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VIII. Acknowledgements The Food Chain Workers Alliance would like to thank the following individuals for their research and writing support: Rachel Lovis, Elana Muldavin, Andrew Reckers, Amy Lin, Mohammad Amin, Sophia Cheng, Diana Lazo, Bob Maschi, Abby McGill, and Joshua Sbicca. The Alliance would like to express additional gratitude to the following people for their assistance with providing feedback and suggestions for this report: Rachel Lovis, Dennis Olson, Seth Payer, Armando Elenes, Kathy Ozer, Jeannie Economos, Eddie Iny, Cassandra Ogren, Doug Bloch, Kim Keller, and Alexia Kulwiec. We also give thanks to Renee Bryant, Laila Elimam, Josh Leach, Nancy Morales, and Sarah Rodman for research support. Last, but not least, many thanks to Ricky Rubio-Angel for his graphic design work and to Erika A. Inwald for editing and contributing to the writing of this report. Page !95
Endnotes and Citations 1 “Our Locations,” Walmart, accessed May 18, 2015, http://corporate.walmart.com/our-story/our-business/locations/. 2 Tom Van Riper, “The Walmart Squeeze,” Forbes, last modified April 24, 2007, http://www.forbes.com/2007/04/23/walmart-suppliers-marginslead-cx_tvr_0423walmart.html. 3 Stephanie Leeb, “Walmart Fattens Up on Poor America with 25% of U.S. Grocery Stores,” Forbes, last modified May 20, 2013, http:// www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2013/05/20/wal-mart-cleans-up-on-poor-america-with-25-of-u-s-grocery-sales/. 4 Van Riper, “The Walmart Squeeze.” 5 “For Walmart, Being ‘Best in Market’ is Key to Global Success,” CSCMP’s Supply Chain Quarterly, last modified Winter 2009, http:// www.supplychainquarterly.com/news/scq200904forward_walmart/. 6 “Global Supply Chain News: Think Best in Market, Not World Class, in Developing Markets, Walmart’s Gary Maxwell Says,” Supply Chain Digest, last modified September 29, 2009, http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-09-29-2C.PHP. 7 See Chapter II for the full list of standards for Walmart suppliers. 8 Barbara Thau, “Walmart to Take Another Bite Out of Grocery Prices (and Suppliers’ Margins,” My Daily Finance, last modified March 14, 2012, http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/03/14/walmart-cuts-grocery-prices/. 9 Daniel Roberts, “Walmart Tells Suppliers to Slash Prices,” Fortune, last modified April 1, 2015, http://fortune.com/2015/04/01/walmart-suppliersslash-prices/. 10 “Walmart to Increase Wages for Current U.S. Workers to $10 an Hour or Higher, Launches New Skills-Based Training for Associates,” Walmart, accessed on May 18, 2015, http://cdn.corporate.walmart.com/a1/0e/6fec066e4cf48b9ec4b9f09bcd67/associate-opportunity-fact-sheet.2.pdf. 11 Anne D’Innocenzio, “Wal-Mart Raises Pay for Managers,” U.S. News and World Report, June 2, 2015, http://www.usnews.com/news/business/ articles/2015/06/02/wal-mart-kicks-off-next-phase-of-wage-increases. 12 “BREAKING NEWS: Walmart Joins CIW’s Fair Food Program!” Coalition of Immokalee Workers, last modified January 16, 2014, http://ciwonline.org/blog/2014/01/walmart/. 13 “Ethical Sourcing: Standards for Suppliers Manual,” Walmart Stores, Inc., last modified January 2012, http:// c46b2bcc0db5865f5a76-91c2ff8eba65983a1c33d367b8503d02.r78.cf2.rackcdn.com/1b/46/79018030443e89a0054c2817c822/june-2013-standardfor-suppliers-manual_130169110421308681.pdf. 14 “Promoting Supply Chain Safety,” Walmart, accessed May 14, 2015, http://corporate.walmart.com/global-responsibility/ethical-sourcing/ promoting-supply-chain-safety. 15 “Ethical Sourcing: Standards for Suppliers Manual,” Walmart Stores, Inc. 16 Ibid. 17 “Corporate Financial Facts,” Walmart, accessed May 18, 2015, http://news.walmart.com/walmart-facts/corporate-financial-fact-sheet 18 “NLRB Office of the General Counsel Issues Complaint against Walmart,” National Labor Relations Board Office of Public Affairs, last modified January 15, 2014, http://nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/nlrb-office-general-counsel-issues-complaint-against-walmart. 19 “NLRB Office of the General Counsel Authorizes Complaints against Walmart, Also Finds No Merit to Other Charges,” National Labor Relations Board Office of Public Affairs, last modified November 18, 2013, http://nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/nlrb-office-general-counsel-authorizescomplaints-against-walmart-also. 20 Rachel Johnson, “California Walmart Workers Win Settlement over Wage Violations,” California Progress Report, last modified May 13, 2010, http:// www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/california-wal-mart-workers-win-settlement-over-wage-violations. 21 “Ending Walmart’s Rural Stranglehold,” United Food and Commercial Workers, accessed May 23, 2015, https://grist.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/ ag_consolidation_white_paper2.pdf ?CFID=10082208&CFTOKEN=55376804. Page !96
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Walmart at the Crossroads The Envir
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Table of Contents I. Introduction:
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B. Supplier 2: Pilgrim’s Pride/JB
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supply chain practices have been re
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Labor II. Walmart’s Labor and Env
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• Handle, store and transport haz
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III. Overview of Walmart’s Record
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pay their workers unfair wages and
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energy consumption derived from ren
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V. Industry Reports Along with the
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A. Supplier 1: Monterey Mushrooms,
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C. Supplier 2: Giorgio Foods, Inc.
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2. Blueberry Industry Blueberries a
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Table 2: Naturipe Facilities in the
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B. Profile: Wage Theft in the Blueb
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known for its devastating environme
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prominent supplier to Walmart, yet
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A. Supplier 1: Chiquita The United
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B. Supplier 2: Del Monte In additio
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iii. Environment In addition to hav
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5. Packaged Salad Industry Packaged
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days even though he attributed this
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parts of their wages go to the empl
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Fred Penny is first vice chairman o
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Page 55 and 56: no authority under the federal wate
Page 57 and 58: 8. Dairy Industry The dairy industr
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Page 61 and 62: Nestlé’s issues with labor do no
Page 63 and 64: Walmart, including its subsidiaries
Page 65 and 66: United States. In fact, Joel was on
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Page 71 and 72: sectors. Common violations at poult
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Page 77 and 78: in getting the “Humanely Raised
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Page 81 and 82: chain. “Walmart has still failed
Page 83 and 84: B. Environment Besides troubling la
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Page 87 and 88: i. Labor In December 2012, UNFI was
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Page 91 and 92: Former Walmart President and CEO Mi
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Page 109 and 110: 182 “Flowers Foods Investor Fact
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Page 113 and 114: 282 Ibid. 283 Dale Heberlig, “Off
Page 115 and 116: 332 “Tyson Fact Book,” Tyson Fo
Page 117 and 118: 377 “Seafood Statistics,”Statis
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