Walmart
By: Mike • Case Study • 316 Words • May 23, 2010 • 986 Views
Walmart
Wal-Mart, one of the world’s biggest and most loved stores. Every one thinks that it’s one of the greatest stores and they do lots of good for every one. That’s not what they are at all. Wal-Mart is a bad thing because they violate labor laws, lowers prices until others can’t compete, and prevents unions among workers.
Wal-Mart is in violation of many labor laws. Businesses are supposed to pay workers for their over time. Wal-Mart doesn’t think that they have to do that. They only do this so that they can lower their prices.
They lower their prices on goods till they are barely making a profit off just one item. By them doing this they are forcing smaller businesses in communities to go out of business. Smaller businesses can’t compete when they have only a couple of stores to try and make a profit. With Wal-Mart being a very large business they can lower their prices as low as they want and can make a profit from all the other stores that they have sold from.
Wal-Mart prevents unions from being formed among