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ARE SEWING GARMENTS FOR WAL-MART.
THESE WORKERS ARE GETTING UP AT 5:30 IN THE MORNING,
THEY BRUSH THEIR TEETH WITH THEIR FINGER,
USIN
IRE,
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD A TOOTHBRUSH.
FORCED TO WORK FROM 8:00 IN THE MORNING UNTIL 10:00 AT NIGHT,
14 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK
ON THESE WAGES
THESE ARE WOMEN WHO ARE HIT BY THEIR SUPERVISORS,
TRAPPED IN UTTER MISERY.
AS THE LARGEST COMPANY IN THE WORLD,
WAL-MART SETS THE STANDARDS
THAT OTHER COMPANIES ARE GOING TO FOLLOW.
SO, WAL-MART RIGHT NOW
IS SUCKING DOWN STANDARDS ALL ACROSS THE WORLD.
THESE ARE WORKERS WHO HAVE NO RIGHTS.
THE OUTLOOK FOR THIS COMPANY TODAY IS VERY POSITIVE.
IN EVERY COUNTRY THAT WE OPERATE IN,
THE WAL-MART MODEL WORKS.
BECAUSE ONCE YOUR ASSOCIATES KNOW
THAT YOU WILL STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT,
THEN WHEN THEY SEE A WRONG OCCUR,
THE
.
AND WE HAVE A VERY AGGRESSIVE PROGRAM UNDER WAY
TO MAKE SURE, AND HAVE HAD NOW FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
Lynn: I WAS A GLOBAL SERVICES MANAGER FOR MEXICO,
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.
MY JOB FUNCTION ENTITLED THREE THINGS --
OVERSIGHT OF ALL FACTORY CERTIFICATIONS,
WHICH MEANS YOU GO IN THERE AND YOU MAKE SURE
THAT THERE ARE HUMANE WORKING CONDITIONS.
BIG DEAL WITH THE FACTORY CERTIFICATIONS IS TO MAKE SURE
THAT
AN,
WHEN I WAS IN A FACTORY, YOU KNOW, YOU TALK TO THE PEOPLE,
AND THE PEOPLE ARE SO NICE.
AND THEY WERE SO GOOD,
AND THEY WERE JUST WORKING FOR SO LITTLE MONEY
AND WITHOUT ANY CONDITION OF FAIRNESS WHATSOEVER
WITH THEIR COMPENSATION AND THEIR WORKING CONDITIONS.
I WENT BACK TO MY HOTEL ROOM AND JUST WEPT THE FIRST TIME.
YOU KNOW, AFTER DINNER, I HAD PICKED UP THE PHONE.
I WAS CALLING MY WIFE
AND JUST TELLING HER WHAT I'D SEEN,
AND I STARTED CRYING ABOUT THAT.
TELLING HER...SHE WAS LIKE, "IT'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT."
AND I WAS LIKE, "I KNOW. WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING."
I THOUGHT THAT A COMPANY LIKE WAL-MART,
ONCE WE STARTED REPORTING THE TRUTH
OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT THE FACTORY,
THAT IT WOULD TAKE QUICK ACTION
TO TRY AND MAKE THE WORKING CONDITIONS BETTER.
I BELIEVED IN THE MISSION AND THE CULTURE
I LED MORE WAL-MART CHEERS THAN JUST ABOUT ANYBODY THAT I KNOW.
I DIDN'T EVEN MIND BEING THE SQUIGGLY.
I MEAN, IF YOU WOULD HAVE CUT ME,
I WOU
BLED
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE WEREN'T GONNA MAKE IT THE GOAL
TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS.
I DIDN'T THINK THAT ANY RETALIATION
WOULD BE BROUGHT AGAINST ME FOR DOING MY JOB.
I
.
BUT IT JUST DIDN'T OCCUR TO ME
THAT WAL-MART WOULD DO ANYTHING, EXCEPT FOR THE RIGHT THIN,
ONCE THEY WERE FACED WITH THE TRUTH.
INTO
S
AND SEEING THE SAME THINGS
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
AND IT BECAME APPARENT TO ME
THAT THIS WAS NOT AN ISOLATED ISSUE.
ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS FOLLOW THE MONEY,
AND THE ONES WHO ARE IN POWER RIGHT NOW
HAVE TREMENDOUS PRESSURE
ON THEM TO PERFORM LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
THE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED TO KEEP THE GOODS FLOWING
TO THE UNITED STATES.
WHEN PUSH CAME TO SHOVE,
THEY DID NOT STAND UP AND DO THE RIGHT THING.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED WAS WE WERE GETTING FIRED
FOR TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT THE FACTORY CERTIFICATIONS.
AND THAT WAS SHOCKING.
IT WAS EMBARRASSING. IT RIPPED MY HEART OUT.
TO HAVE ALL OF THAT RIPPED FROM YOU
AND THEN TO GET SOLD OUT AND LIED TO...
WAL-MART LET ME DOWN,
AND WHEN I NEEDED SOMEBODY TO LOOK OUT FOR ME,