No Walmart in Burbank - Sign The Petition

FACTS:

• The City of Burbank is proposing to allow a Walmart to be built in the Empire Center in Burbank, CA. This would devastate our community and would directly threaten your union job.


• As the world’s largest retailer, Walmart sets the industry standards for wages, benefits and corporate responsibility. By offering what amounts to poverty wages for most of its workers, Walmart sets a horrible standard for all American retail workers. Walmart’s average retail worker makes $8.81 per hour. This translates to annual pay of $15,576, based upon Walmart’s full-time status of 34 hours per week, well below the poverty line for a family of four.


• In addition, Walmart passes significant costs on to the communities where it operates. Because Walmart does not provide affordable health care, many Walmart workers and their families participate in publicly-funded health care and other public assistance programs. Most Walmart stores also create traffic and crime problems that result in the need for more law enforcement officers. At the same time, Walmart sends much of its revenue out of local communities, while local businesses keep more consumer dollars in the local economy.


• As Walmart’s influence continues to grow at home and abroad, policymakers, media and others are asking questions about the impact of Walmart in our community. Unfortunately, we already know that this impact all too often includes the closure of local businesses or unionized retail stores. We know that this would hurt our community and our families. That’s why we’re asking you to join the fight to protect our jobs and our communities and Keep Wal-Mart out of Burbank!