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Article: WAL-MART SENT BACK TO SCHOOL; Teacher's groups issue store failing grades, urging shoppers to buy school supplies elsewhere
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- Boise Weekly
- Article date:
- August 17, 2005
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Union members, teachers and community leaders gathered in 34 cities in 24 states this month to protest the labor practices of the world's largest retail merchant and largest employer, Wal-Mart. The events were the beginning of a national "Send Wal-Mart Back to School" campaign, in which consumers are being asked to shop elsewhere for their back-to-school supplies. The nation's two largest teacher's groups, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA), are leading the campaign with support from the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) and AFL-CIO unions.
"We're not calling it a boycott, but we are asking shoppers to send Wal-Mart a sign," said ...