The pursuit of wealth and greed for large organizations often has no limitations on the treatment of workers. Parmar’s article, Labouring the Walmart Way, brings up many valid points on how large companies such as Walmart treat employees unjustly. However, he is unable to create an article that deters people from continuing to shop there, as the arguments don’t cause the reader to feel compelled not to shop there. There are better arguments to convince people, such as the treatment and equality of women workers, manufacturing sector and treatment of workers and destruction of communities.
The inequality between genders has been relevant for many centuries, and is still prominent in the 21st century and big box stores such as Walmart do not …show more content…
Yet, it can not pay decent wages or allow the formation of unions. Walmart is notorious for the unfair treatment of workers paying under minimum wage to workers, offering no benefits and also advertising prices that are cheaper than no other, only at the expense of humans. Parmar refers in his article to “Walmart, which employs 1.4 million people worldwide, is its failure to pay workers living wage. Store employees are paid 20-30 percent less than the industry average…”. (Parmar, 2015). Although, this is compelling point it doesn’t have an affect on the reader. If Parmar were to address the manufacturing and the specific details of the wages earned by these employees, the reader would get a better image of Walmart 's cruelty. Harvard Law posted an article discussing the findings of National Labor Committee. “An estimated 200 children, some 11 years old or even younger, are sewing clothing for Hanes, Wal-Mart…The children report being routinely slapped and beaten, sometimes falling down from exhaustion, forced to work 12 to 14 hours a day, even some all-night, 19-to-20-hour shifts, often seven days a week, for wages as low as 6 ½ cents an hour.” (National Labor). In the 21st Century it is unfortunate that child labor veers its ugly head in society, but articles like these cause backlash towards mega cooperation’s and brings awareness to the issue. A similar heavy weight company such as …show more content…
Walmart, may be good for the rich since they will not be affected by these lower scale jobs but it can have a detrimental affect on the community. As mentioned by Fowler in Business News Daily, “‘We know now the true economic impact a Walmart store has on a neighborhood when it moves in. "Fowler, who conducted the research for Puget Sound Sage, said, " ‘The research shows that the negative impact is due to the use of the Walmart business model. A new 'generic ' grocery store does not equal economic harm, but a new Walmart does.”’ (Mielach, 2012). As a reader, the culture of a small community is very import because that’s what bonds a small community together, through festival and farmer’s markets and social gatherings. If you take this away from small communities, it creates more isolation than inclusion because often these small communities can not compete with the prices of Walmart and also these events bring out the community. The only way to continue these events is to make cuts in employee’s wages and the amount of workers. Parmar mentions that “employees of the competition may find themselves working for less at Walmart.” (Parmar, 2016). That may be true, but the real problem is affect on the culture of community and direct result of Walmart’s presence. Parmar does make a valid point that people may lose their jobs, but fails to mention
The inequality between genders has been relevant for many centuries, and is still prominent in the 21st century and big box stores such as Walmart do not …show more content…
Yet, it can not pay decent wages or allow the formation of unions. Walmart is notorious for the unfair treatment of workers paying under minimum wage to workers, offering no benefits and also advertising prices that are cheaper than no other, only at the expense of humans. Parmar refers in his article to “Walmart, which employs 1.4 million people worldwide, is its failure to pay workers living wage. Store employees are paid 20-30 percent less than the industry average…”. (Parmar, 2015). Although, this is compelling point it doesn’t have an affect on the reader. If Parmar were to address the manufacturing and the specific details of the wages earned by these employees, the reader would get a better image of Walmart 's cruelty. Harvard Law posted an article discussing the findings of National Labor Committee. “An estimated 200 children, some 11 years old or even younger, are sewing clothing for Hanes, Wal-Mart…The children report being routinely slapped and beaten, sometimes falling down from exhaustion, forced to work 12 to 14 hours a day, even some all-night, 19-to-20-hour shifts, often seven days a week, for wages as low as 6 ½ cents an hour.” (National Labor). In the 21st Century it is unfortunate that child labor veers its ugly head in society, but articles like these cause backlash towards mega cooperation’s and brings awareness to the issue. A similar heavy weight company such as …show more content…
Walmart, may be good for the rich since they will not be affected by these lower scale jobs but it can have a detrimental affect on the community. As mentioned by Fowler in Business News Daily, “‘We know now the true economic impact a Walmart store has on a neighborhood when it moves in. "Fowler, who conducted the research for Puget Sound Sage, said, " ‘The research shows that the negative impact is due to the use of the Walmart business model. A new 'generic ' grocery store does not equal economic harm, but a new Walmart does.”’ (Mielach, 2012). As a reader, the culture of a small community is very import because that’s what bonds a small community together, through festival and farmer’s markets and social gatherings. If you take this away from small communities, it creates more isolation than inclusion because often these small communities can not compete with the prices of Walmart and also these events bring out the community. The only way to continue these events is to make cuts in employee’s wages and the amount of workers. Parmar mentions that “employees of the competition may find themselves working for less at Walmart.” (Parmar, 2016). That may be true, but the real problem is affect on the culture of community and direct result of Walmart’s presence. Parmar does make a valid point that people may lose their jobs, but fails to mention