. THEY DID NOT STAND UPNAND DO THE RIGHT THING." "WHAT REALLY HAPPENEDNWAS WE WERE GETTING FIRED" "FOR TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUTNTHE FACTORY CERTIFICATIONS." "AND THAT WAS SHOCKING." "IT WAS EMBARRASSING.NIT RIPPED MY HEART OUT." "TO HAVE ALL OF THAT RIPPEDNFROM YOU" "AND THEN TO GET SOLD OUTNAND LIED TO... EVEN THOUGH I WAS TRYING TO LOOKNOUT FOR WAL-MART FOR YEARS." "Williams:" "NWE WANT TO MAKE SURE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS " "NTHAT THEY'RE PAID WELL." "MADE IN THE U.S.A. --NIT MEANS SOMETHING." "MADE IN THE U.S.A." MEANSNA JOB FOR SOMEBODY." "Announcer:" "NBUT WE'VE MADE IT OUR POLICY" "TO FIND MORE U.S. SUPPLIERSNWHO CAN COMPETE" "BECAUSE AMERICAN GOODSNMEAN AMERICAN JOBS." "WE PLEDGE TONSUPPORT AMERICA'S SOURCES" "TOO." "IF WE KEEP OUR PRICES LOW DECREASE OUR PROFITABILITYNDISPROPORTIONATELY." "AND WE WOULD SACRIFICENA HEALTHY CHUNK" "OF WHAT IT IS THAT OURNSHAREHOLDERS EXPECT FROM US. THE LOVE OF MONEYNIS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL." "THIS DOES NOT SAYNTHAT MONEY ITSELF IS EVIL. WHILE WE WERE IN NEW YORKNSAVED $200." "THE FACT THAT MY DINNERNWAS $10 LAST NIGHT SAVED MONEY." "Rabbi Jacobs:" "NYOU SHALL NOT STEAL." "DOESN'T THIS TEACH US THATNKEEPING EVERYTHING FOR OURSELVES" "IS A FORM OF STEALING" "OR ARE WE COMMANDEDNTO HELP THOSE LESS FORTUNATE" "TO FIND ENOUGH TO EAT? THAT FIVE MEMBERSNOF THAT FAMILY" "TOGETHER ARE WORTHN$102 BILLION." "THE WIDOW AND FOUR CHILDREN EMERGED ON THE LISTNOF THE TOP TEN WEALTHIEST PEOPLE" "IN THE UNITED STATES." "THEY COULD EASILY TAKENTEN BILLION OF THAT" "AND SEE TO IT THAT EVERYNEMPLOYEE OF WAL-MART" "IN THE UNITED STATES" "AND ADEQUATE WAGES." "AFTER THE 9-11 ATTACKS THEY APPARENTLY DECIDED THATNTHEY NEEDED TO HAVE A BUNKER." "THERE'S A FACILITYNFOR THE WALTON FAMILY" "IN CASE OFNAN APOCALYPTIC ATTACK " "A RESIDENCENTHAT THEY CAN LIVE IN" "IN CASE THEY HAD TO DO THAT." "THERE'S A HELIPAD BEHINDNTHE FACILITY BACK THERE AND THERE ARE SATELLITE UPLINKNDISHES BEHIND THE FACILITY." "NAS YOU CAN SEE." "YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE MUCHNFROM THE GATE" "WHICH IS ALL FORTIFIED." "FAITH MEANS NOTHING AT ALLNIF IT DOES NOT INVOLVE US" "NIN COMPASSION FOR THE POOR... DO YOU REMEMBER THE PEOPLENTHEY'RE RINGING FOR?" "THEY REMIND US OF OUR FRIENDSNAND NEIGHBORS" "WHO COULD USE A LITTLE HELP." "THAT'S WHY AT WAL-MARTNWE GIVE BACK THROUGHOUT THE HOLIDAYSNAND ALL YEAR LONG." "THE MOST IMPORTANTNBENEFICIARY OF THIS STORE" "IS OUR CUSTOMER." "IT'S A CUSTOMER WHO LIVESNIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. NI ACTUALLY HAD MY OWN BUSINESS." "I WAS DOING WOOD REFINISHINGNON BOATS." "AND I ACTUALLY DID QUITE WELLNAT THAT." "GETTING A LITTLE OLD FOR THAT. I WANTED SOMETHING TO COME OUTNOF IT " " SOMETHING GOOD." "THERE WAS A TRUCK TO ONE SIDE.NTHERE WAS A VAN TO ONE SIDE." "YOU DON'T WANT TO BE" "IN THE SPOTNWHERE NOBODY CAN SEE YOU." "FOUR CAR SPACESNFROM THE FRONT DOOR." "I THOUGHT THEY HADNSECURITY OUTSIDE." "I SHOULD BE FINE." "NTHERE WAS TWO OF THEM." "BUT HE CAUGHT ME." "AND THAT'S WHENNI REALIZED HE HAD A GUN." "HE HAD A GUN IN THE ARMNTHAT WAS HOLDING ME." "N"GET IN THE CAR" "OR I'M GONNA BLOW YOUR HEAD OFF. WE HAD A SAFETY MEETING. AND THEY HAD THE SHERIFF'SNDEPARTMENT THERE." "AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT TO DO --NDON'T GO WITH THEM. NTHAT'S WHAT HAPPENS." "THEY'LL KILL YOU. I'M NOT GOINGNTO SURVIVE THIS." "SORRY. N"I WANT TO CHOOSE." "TOO. I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TONRAPE ME." "WHEN THEY GOT MENBACK IN THE CAR NYOU KNOW..." "THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO." "AND YOU GO KIND OF COLD INSIDE." "THIS IS THE PARKING LOT" "WHERE LAURA TANAKA FACEDNHER ATTACKERS. WAL-MART HAD MORE THANN200 SECURITY CAMERAS" "AND FOUR SECURITY GUARDSNON PATROL." "THERE WAS NOTHING." "THE POLICE DID RECOMMENDNON-SITE SECURITY." "THERE WAS NONE." "THEY HAD ASSURED THE PEOPLENOF THE NEIGHBORHOOD" "THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDENARMED SECURITY" "AND MAKE SURE IT WAS SAFENFOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD." "THAT WASN'T DONE." "IT WAS EVIDENTNTHAT WAL-MART KNEW" "THEY HAD SUBSTANTIAL PROBLEMSNIN THEIR PARKING LOTS." "WAL-MART WAS AWARE" "THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE CRIMENTHROUGHOUT THE STATES" "OCCURRED IN THEIR PARKING LOTS." "DESPITE THE FACTNTHAT 80% OF THE CRIME THEY HAD DONE ALMOST NOTHING" "TO PROTECT THE CUSTOMERSNIN THE LOTS." "KIDNAPPING " "ALL OF THESENSHOCKING ALLEGATIONS" "AND THEY COMENFROM WAL-MART SHOPPERS." "Woman:" "REPORT OF A WAL-MARTNPARKING-LOT ATTACK." "NORTH TEXAS POLICE" "ARE ON THE HUNTNFOR A WOULD-BE KIDNAPPER." "A VIOLENT ATTACKNIN THE PARKING LOT" "OF AN ORANGE COUNTY WAL-MART." "AND SHOOT A WOMAN." "Man: ..." "WHO SHOT AND KILLEDN33-YEAR-OLD MARK KORENEK" "IN THE STORE'S PARKING LOT." "A BOLD AND DEADLY SHOOTING." "IT HAPPENED THIS MORNINGNAT THE WAL-MART..." "A TAYLOR WOMAN IS RECOVERINGNTONIGHT AFTER FIGHTING A THIEF" "IN A WAL-MART PARKING LOT." "Woman:" "A MAN IS ARRESTEDNAFTER A TIRE-IRON ATTACK." "IT HAPPENED IN THE PARKING LOTNOF THIS WAL-MART." "Woman #2:" "NTHE TWO TEENAGE WORKERSNSHOT WHILE GATHERING CARTS" "IN THE PARKING LOT YESTERDAYNAT THIS GLENDALE WAL-MART." "Woman #3:" "NIT HAPPENED AT 1:48 THIS MORNING" "IN THE WAL-MART PARKING LOTNIN RIVERDALE." "SHE TURNED TO RUNNFROM THE SUBJECT" "AND WAS SHOT IN THE BACK. AND CRITICS ACCUSE THE COMPANY OF FAILING TO TURN IT OVERNIN LAWSUITS." "HERE'S WHAT WAL-MARTNDID NOT WANT TO SHOW. A WAL-MART STUDY SHOWED THAT 80%NOF CRIME AT WAL-MART LOCATIONS" "OCCURRED IN THE PARKING LOT. THE CRIME RATE DROPPEDNTO AS LOW AS ZERO." "A DISTRICT JUDGENIN BEAUMONT TONIGHT" "IS FINING WAL-MART STORESN$18 MILLION." "JUDGE JAMES MAHATHYNIS SANCTIONING WAL-MART" "FOR WHAT THE COURT BELIEVESNWAS A PATTERN OF DECEPTION." "IT INVOLVES THE CASENOF A SOUTHEAST TEXAS WOMAN" "WHO WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTEDNAND RAPED" "IN THE PARKING LOTNOF WAL-MART." "THE COURT FOUND THAT WAL-MARTNDID NOT DISCLOSE" "THAT IT HAD CONDUCTEDNA SAFETY STUDY " "A STUDY THAT FOUNDNIF WAL-MART" "WOULD PUT EMPLOYEESNIN GOLF CARTS CRIME THERE WOULD DROPNTO ZERO." "Stahl:" "JUDGE SHERILYN WOOD HEARDNA CASE" "IN 1999" "INVOLVING AN ASSAULTNIN A WAL-MART PARKING LOT. SHE'S RARELY SEEN SUCHNFLAGRANT ABUSE OF THE SYSTEM." "IT WAS VERY DISTURBING TO SEE" "SUCH AN INTENTIONAL COURSENOF CONDUCT." "IT WAS CORRUPT." "Stahl:" "SHE'S CHARGING WAL-MARTNWITH CHEATING IN COURT." "AND SHE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE.NTHIS IS ONE JUDGE " "IS THERE SOMETHING INNTHE DRINKING WATER IN ARKANSAS" "THAT SAYS PERJURYNIS ALL RIGHT?" "ANOTHER JUDGE " "RARELY HAS THIS COURT SEENNSUCH A PATTERN AND DOWNRIGHT LYING." "TRUE. THEY REALLY DON'T CARENWHAT GOES ON" "AFTER YOU SPEND YOUR MONEYNIN THERE" "AND COME OUT INTONTHE PARKING LOT TO GO HOME." "Man:" "POLICE FOUND HOLDENNSHOT TO DEATH" "TEXAS -- 400 MILESNFROM WHERE SHE WAS ABDUCTED." "Kirkpatrick:" "NMEGAN WAS VERY SPECIAL." "WE GREW UP TOGETHER.NWE LIVED TOGETHER." "REALLY GONNANBE MISSED A WHOLE LOT" "BECAUSE SHE HAS A LOTNOF PEOPLE THAT LOVE HER." "SHE WAS JUSTNA VERY SWEET PERSON AND..." "SHE NEVER WANTEDNA WHOLE LOT OUT OF LIFE." "BE HAPPY." "THAT'S ALL SHE WANTED. WE WERE IN HER ROOMNLISTENING TO A CD." "WE WERE SINGING TOGETHER." "AND WE COULD JUST BE OPENNWITH EACH OTHER." "WE DIDN'T CARE." "Man:" "POLICE SAY MEGAN HOLDENNWAS CHOSEN AT RANDOM" "ON THE WAY TO HER PICKUP TRUCK" "IN THE WAL-MART PARKING LOTNJUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. WHERE HE APPARENTLY MURDERED" "THE 19-YEAR-OLDNJUNIOR-COLLEGE STUDENT" "AND DUMPED HER BODYNNEAR SOME RAILROAD TRACKS" "IN THE WEST TEXAS TOWNNOF STANTON." "I JUST THINKNTHAT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS" "WAL-MART COULD HAVE DONE." "THERE SHOULD BE SOMEBODYNWATCHING THE CAMERAS." "SOMEBODY SHOULD HAVE BEENNWATCHING THE CAMERAS. AND I THOUGHTNTHAT THEY WERE WATCHING." "Man:" "A SECURITY CAMERANWITHOUT SOMEONE WATCHING IT" "IS OF NO USE AT ALL." "THE ABDUCTION AND MURDERNTHAT HAPPENED IN TEXAS" "HAPPENED AT A STORE" "WHERE THE LOSS-PREVENTION TEAMNWAS SENT IN TO SET UP" "A SECURITY SYSTEM OUTSIDE" "THAT WOULD TRACK THE UNIONNACTIVITY IN THAT STORE." "AND THE ONLY REASONS THAT THEYNHAD THE PICTURES THAT THEY DID" "WAS BECAUSE THEY HADNTHE UNION PACKAGE" "ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE STORE." "WAL-MART FOCUSES ON PROTECTINGNTHEIR PROPERTY" "AND NOT THEIR PATRONS." "A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR COMPANY..." "COULDN'T YOU PAY SOMEONE LIKEN$12 AN HOUR TO WATCH A CAMERA? I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHINGNYOU CAN SAY TO THEM. SAYING HIS MOTHER DIEDNAFTER A BOTCHED ROBBERY ATTEMPT" "IN THE STORE'S PARKING LOT." "Man:" "THE RANDOM SHOOTINGNHAPPENED HERE." "THAT THREE PEOPLE ARE DEADNAND THREE OTHERS INJURED..." "THE SHOOTING HAPPENED IN THENMIDDLE OF A BUSY SHOPPING DAY." "AND SHOOT A WOMAN." "REPORT OF A WAL-MARTNPARKING LOT ATTACK..." "NORTH TEXAS POLICE" "ARE ON THE HUNTNFOR A WOULD-BE KIDNAPPER." "A BOLD AND DEADLY SHOOTING..." "NA SHOOTING RAMPAGE..." "RANDOM SHOOTING..." "A BOLD AND DEADLY SHOOTING.NIT JUST HAPPENED THIS MORNING." "THE SHOOTING HAPPENED..." "NORTH TEXAS POLICENARE ON THE HUNT" "FOR A WOULD-BE KIDNAPPER." "A WAL-MART STORENHAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO SOCIETY" "TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE DONFITS IN AND REPRESENTS" "WHAT IT IS SOCIETY EXPECTSNFROM A BIG COMPANY." "WORK TOGETHER" "TO CAUSE THEM TO WANTNTO HAVE A WAL-MART. AND IT SAID THAT WAL-MARTNWAS GOING TO BUILD A SUPERCENTER WHICH IS JUST A VERY SHORTNDISTANCE FROM MY HOUSE." "AND THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION AND IT WAS WITHIN WALKINGNDISTANCE OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL" "AND A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL." "AND I FELT THAT IT WASNAN INAPPROPRIATE LOCATION" "FOR SOMETHING OF THAT MAGNITUDE." "SO I DECIDED TO FORM A CAMPAIGN" "NO WAL-MARTNIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE BEGIN TO TRANSFORMNTHE WORLD." "THIS TRANSFORMATION IS VISIBLE" "IN THE READINGNTHAT WE HAVE FROM ACTS." "WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO SHOWNWHY THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING" "IS THE WORK OF THE GOSPEL." "THE LESSON WE LEARNEDNIN INGLEWOOD TO TAKE POWER AND TAKE CONTROL" "AND ACTUALLY HOLD BIG COMPANIESNACCOUNTABLE. TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN." "Laney:" "NONE OF MY NEIGHBORS AND I WENT" "AND HAND-MADENSOME LITTLE POSTERS" "AND WE DECIDED THAT WE WERENGOING TO HAVE A MEETING WHICH WAS ABOUT A BLOCKNFROM HERE." "WE HAD NO IDEA HOW MANY PEOPLENWOULD SHOW UP. AND ALL OF THEMNWANTED TO DO SOMETHING." "NIT WAS ONLY A FEW OF US. ONLY SOME SUPERMARKET WORKERSNAND A COUPLE OF CHURCHES." "AND THEN MORE PEOPLE UNTIL THEYNSTARTED FEELING THE PRESSURE." "THEY WANTED TO BUILD THENWAL-MART ON THIS WHOLE PARCEL." "000 SQUARE FEET." "AND THERE WAS GOING TO BE..." "WAL-MART WAS GOING TO TAKENTHIS WHOLE SPACE." "IT'S LIKE 17 FOOTBALL FIELDSNBIG." "AND THEY WERE GOING TO BUILDNONE BIG BOX THAT WAS WAL-MART" "AND THEN LITTLE STORESNIN BETWEEN" "AND ANOTHER BIG BOXNTHAT WAS SAM'S CLUB. AND THAT WAS A GROUP OF PEOPLE EVERYTHING THAT NEEDED TO BENDONE TO ORGANIZE OUR CAMPAIGN. THEY WEREN'T STANDING UPNTO DEFEND THE COMMUNITY." "Aparicio:" "THE OTHER LESSONNLEARNED IN INGLEWOOD" "IS THAT THERE'S NO KIND OFNMAGIC POTION TO SUDDENLY... AND SUDDENLYNYOU'RE GOING TO WIN." "IT'S A HARD PROCESS." "THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGSNTHAT HAVE TO COME IN PLACE." "YOU CAN WIN. NWORKERS..." "WE GOT OUR MESSAGE FOCUSED." "NHAMMERED AWAY ON DOORS." "PEOPLE SAW US COMING AND GOINGNWHEN THEY WENT TO CHURCH THERE WAS A FLYERNABOUT OUR EFFORT." "WE HELD RALLIES." "IT WAS LEGAL STRATEGY." "ENOUGH RESOURCESNTO HAVE THE RESEARCH TO BE ABLE TO HAVENTHE MATERIALS. TO DO MEDIA EVENTS. NAND WE HAD AREA CHAIRMEN. 500 SIGNATURES." "000 SIGNATURES." "AND THEY WERE ALL FROM PEOPLE" "NWHAT I CALL OUR AREA CODE " "OUR ZIP CODE.NZIP CODE." "I ALWAYS GET THE TWO MIXED UP --NZIP CODE." "Man:" "NINGLEWOOD IS THE FIRST TEST AND ACTIVISTS SAY THE STAKESNHERE ARE HUGE." "THIS IS LIKEN"GODZILLA EATS TOKYO." "THIS IS MUCH BIGGERNTHAN DAVID AND GOLIATH." "ALL OF THE INFORMATION COMINGNFROM WAL-MART" "N"IT'S A DONE DEAL." "THERE'S NOTHINGNYOU CAN DO ABOUT IT." "WE HAVE OUR ZONING." "DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME." "BUT WE KNEW BETTER." "THEN WE HAD NUMEROUS PUBLICNMEETINGS TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW" "NWHAT THE STATUS WAS." "IT IS NOT LIKE THEY CAME INTONTHE SMALL TOWNS IN THE SOUTH" "OR TOWNS THAT HAVE NO BUSINESSNAND THEY BROUGHT IN BUSINESS." "NO." "THIS IS SOMETHINGNCOMPLETELY DIFFERENT. PLANTATION CAPITALISM." "THE FUTURE OF THIS COMMUNITYNDEPENDS ON OUR ABILITY" "TO STOP THE MONSTERNIN ITS TRACKS." "Man:" "WAL-MART SPONSOREDNTHE BALLOT INITIATIVE" "AFTER INGLEWOOD'S CITY COUNCIL" "OPPOSED BUILDING A WAL-MARTNSUPERCENTER ON THE SITE. HIJACKS THE CITY'SNPLANNING PROCESS." "IT IS 71 PAGESNOF LEGAL FINE PRINT" "THAT SEEKS TO CUT THE COMMUNITY" "OUT OF ITS OWNNDEVELOPMENT PROCESS. GET OUT OF HERE." "WE ARE THE BIGGEST CORPORATIONNIN THE WORLD." "WE CAN GO IN AND ESSENTIALLY BUYNAN ELECTION." "Laney:" "WE HELD PUBLIC MEETINGS.NWE DID OUR LETTERS." "WE HELD PRIVATE MEETINGSNWITH CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS." "WE WERE OUT ON THE STREETNAND DOING THE WORK" "TO ENSURE THE PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD" "MUCH WILL BE EXPECTED." "I'M SURE THE WALTON FAMILYNBELIEVES" "THAT THEY'RE A GOODNCHRISTIAN FAMILY." "BUT I THINKNTHEY HAVE MADE MILLIONS" "AT THE EXPENSE OF POOR WORKERS." "AND I'M SURENTHERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE" "THAT THINK THAT THEY'RE GOODNCHRISTIAN COMPANIES." "NOT IF THEY'RE GOINGNTO MAKE MONEY" "OFF THE BACKS OF PEOPLENWHO ARE SUFFERING." "Laney:" "NA LOT OF PEOPLE SACRIFICED" "AN AWFUL LOT TO HAVE ALLNTHE FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE." "NREPRESENTS ALL OF OUR FREEDOMS." "OUR FREEDOM TO FIGHT WAL-MART. WORK WHERE WE WANT TO HAVE A SAY IN OUR GOVERNMENT. TRICKLE-DOWN THEORIESNOF CAPITAL" "AND WHATEVER OTHER NONSENSENTHEY WANT TO INVENT" "TO HOLD ON TO THEIR CAPITAL." "NWE DON'T HAVE THAT OPTION." "THAT'S NOT OUR OPTION." "NTHAT WE'RE ABOUT PEOPLE. AND THE COUNCIL VOTED 6-0NTO DENY WAL-MART THE RIGHT TO BUILD THE STORENON THAT PROPERTY." "ARE VOTING TODAY" "ON WHETHER TO APPROVENTHE CONSTRUCTION" "OF A NEW SHOPPING DEVELOPMENTNDOMINATED BY WAL-MART." "Rev. Perez:" "WE GATHEREDNAT A LOCAL RESTAURANT" "HOPING FOR A MIRACLE" "BUT BRACED TO GO BACK TO COURTNIF THE MEASURE PASSED." "THE VOTES ARE COMING IN" "ON A PROPOSED WAL-MARTNSUPER STORE IN INGLEWOOD." "100..." "Woman:" "THIS SMALL GROUP OFNPEOPLE TOOK ON A GIANT AND WON." "AND IT WAS REALLY MEANINGFUL" "BECAUSE NOBODY THOUGHTNWE COULD WIN THIS." "WE DIDN'T THINK WE COULD WIN." "DAVID BEAT GOLIATH!" "DAVID BEAT GOLIATH!" "DAVID BEAT GOLIATH! HANDED WAL-MARTNTHEIR HAT TODAY." "GEORGIA." "NORTH CAROLINAN." "WAL-MART HIT THE ROAD." "ELECTION." "ANOTHER TRIP DOWN THE LONGNAND DUSTY FOR WAL-MART" "MISSISSIPPI. DOES THAT MEANNYOU'RE NOT GONNA GO THERE?" "NDEFEATED WAL-MART." "ILLINOIS." "NDEFEATED WAL-MART." "VICTORY IN MAINE... NWHO DON'T WANT YOU..." "DON'T WANT YOUNIN THE COMMUNITY..." "MICHIGAN." "NEIGHBORHOOD FIGHTS OFFNPROPOSED WAL-MART STORE." "WAL-MART BEATEN." "ILLINOIS." "ARIZONA." "NREJECTS WAL-MART." "NCONNECTICUT." "UTAH." "NEW JERSEY." "AN ANTI-WAL-MART SLATENWAS ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL" "NEW JERSEY." "PENNSYLVANIA." "CALIFORNIA." "OREGON." "WHO'S GOING TO TAKENTHE PICTURE " " YOU?" "Man:" "ONE MILLION PEOPLE A YEAR" "VISIT WASHINGTON'S ADULT HOMENIN MOUNT VERNON." "NTHERE WAS DISBELIEF THAT ANYONE" "WOULD DREAM OF DISTURBINGNHIS BOYHOOD HOME. BUT THERE'S ONLY ONENWASHINGTON FARM." "Man:" "SURVEYORS HAVE ALREADYNMARKED OFF THE PROPERTY LINENFOR THE WAL-MART." "Woman:" "NO." "THAT'S HISTORY." "THEY SHOULDN'T DESTROYNPEOPLE'S HISTORY LIKE THAT. CLAIMING WAL-MART AND THE STATE" "VIOLATED GRAVE-DESECRATION LAWSNAND PUBLIC TRUST." "A FOREIGN..." "WHAT IF IT WAS THEIR GREAT-NGRANDFATHER THAT WAS DESECRATED?" "THE REMAINS ARE BEINGNSTORED IN A TRAILER BELOW A RAMP" "LEADING TO A PARKING GARAGENAT WAL-MART." "STORE" "THAT WAS 10 FEETNOVER THE CITY CODE THERE." "AND THE BUILDING INSPECTORNRED-TAGGED IT." "NTHERE'S AN OVERNIGHT " "THEY CALL ME AND TELL ME" "THERE'S AN OVERNIGHT PACKAGENCOMING FOR ME" "AND I'M TO TAKE ITNTO THIS PERSON." "THE ENVELOPE WASN'T SEALED." "000 CHECK. NTHE RED TAG'S OFF THE SIGN. DOES THAT MEANNYOU'RE NOT GONNA GO THERE?"