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September 23, 2014

2014 Election Flyers

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Kentucky McConnell Addicted to Koch

A new set of Election 2014 flyers are available on the UFCW Political Toolkit website.

A fresh batch of Election 2014 flyers are now available on the UFCW Political Toolkit. Just go to www.ufcwtoolkit.com, place your order, and the flyers will be shipped to your local at no cost.

Here are flyers that are currently available:

ABC

ABC Impact Flyer (English, Spanish, and French)

ABC Impact Packing Flyer (English, Spanish, and French)

ABC Impact Minimum Wage Flyer

ABC Impact Paid Sick Days Flyer

ABC Impact Employment Non-Discrimination Flyer

 

Georgia

Seal Nathan Deal Flyer

Frozen Flyer

Nunn Versus Perdue Flyer

Nunn Superhero Flyer

 

Iowa

Joni Ernst Castrates Workers’ Rights Flyer

 

Kansas

Sam Brownback’s Red Ink Flyer

 

Kentucky

Mitch Got Rich Flyer

Equal Pay Flyer

College Affordability Flyer

 

Michigan

Meet Mark Schauer Flyer

Rick Snyder is Watching Flyer

Rick Snyder Sticks it to Workers Flyer

Peters Versus Land Flyer

 

North Carolina

Thom Tillis Out of Touch Flyer

 

Ohio

Fitzgerald Versus Kasich Flyer

Reject John Kasich Flyer

 

Pennsylvania

Wolf Versus Corbett Flyer

Wolf of Main Street Flyer

 

Texas

Davis Versus Abbott Flyer

Abbott “Third World Country” Flyer

 

Wisconsin

Walker Left Workers in the Cold Flyer

Walker Isn’t Working Flyer

 

 

September 23, 2014

New Analysis Shows Walmart Heirs Give Less than Their Peers

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The four Walmart heirs have each contributed less than 0.05 percent of their personal net worth from 2008 to 2013 to charity.

The Walton family members are donating very little of their growing $145 billion in collective wealth. The four Walmart heirs – the top 6th, 7th and 8th richest Americans according to Forbes’s latest ranking – have each contributed less than 0.05 percent of their personal net worth from 2008 to 2013 according to a new analysis by Walmart 1 Percent.

Based on an original analysis of foundation tax returns and contribution data published by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Rob, Jim, Alice and Christy Walton have given far less generously than their billionaire peers, ranking the lowest among the top 10 richest Americans. The Waltons, who have a combined net worth greater than prominent philanthropists such as Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Michael Bloomberg, receive approximately $8.6 million per day in Walmart dividends.

The analysis by Walmart 1 Percent finds that between 2008 and 2013:

  • Rob Walton, chairman of Walmart’s board of directors and tied for 8th richest American, contributed approximately 0.00003% of his net worth;
  • Jim Walton, the 7th richest American, contributed about 0.00004% of his net worth;
  • Alice Walton, tied for 8th richest American, contributed about 0.01% of her net worth; and
  • Christy Walton, the 6th richest American, contributed approximately 0.04% of her net worth, or about $15 million.

In comparison, the Waltons’ peers in Forbes top 10 ranking have contributed far more generously. Over the same period, Warren Buffet contributed $8.4 billion to non-profit organizations – 477 times more than the Waltons.

“I’ve worked at the Walmart store in Phoenix, Arizona, for eight years, and have done my part to help Walmart achieve more than $16 billion in annual profits,” said Walmart worker Sandra Sok. “Rob Walton lives about 25 miles away and knows what it takes to make ends meet in our state – and it’s impossible with Walmart’s poverty pay. The Walton family is showing once again that its own greed trumps the needs of American workers and society.”

A report by Walmart 1 Percent released earlier this year found that the Waltons have contributed almost none of their own wealth to the Walton Family Foundation and use the Foundation to avoid an estimated $3 billion in estate taxes. Based on an analysis of 23 tax returns filed by the Foundation, the report showed that if the Foundation is their primary vehicle for giving, the Waltons give much less generously than their billionaire peers and ordinary Americans.

While the Waltons – the richest family in the country and the majority owners of Walmart – add to their more than $149 billion in total wealth, Walmart workers and shoppers across the country have been calling on the Waltons to publicly commit to pay fair wages to the workers that have helped them amass their profits.  The group has also called on the Waltons and the company to stop cheating taxpayers out of more than $7.8 billion in subsidies and tax breaks each year.

Find more information on the Walton family, the majority owners of Walmart, at http://www.walmart1percent.org.

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