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Of all the negative reports about Walmart, we are not surprised by this recent report from the web site 24/7 Wall St.

Seems the retailer, considered to be the largest retailer in the US, is number one in providing bad customer service.
We’re thinking this may be the level of service being exported around the world by this large retail corporation. It’s the standard by which all other big stores offering discounts is measured.

The American Consumer Satisfaction Index, (ACSI), is an economic indicator measuring the satisfaction of consumers across the U.S. economy.

In the results of its most recent survey…ta-da! Walmart beat the competition. No other retailer received a lower rating.

“Among all retailers rated by the ACSI for customer satisfaction, none received a worse score than the 71 for Walmart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), which it received from the ACSI when it was graded as a department and discount store.” ~ excerpted from ACSI survey results for Walmart customer satisfaction (more…)

Opening day of the 2013 season of Major League Baseball, (MLB), as the entry of the first Negro player, (read that African American or black), Jackie Robinson, into the sport is celebrated, we find there are fewer black minorities, to be precise American blacks of African heritage, than ever before.

Corporations in the Untied States when asked to tabulate minority numbers, especially when it comes to black  people of African descent, tend to wash over and count everyone, even Latin Americans of dark complexion as blacks. That’s why there are disputed figures on the number/percentage of black African Americans, not of Hispanic heritage, when it comes to who plays professional baseball.

Most inner city black kids today seek scholarships and professional contracts from what they consider to be more exciting sports, like football and basketball. There aren’t many black youths playing baseball in the public schools or on the streets, nor are there nearly as many scholarships for college being awarded to blacks for baseball as there are big dollars for football and basketball at the major colleges and universities. (more…)

There was a time in the U.S. when we believed the child labor abuses were a thing of the past. Even the mention of the phrase “child labor” brought to mind nineteenth century sweatshops in New York City’s Lower Manhattan or visions of youngsters pulling plows or harvesting crops on farm acreage found in the agricultural centers of other locations.

NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit found children working a full day in the fields picking, trimming and cultivating fresh fruits and vegetables. The children often work nine to ten hours a day in temperatures of 100 degrees or more. (more…)