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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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product cost from wages if a distri
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A. Supplier 1: Cal-Maine Foods Cal-
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to roughly 10,000 cages in each bar
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no authority under the federal wate
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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
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Page 85 and 86: dollars in yearly revenue, 407 Schn
Page 87 and 88: i. Labor In December 2012, UNFI was
Page 89 and 90: money to non-profits “committed t
Page 91 and 92: Former Walmart President and CEO Mi
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Page 95 and 96: VII. Conclusion and Recommendations
Page 97 and 98: fact, Walmart’s business model ha
Page 99 and 100: 4. Establish a 40-hour minimum for
Page 101 and 102: Endnotes and Citations 1 “Our Loc
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Page 111 and 112: 232 Ibid. 233 Ibid. 234 Ibid. 235
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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