[opendtv] "Is Wal-Mart Good for America?"
- From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 08:47:37 -0500
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/press/2304.html
FRONTLINE
Is Wal-Mart Good for America?
Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 9pm on PBS (check local listings)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/
In Circleville, Ohio, population 13,000, the local RCA television
manufacturing plant was once a source of good jobs with good pay and
benefits. But in late 2003, RCA's owner, Thomson Consumer
Electronics, lost a sizeable portion of its production orders and six
months later shut the plant down, throwing 1,000 people out of work.
Thomson's jobs have moved to China, where cheap labor manufactures
what the American consumer desires--from clothing to electronics--and
can buy at "everyday low prices" at the local Wal-Mart.
On Tuesday, November 16, at 9 P.M. on PBS (check local listings),
FRONTLINE explores the relationship between U.S. job losses and the
American consumer's insatiable desire for bargains in "Is Wal-Mart
Good for America?" Through interviews with retail executives, product
manufacturers, economists, and trade experts, correspondent Hedrick
Smith examines the growing controversy over the Wal-Mart way of doing
business and asks whether a single retail giant has changed the
American economy.
...
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/press/2304.html
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