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[I]n July 2006, Wal-Mart "hired Edelman vice chairman Leslie Dach as executive VP/corporate affairs & government relations. He has strong credentials in the Democratic party gained from work for the Presidential campaigns of Jimmy Carter, Ted Kennedy and Michael Dukakis. Dach ... served as director of scheduling and advance for former Vice Presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro." Dach's environmental credentials include serving as the former legislative director for the National Audubon Society and currently serving as a board member of Audubon and the World Resources Institute. [47]
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Wal-Mart's decisions influence wages and working conditions across a wide swath of the world economy, from the shopping centers of Las Vegas to the factories of Honduras and South Asia. Its business is so vital to developing countries that some send emissaries to the corporate headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., almost as if Wal-Mart were a sovereign nation.
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If you are currently fighting Wal-Mart, you will find a lot of ammunition in Bill Quinn's most recent book called How Wal-Mart Is Destroying The World - And What You Can Do About It. Ten Speed Press, ISBN: 1580082319. This book was scheduled to be available September 2000, so put in an order for one at Amazon Books.
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All of the data are precious to Wal-Mart. The information forms the basis of the sales meetings the company holds every Saturday, and it is shot across desktops throughout its headquarters and into the places where it does business around the world. Wal-Mart shares some information with its suppliers - a company like Kraft, for example, can tap into a private extranet, called Retail Link, to see how well its products are selling. But for the most part, Wal-Mart hoards its information obsessively.
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