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Massachusetts Will Require Wal Mart To Stock Morning After Pill
Submitted by Roy Temple on Wed, 02/15/2006 - 5:56am.Yesterday, the state pharmacy board in Massachusetts voted to require Wal Mart to stock the morning after pill in their pharmacies.
The state pharmacy board ordered Wal-Mart on Tuesday to stock emergency contraception pills at its stores in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts becomes the second state to require the world's largest retailer to carry the morning-after pill.
A Wal-Mart spokesman said the company would comply with the directive by the Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy and is reviewing its nationwide policy on the drug.
"Clearly women's health is a high priority for Wal-Mart," spokesman Dan Fogleman said. "We are actively thinking through the issue."
Wal-Mart now carries the pill only in Illinois, where it is required to do so under state law. The company has said it "chooses not to carry many products for business reasons," but has refused to elaborate.
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More Disgusting Behavior From Wal Mart
Submitted by Roy Temple on Wed, 10/26/2005 - 9:09am.
Check out this NY Times story on Wal Mart's latest shenanigans. The story is based on an internal Wal Mart memorandum.
In the memorandum, M. Susan Chambers, Wal-Mart's executive vice president for benefits, also recommends reducing 401(k) contributions and wooing younger, and presumably healthier, workers by offering education benefits. The memo voices concern that workers with seven years' seniority earn more than workers with one year's seniority, but are no more productive.
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Submitted by Roy Temple on Fri, 10/14/2005 - 3:32pm.Wal Mart's $37 Million Windfall
Submitted by Roy Temple on Thu, 08/25/2005 - 6:05am.Buried deep inside the recently passed $24 billion highway bill, was $37 million to build a new access road in front of the Wal Mart corporate headquarters.
With a windfall from the taxpayers of that magnitude, you would think they could afford to stop suing their former employees to recover the medical expenses their health care plan paid out when she received catastrophic injuries in an accident.
An Open Letter To Wal Mart
Submitted by Roy Temple on Tue, 08/16/2005 - 8:20am.If you think what Wal Mart is doing to Debbie Shank is wrong, please sign onto the open letter to Wal Mart CEO Lee Scott at www.firedupamerica.com/walmart.
Please email this link to your friends, and post it to your favorite blogs and discussion boards.
Open Letter to Wal-Mart
August 16, 2005
Mr. Lee Scott
Chief Executive Officer
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
702 Southwest 8th Street
Bentonville, AR 72716
Dear Mr. Scott:
Today’s St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that Wal Mart’s health plan has filed suit against your former employee, Debbie Shank, to recover medical costs incurred after she was tragically injured in an automobile accident in September 2000.
This lawsuit by Wal Mart is immoral and wrong. We, the undersigned, urge you to drop this lawsuit immediately and to publicly apologize for ever considering such an action in the first place.
Wal Mart's Shameful Lawsuit
Submitted by Roy Temple on Tue, 08/16/2005 - 7:38am.Today's St. Louis Post Dispatch has a front page story regarding an outrageous action by retail giant Wal Mart.
In September 2000, Debbie Shank, a shelf stocker at Wal Mart suffered massive injuries in a collision with a tractor trailer rig.
