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FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT WALMART
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Fact: People Want to Work at Walmart
- Walmart employs over 4,300 associates at its 12 stores and 1 SAM'S CLUB on Long Island.
- Over 38,000 associates across New York State.
- When Walmart opened a store in Farmingdale, NY, in March 2007, approximately 1,500 people applied for the 315 jobs available.
Fact: Walmart Provides Career Opportunities
- More than three-fourths of Walmart store managers started as hourly associates.
- Walmart offers a competitive wage. The average wage for regular full-time hourly associates in New York is $12.70 per hour.*
* Wal-Mart Discount Stores, Supercenters, and Neighborhood Markets
Fact: Walmart Helps American Households Save Money
- Walmart saved American households $2,500 per household last year, according to Global Insight, an independent economic analysis firm.
- Walmart offers $4 generic prescriptions at Walmart and SAM'S CLUB pharmacies.
- More than 136 million customers per week in the U.S.
Fact: All Walmart Associates Can Get Walmart's Health Coverage
- Both full and part-time Walmart associates can become eligible for health coverage.
- Full-time associates can become eligible after six months, and part-time associates after 12 months.
- Minor children of Walmart associates - both full- and part-time - are eligible for health benefits as soon as the parent is eligible.
- More than 92 percent of Walmart associates reported having some form of health coverage.*
- More than 1.1 million Americans - associates and their family members - are covered by Wal-Mart plans.
- More than 50 percent of Walmart associates obtain their health coverage through the company.*
* According to a survey taken during our fall 2007 open enrollment period
Fact: Walmart Supports its Local Communities
- In 2008, Walmart and SAM'S CLUB gave over $540,000 in contributions to Long Island charitable organizations, benefiting local schools, police and fire departments and Girl and Boy Scouts, to name a few recipients.
- In 2008, Walmart Stores and SAM'S CLUB gave over $10 million to local causes and organizations in the communities they serve in the state of New York.
- Walmart's charitable contributions total more than $13 million across the state of New York.*
* Total includes in-kind donations and additional funds raised through stores, CLUBS and distribution centers in New York.
Fact: Walmart has a Positive Economic Impact on the Local Economy
- In New York, Walmart collected more than $362 million in sales taxes in FYE 2009.
- Walmart paid more than $86.5 million in state and local taxes in the state of New York in FYE 2009.
Fact: Walmart Works with Local Businesses and Suppliers
- In FYE 2009, Walmart Stores, Inc. spent over $1 billion with its 260 suppliers on Long Island.
- In FYE 2009, Walmart Stores, Inc. spent over $12 billion for merchandise and services with its more than 2,600 suppliers statewide.
Fact: Walmart is Committed to Environmental Sustainability
- Walmart is investing approximately $500 million annually in sustainable technologies and innovations.
- Walmart is also working to provide all families with access to affordable, energy-efficient, and sustainable products.
- In 2007, Walmart helped provide the Town of Babylon with compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs, which the town estimates will save residents $2.5 million a year in energy costs and reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
- Walmart is increasing its energy efficiency and is committed to reducing greenhouse gases at its existing stores, SAM'S CLUBS and Distribution Centers around the world by 20 percent by 2012.
Fact: Walmart is Committed to Diversity
- Walmart has a diverse multi-cultural workforce at all levels, employing more than:
- 171,000 Hispanic associates;
- 257,000 African-American associates;
- 39,000 Asian and 5,000 Pacific Islander associates;
- 16,000 American Indian and Alaskan Native associates;
- 869,000 Women; and
- 430,000 mature associates who are 50 and older.
- In 2008, the company was recognized as:
- Employer of the Year, National Association of Governors' Committee on People with Disabilities
- Best Companies for Asian Pacific Americans, Asian Enterprise.
- Best Cultures for Multicultural Women, Working Mother Media
- Diversity Elite - Top Ten (#3), Hispanic Business
- Top Companies for Female Executives, National Association of Female Executives
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