Stop the Bullying, Wal-Mart

Stop the Bullying, Wal-Mart.
It has also hired the powerful public-relations firm Edelman and several political consultants to help polish its image. One of the consultants, Leslie Dach, a former media adviser to President Bill Clinton, was hired for $3 million in stock, as well as options on 168,805 shares that vest over the next five years. At the same time, the political attacks on Wal-Mart seem to have unleashed paranoia within the company, which has beefed up its security operations, hiring former senior FBI and CIA officials to watch workers and those who maintain contact with the company. All this usurps funds that could go to workers" salaries or benefits instead. These new developments have come at a time when 'everyday low prices' isn"t the growth model that Wal-Mart necessarily wants to pursue long term.