I stated in a previous post that there were 3439674 reasons for people of conscience to not shop at Wal-Mart. There's good news, the number of reasons has dropped to 3439673:
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is dropping a controversial effort to collect over $400,000 in health care reimbursement from a former employee who suffered brain damage in a traffic accident.
The world's largest retailer said in a letter to the family of Deborah Shank of Cape Girardeau County in Missouri that it will not seek to collect money the Shanks won in an injury lawsuit against a trucking company for the accident.
Wal-Mart's top executive for human resources, Pat Curran, wrote that Shank's extraordinary situation had made the company re-examine the situation.
Full Story: STL Today
Please do not get me wrong. We should still be avoiding Wal-Mart as though it is the Black Plague. The list of legitimate criticisms against this corporate monster is endless.
Rather this news should be seen as an inspiration, a reminder that the power of the people and bad PR is still a force to be reckoned with.
Rather this news should be seen as an inspiration, a reminder that the power of the people and bad PR is still a force to be reckoned with.
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