I have boycotted Walmart for years since becoming aware of their dismal record of employee treatment. This retailer has utilized unfair competition tactics in order to undercut their competitor's prices and gain market share. At the same time, their employee practices are reprehensible -- they pay lousy wages and provide lousy benefits in order to increase the greenbacks lining their own pockets.
Look, I like low prices just as much as the next guy, and I believe companies are entitled to make a fair profit--but not when it comes at the expense of a worker's ability to support himself and/or his family. When people are treated unfairly by their employers, it behooves all of us to stand up for those employees and, by boycotting that company, make it clear that we will not support their actions.
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