Incredible.
Thanks for that post.
I've boycotted Wal-mart awhile ago..but this just gives me more reason to keep it up.

Yup I don't think I have stepped into a wal mart in about 5 years now.

And a good thing too if they are promoting child labour in other parts of the world, especially the West where these things are SUPPOSE to not happen at all.

At least they suspended the thing when the news broke.

~Keeper

Wal mart is shocked at child labor on American soil. They don't care about child labor on foreign soil. Which is why these companies can afford to seel wal mart cheap knick knacks for 25cents.

yup nixi nocks..i was jsut thinking the same thing! Example why many things are cheaper at walmart...slave labor! how much were they paying that young american citizen/kid? I am sure now, prices will creep up once those blueberrys are done correctly*
damn sahme..i dunno how it works, but i fidn it questionable, NO ONE at corporate walmart investigated how thigns work* where their pridcuts come from? either the CEO's arer blind or they knew what was goin on. So, here we see, a corporate giant who helped push mom n pops shops off the street, low and behokd child labor* I try not to go to wamart anymore..yeah they got cheapr costs on things like underwear (fruti of the loom only place i can find it), motor oil..but seeing they have been possibly been supoprtingc hild labor?> WRONG WORNG WRONG
I remember a documentary on walmart, used to be on HBO time to time..one manager out midwest was cited for storing hazordous waste behind that walmart, list goes on and on and on. I have 2 lcoal walmarts near me, between 7 and 13 miles. clsoest one, on route 1, connecticut ave, is an ok place, but the few times i been in thier, it took forever to get rung out, while assitant manager was just acting like it wasnt his job to ring..took 20 minutes jsut for some shampoo an djelly. The other one is a cool place i admitt, empoyees seem cool and all.

now as for child labor on foreign soil..thats well id ont know. I mean, it is providing jobs for poor people in poor countrys..but if its true, i wonder if htose sweatshop kids are being treated like crap..i sa a documentary on this, HBO..some place in pakistan i think.littel girl was like 9 or 10, was 5 minutes late to work..they docked her money! The guy running the show, walked around wtih a bamboo stick, showing order. god is that sickening or what.
I was shocked years ago, finding out jsut how things really work* american brands now being manufactured in sweat shops.the quality lacks now, as a result. I bought a pair of shoes 3 months ago, form walmart..for work, they have dr.scholls heel cushions in em. Working in a faast paced retail store, they did not survive 2 months* Buying them form Macy's, for $60 they can survive 6+ months. the walmart ones, were about $33.
Made in america used to mean so much, and it still does, to poelpe like me. It meant fine maufacturing, and suposrted local businesses. It jsut seems, going overseas* is another desperate attempt, so the parent companys do not have to pay its own citizens a salary and benefits* as wella s to conserve as much money as they can.
I cannot for the life of me, understand how america is sitlla round, business wise, and what kinda jobs are really out thier. GM/chevy gone, overseas....woolwroths was a funa nd awesome place to shop till the one near me fodled up in january 1996.. their still around, but in england* : (

Yup this is awful. Another amongst myriad reasons not to do business with the monster corp.

People need to know the truth about where goods come from and how they are produced.
Flag this thread ATS.

When we stop protecting our children, we stop protecting the future of the world we live in.

What is going on today people?

Where is the compassion?

I thought this thread would be at the top of ATS quickly, but children seem to be low on the priority list these days.

Now that is just ridiculous. And im sure WalMart knew about it. Theyre "shocked" im suuure. I mean this stuff is happening in our own backyards, its just ridiculous. Walmart can expect alot of people not to buy there stuff anymore because of this.

Gee, what is the world coming to, when children are expected to help out on the family farm, ha. I can see it now, Obama making "chores" illegal (that will buy a lot of future votes, eh, ha). Be careful, man, you could find yourselves in prison for asking your children to take out the trash or mow the yard or clean the garage or make their bed.

Its not Walmart, its the farmer and the illegals he hires.

In mexico 5 year olds working in the field is common and when the illegals come to the US and are payed by the amount they harvest they automatically do what they did at home.

The state labor departments people tell these illegals that they can not work there kids. The farmers tell them, And as soon and they leave the illegals will put there kids back to work to make extra money.

In this case the libiral media is looking for any thing bad they can roast Walmart with.
I wonder how many illegal are working in the homes and doing the yards of these same media people.

Of the 30,000+ products sold by Walmart do you really expect Walmart to have people in the fields and factories world wide 24/7 watching for labor law violations.

Well it happened down the road a few miles and yes the kids were working and the parents were at fault not the farmer. If it would have been white childern or black the parents and everybody would be in jail but nearly all Mexican famileis work together . Everybody knows it and it promotes a good work ethic. Every store oe business operated by Hispanics you will see their childern wandering around and working. No news