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Walmart Watch
Walmart Watch, formed in the spring of 2005, is a joint project of the Center for Community and Corporate Ethics, a non-profit organization studying the impact of large corporations on society and its advocacy arm, Five Stones.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Walmart Watch's website )〕 The Wal-Mart Watch group is based in Washington 〔Barbaro, Michael. "A New Weapon for Wal-Mart: A War Room." New York Times 1 Nov. 2005. Www.nytimes.com. Web. 〕 with the goal to challenge Wal-Mart to become a better employer, neighbor, and corporate citizen in order to improve the wages, health benefits, and treatment of workers. 〔Wal-Mart Critics Join Forces During “Higher Expectations Week”." Www.teamster.org. 16 Nov. 2005. Web. 〕 One of Wal-Mart Watch’s initial attacks against Wal-Mart was setting up an automated phone system that called 10,000 people in Arkansas in efforts to find individuals who would share secrets about the practices of Wal-Mart on their workers. As a result of this automated phone system attack, Wal-Mart Watch created a 24-page report revealing the company’s wages and benefits. Wal-Mart Watch’s goal was to get the inside scoop on Wal-Mart’s practices, in hope that they would be less than respectable, to show the public the “ugly truth” behind Wal-Mart. 〔Barbaro, Michael. "A New Weapon for Wal-Mart: A War Room." New York Times 1 Nov. 2005. Www.nytimes.com. Web. 〕 Wal-Mart Watch launched a “Higher Expectations” campaign called “Higher Expectations Week” as an attempt to bring the business practices of Wal-Mart to the public eye. “Higher Expectations Week” was supported by many labor unions and liberal groups that partnered and participated with Wal-Mart Watch during the week of the campaign. 〔Hall, Randy. "Wal-Mart Must Meet 'Higher Expectations,' Campaign Says." CSN news 7 July 2008. www.csnnews.com. Web. 〕 It has recently merged with Wake Up Wal-Mart to form Making Change at Walmart.
==Backers and Funding==
Walmart Watch was originally funded by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU),〔(Washington Post, January 14, 2006: "Unions Hope Wal-Mart Bill Has Momentum" ) Retrieved 2011-03-25〕 and is today part of United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. According to the Wall Street Journal, Walmart Watch is mainly funded by Five Stones, a 501(c)(3) organization that received $2,775,000 in 2005 from the SEIU.〔(Wall Street Journal, October 18, 2006: "The Wal-Mart Posse" ) Retrtrieved 2011-03-25〕
The SEIU reportedly gave Five Stones $1 million in 2004 to start Walmart Watch.〔(Businessweek February 7, 2005: "Declaring War On Wal-Mart" ) Retrieved 2011-03-25〕
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