To: Anyone who loves or cares about a wal-mart associate.

5 MINUTES COULD MAKE SOME PEOPLES HOLIDAYS BRIGHTER!

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SHORT STORY, if you love a Wal-Mart associate and are mad that they have to work Thanksgiving day, please

use this link to send a letter to Wal-Marts executives telling them that it is not ok for them to ruin

your Thanksgiving for greed. Please use your name though or they will not take you seriously. We need you to

help them, because the (associates) are not allowed to complain. http://walmartstores.com/contactus/feedback.aspx

It is best if complaints go to corporate office not the local store. (it should ask).

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LONG STORY:

Hello!

Thank you for taking the time to read this important email.

As most of you probably know by now, Wal-Marts in many places will be

open on Thanksgiving day for the first time this year. (Some stores like

Supercenters have been open on Thanksgiving for years.) Many of the

Associates working in these stores have always had Thanksgiving off to

spend with their families before the busiest shopping day of the year, the

next day, black Friday. After black Friday, the stores are very busy until

Xmas, so family time is difficult at best. Now these same associates are

being told THEY MUST work on Thanksgiving. For many of these

Wal-Mart assoc. there is no where they can safely complain and no

one sticking up for them. When they applied they didnt know one day

Wal-Mart would take away this important family holiday. What is

next?

In fact when Helen Walton was alive, (Sam Waltons wife) she told

Wal-Mart she did not think Associates should have to work

Thanksgiving. It was a family time. But she is gone.

Some states are not allowing Wal-Mart to do this, Massachusetts

for one is not letting Wal-Mart do this. Go Mass! (Mass people

we could still use your help!)

Well I for one love two wal-mart associates, my daughter and my

nephew. I want to spend Thanksgiving with them. If I can not

wal-mart will not only be ruining their holiday they will be ruining

mine too. They say my daughter can work a short shift, before

6pm. Hello? When should she do her cooking and still eat warm

with her family? Do they know how long it takes to make Turkeys

and Pies? What about the Associate who needs to travel a few

hours to get to her folks home like a friend of mine? How will

she see his family at all, esp when he has to be in bed early to go in

for 5am the next day?

I do not care if Wal-Mart chooses to be open on Thanksgiving, but

telling people they MUST work on that day is wrong. Ask for

volunteers perhaps but do not hurt my family on Thanksgiving Day.

Lastly, even though Wal-Mart has an open door policy about

complaints, in truth most associates do not trust it, are afraid to

use it, or it doesnt help them. In some stores (here anyway) it is

expected that associates WILL NOT complain about policy

changes or they will be seen as poor team playes and in some

cases reprimanded.

If you care about a Wal-Mart associate PLEASE help!

Use this link to send a letter to Wal-Marts executives telling them that it is not ok for them to ruin

your Thanksgiving for greed. Please use your name though or they will not take you seriously. We need you to

help them, because the (associates) are not allowed to complain. But they must listen to us!

THE CUSTOMERS! Imagine, there are something like 200 million wal-mart associates, wich means

there are a lot MORE of us, friends, family, and people who care! Lets make a difference in someones

holiday! Go to:

http://walmartstores.com/contactus/feedback.aspx

It is best if complaints go to corporate office not the local store. (it should ask).

Thank you so much!

Ann

Derry, New Hampshire