Reply #46: Official numbers

[FatDave]

This is from a paper my wife's writing on outsourcing:

According the Alanta Business Chronicle 8,000 people applied for 500 jobs at a new Wal-Mart. The Chicago Sun Times reported that 24,500 people applied for 325 jobs at a new Wal-Mart near Chicago. The San Francisco Chronicle says 11,000 people applied for 400 jobs at a new Oakland Wal-Mart. Elsewhere in California 3,400 people applied for 550 new Wal-Mart jobs in Santa Clarita (Progressive Grocer, 2006) and in Glendale, Arizona a Wal-Mart store received 8,000 applicants for 525 jobs (Hassett 2005).

Baldacci, L. (2006, January 26). Thousands apply for jobs at new Wal-Mart. Retrieved March 23, 2006 from http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-walmart26.html

Hasset, K. A. (2005 December 19). Unions wage vicious, misguided war on Wal-Mart. Retrieved March 23, 2006 from http://www.ngowatch.org/articles.php?id=111

Sarkar, P. (2005, August 17). Want a Wal-Mart job? Join the crowd. Retrieved March 23, 2006 from http://www.sfgate.com/cgibin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/08/17/MNGDPE91AH1.DTL

Roberts, P. C. (2006, March 7). A nation polarized between rich and poor: America's bleak jobs future. Retrieved March 10, 2006 from http://www.smirkingchimp.com/article.php?sid=25147

Wal-Mart opens new Atlanta store. (2006, March 20). Atlanta Business Chronicle. Retrieved March 23, 2006 from http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2006/03/20/daily18.htl

And of course, the twist of the knife is that Wal-Mart execs give millions of dollars to republican candidates.