Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price • FULL DOCUMENTARY FILM • BRAVE NEW FILMS

The film exposes Wal-Mart's unscrupulous business practices through interviews with former employees, small business owners, and footage of Walmart executives. SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=bravenewfilms BRAVE NEW FILMS BOXED SET: http://www.bravenewfilms.org/10thanniversary (2:22) - How Walmart Destroys Communities - Whether it's a family rum hardware store or a small eye glass store, when Walmart opens in small towns like Middlefield, Ohio long established, independently run stores are hurt. The Hunter family open H&H Hardware in 1962. When a new Walmart was build in town, they were driven out of business. (15:20) - How Walmart Profits from Poverty (And Sticks Taxpayers With The Bill) - Walmart stores are frequently short staffed, not because they can't find workers but because they want to save on their labor experiences. This comes from the top, the corporate doesn't budget enough money for payroll. Because Walmart doesn't pay fair wages, their employers need to go on public assistance programs. (25:13) How Walmart Rolls Back Worker's Rights - Walmart is one of the most anti-unoin companies in America. Store managers keep an eye on employees they suspect are either sympathetic to unions or are active union organizers. (33:56) - Walmart Cheats Workers - It is estimated that they cheated workers out of $150 million dollars. Walmart would teach managers how to digitally change people's time cards as not to pay overtime and reduce store experiences. (44:35) -Subsidies - The subsidies Walmart gets from city governments takes funding away from public schools. When Walmart opened stored in Denver, they got $1.7 million in city subsidies, if the money had gone to the Denver Public Schools system, they wouldn't had have to shut down three schools. Subsidies also give Walmart an unfair business advantage over small, locally owned stores that offer better pay and benefits for their workers. (54:46) - Environmental Ruin -In Belmont, North Carolina, a Catawba Riverkeeper noticed that runoff from herbicides and pesticides was flowing into the river and polluting the town's drinking water. It was only after the local news aired a report on the water contamination that a local manager moved those toxic substance to a better storage site. The company's main offices were unresponsive. (1:00:10) - Imports From China - In China, factory workers can live in dorms owned by Walmart - workers pay rent and utilities. If they move out of the dorms, to live in a place not connected to Walmart, they still have to pay rent for the dorms. Workers work in factories with poor ventilation. They are told to lie to inspectors about how many days they work: six, when they really work seven days a week. All of this to make less than $3 a day. (1:12:33) - Greed - Lee Scott, the CEO of Walmart made $27,207,799 in 2005 when, the average Walmart hourly sales employee made $13,861 annually. The family who owns Walmart, the Waltons, is one of America's wealthiest family, yet they barely give anything to charity. They are worth $102 billion. (1:16:10) - No Security - Kidnappings, robberies, and car jackings...80% of crime that occurs at Walmarts in California takes place in the stores' parking lot, yet most of the stores' security officers are posted within the store. As early as 1994, Walmart knew that it had issues with its' parking lot security, but they hid these internal reports. They also knew that adding roving patrols in parking lots greatly reduce crime (1:25:06) - Taking Control - Walmart is a powerful corporation! However, we can beat them. Two communities, one in Arizona and another in Southern California did just that! They stopped a Walmart from coming into their communities. ABOUT BRAVE NEW FILMS Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films are at the forefront of the fight to create a just America. Using new media and internet video campaigns, Brave New Films has created a quick-strike capability that informs the public, challenges corporate media with the truth, and motivates people to take action on social issues nationwide. Brave New Films’ investigative films have scrutinized the impact of U.S. drone strikes; the war on whistleblowers; and Wal Mart’s corporate practices. The company’s films have received more than 56 million views online. WATCH our Feature Films - FREE! Set up a free screening in your community: screenings@bravenewfilms.org Like us on Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/BraveNewFilms Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/bravenewfilms

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1. Walmart is nothing but a Nazi retail chain, their associates are nothing but slaves! I know because I was an associate working for those Nazi's. Ever wonder what that ceo Lee Scott made? Associates don't even get Christmas off now but I'd bet Lee Scott got every holiday off with months off for vacations. I bet Walmart takes deductions out of employees checks to pay for Lee Scott's health insurance, and he doesn't have to pay a copayment.
2. This stuff is hilarious. Against socialism but they want government regulations. Hardcore republican but they're against the few having the many.
   Get over the cold war and start giving all your citizens a better life than they could have in a 3rd world country.
3. This is bullshit. How is walmart a monopoly? I have multiple places to buy groceries, electronics etc. Small businesses are failures walmart was a small business at one time
4. H-E-B is better
5. If you've ever driven through Hearne in the middle of a Saturday morning, you'll know what that woman's talking about.
6. LIBERAL SCUM ... SNOWFLAKES
7. It's amazing how fast Walmart knocks out competition. My boyfriend is from a small town in CA and Walmart is building a 3RD STORE!! not even 5 miles apart from each other, just RIDICULOUS
8. they dont want to give better medical insurance they do it on purpose because the govt will compensate. they also are ok with their associates being on food stamps. i have to say when I worked in walmart in 2005 i made 11$ and the cost of living in p.a. was low so it was ok, however the amount of work we were expected to do, my god i was like a slave. yes they did have posters advertising food stamps. i also seen working in tjmaxx they posted about food stamps.
9. Technically there just playing the game of Capitalism the best
10. Buy stuff you don't need to impress people who you don't like. Wake up!
11. What a disgusting corporation. Boycott, vote with your feet.
12. Things change. Face it.
    I'm on the other side of the planet and it's the same here: big corporate stores overshadowed the little stores and the little stores had to close doors. That's how it is.
13. You americans want capitalism. well here it is . suck a dick you cheap consumerist ignorant fucks.
14. Wal-Mart forces out its long term associates in order to hire part time people in order to pay them less and with no benefits. It has recently eliminated their office positions and are minimizing the hours of the remaining long term associates. The point system that the company implemented in nothing more than a play to get rid of the long term associates. In the long run the company will loose all of the hard working, loyal employees with the knowledge and the experience and then it will suffer.
15. Must be like walking on eggshells working there!
16. Going to boycott that place now no matter how desperate my financial situation gets.
17. America used free labor to build this country, why are we surprised at the behavior of Walmart? Where and how do you think the rest of the retail stores get their goods? They are getting them the same way. If anyone is going to boycott Walmart, you might as well get ready to boycott all of the retail establishments. They all operate the same way. Do you have a garment hanging in your closet that has a hangtag that says made in America?
18. the terms "government subsidy" and "free market" go together like the words "jumbo" and "shrimp" (alluding to George Carlin statement)
19. I worked wallys its true how they treat workers if your still breathing you can work some unpaid extra hrs