<div id="RTEContent"><font size="4">BJ Swanson,<br> </font> <div class="MsoNormal"> <font size="4"><br> </font><font size="4">you sound more and more just like a big Wal-Mart executive. </font><br> <br> <span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"Many prefer to work part-time. I believe the salaries are very fair and Gritman (Wal-Mart) contributes a great deal back to the community both in the better than living wage salaries and benefits paid and in charity care. "-BJ Swanson</span><br> <br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 191);"> But Wal Mart workers, always prefer full time work right? So it fair to attack them for paying part time wages for part time work? Either way, 17 of your 20 job postings are part-time, or 0-19.5 hours a week. You cannot tell me that 17 out 20 people looking for work only want to work 0-19.5 hours a week, or could live on that wage. </span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> <br!
><span
style="color: rgb(67, 67, 67);"> "Gritman has about 400 employees that equates to 282 full time equivalents."</span><br> <br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 191);"> This means that almost 1/3 of your workforce is making less then the minimum needed to survive in </span><st1:place style="color: rgb(0, 0, 191);" w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 191);">, according to your own words.</span><br> <br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> "The AVERAGE hourly wage is $20.77 per hour plus benefits."</span><br> <br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 191);"> Yes, but if you exclude doctors, what does that wage go down to, BJ? If you exclude the truck drivers that work for Wal-Mart, it is only fair that we get to exclude the doctors that make about $70-$150 an hour from that average of $20.77. Anyone knows, that 10-20% at the top making $100 an hour can skew that statistical average.</span><br> <br><span style="color: r!
gb(0, 0,
0);"> "I think the majority of Gritman employees will tell you it is a great place to work."</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 191);"> Why, do you think this BJ? Simply because you have not had the misfortune of a nurse that was so stupid as to tell the chair of a board that they do not like working for you? Honestly, you cannot believe someone is that stupid? Why do nurses tell me that nursing is a bad labor market on the Palouse because they cannot find full time work? </span></span><br> <span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><br> Another Wal-Mart Statement:<br> <br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> "If the nurses were paid 50% less than other hospitals, as you say, we would likely have no nurses."</span><br> <br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 191);"> Gritman is the only major place for a nurse to work in this area.</span> </span><u><span style="color: red;">Of the 2.2 million RNs c!
overed by
the Bureau of Labor Statistics,<b> the mean annual wage was $52,810....</b></span></u><u><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy;">.</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 191);">You pay an average of $20 an hour. By simple calculation, the average nurse works 36 hours a week (3 12 hour shifts), that is $30.34 an hour, you pay $20.77, that is 50% less than the market rate for a nurse. </span><br> <br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 191);"> You will find that many nurses move here because of their spouse's work. With Gritman being one of the few places they can work, they are required to take 20 hours or less positions, or nothing.</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 191);"> <br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> "Gritman’s salaries are comparable to other hospitals in this area."</span><br> <br> Oh please BJ, how many hospitals do you think we have in Latah? <br> <br><span style="col!
or:
rgb(0, 0, 0);"> "The part-time employees who are not eligible for benefits receive an additional 15% higher salary than the full time employees who have benefits."</span><br> <br> WRONG, part time employees get a 15% increase because of odd hours. Further, even if your savvy business spin was true, a 15% increase in pay does not even come close to covering the costs of medical bills or the matching benefits that most hospitals offer in retirement plans. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">“Gritman is not hiring Licensed Practical Nurses and hasn’t for many years. Gritman currently has only two LPN’s who are long time employees.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div> <!
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class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 191);">The general direction of the country is to eliminate the LPNs. However, I know that Gritman employs LPNs because I have spoken to several of them, however, Gritman does not call them LPNs, in other words, they changed the name.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">“I don’t know about the environmental record of Sun Pacific Energy.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Well, if you do no!
t know
about the destruction of the environment that your company engages in, it certainly is justifiable that you continue to fund it.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">“ since you accuse Donald H. Livingstone of having “close ties to Sodexho-Marriot” just because he is a professor in the Marriott School of Business at BYU. Do you presume that all those who teach in the J. A. Albertson building at the U-I have ‘close ties to Albertson’s?’”<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><span style="color: !
rgb(0, 0,
191);">Professor Livingstone is not just a professor at the Marriot School of Business. But even if there was “no political connection”, do you think a man of moral conscious would have trouble working in a building with the name of company slapped on the side that has the worst international human rights record in the world?<br> </span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><br> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Take Care,<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Donovan J <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Arnold</st1:place></st1:City></span></div> <font color="navy" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><br> <br> </span></font><br><b><i>"B. J. Swanson" <bjswan@moscow.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote
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mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-.25in; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Courier New"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";} ol {margin-bottom:0in;} ul {margin-bottom:0in;} --> </style> </o:SmartTagType></o:SmartTagType></o:SmartTagType></o:SmartTagType></o:SmartTagType></o:SmartTagType><div class="Section1"> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Donovan,<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">You seem to have reached the height of false information and total confusion. In another post today you mentioned, “This all !
depends
on what is considered acceptable data collection…” So, where are you collecting your data because it is not correct.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Gritman hires a number of part-time and on-call employees, just like the U-I, WSU, Wal-Mart, etc. Many prefer to work part-time. I believe the salaries are very fair and Gritman contributes a great deal back to the community both in the better than living wage salaries and benefits paid and in charity care. Gritman has about 400 employees that equates to 282 full time equivalents. The AVERAGE hourly wage is $20.77 per hour plus benefits. The part-time employees who are not eligible for benefit!
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receive an additional 15% higher salary than the full time employees who have benefits. Gritman’s salaries are comparable to other hospitals in this area. If the nurses were paid 50% less than other hospitals, as you say, we would likely have no nurses. Gritman is not hiring Licensed Practical Nurses and hasn’t for many years. Gritman currently has only two LPN’s who are long time employees. The salaries and benefits Gritman pays are among the best in the area. I think the majority of Gritman employees will tell you it is a great place to work. You seem to accuse Gritman of being cheap, but it wasn’t too long ago you were complaining about the high cost of healthcare and medical insurance. If you would like to pay more, then Gritman could pay more too.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color:
navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I don’t know about the environmental record of Sun Pacific Energy. I’m a little suspicious of your judgment on that since you accuse Donald H. Livingstone of having “close ties to Sodexho-Marriot” just because he is a professor in the Marriott School of Business at BYU. Do you presume that all those who teach in the J. A. Albertson building at the U-I have “close ties to Albertson’s?”<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">B. J. Swanson</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <hr tabindex="-1" align="center" size="2" width="100%"> </span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight:
bold;">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> Donovan Arnold [mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com] <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, November 28, 2005 9:42 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> bjswan@moscow.com; vision2020@moscow.com<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> RE: [Vision2020] Data about WalMart VS Gritman</span></font><o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div id="RTEContent"> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">BJ Swanson, <o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div><u1:p> </u1:p><div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div>!
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You have no doubt reached the height of your hypocrisy with your latest email. As Chair of the Gritman Board of Directors you are no doubt aware that Gritman pays less than $10.50 an hour plus benefits for many of its employees, </span></font><strong><b><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: normal;">“The “living wage” in Moscow is around $10.50 an hour plus benefits. $10.50 an hour is the level where workers are able to “maintain.”, as your own words claim.</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div><u1:p> </u1:p><div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Gritman purposely creates licensed staff po!
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for 19.5 hours or less a week at less than $20 an hour so it does not have to pay full-time benefits to its employees. Gritman pays its nurses almost 50% less, $20 an hour, tha! n the average entry level nurse, $30 an hour. It also uses and abuses the practice of Licensed Practical Nurses, or LPNs, instead of Registered Nurses, or RNs, because they can get away with paying them 20-40% less even though they can do about 85% of the work an RN can. LPNs were originally created during WWII because of the lack of RNs and Doctors. They should not be used in place of RNs to save Gritman money.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div><u1:p> </u1:p><div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As anyone can read for themselves, at <a
href="http://www.gritman.org/careers/careers.asp">http://www.gritman.org/careers/careers.asp</a> most of the jobs listed are </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">“(0 - 39 hours per 2 week pay period)”. That is less than 19.5 hours a week. At a MAXIMUM start rate of $20 an hour, that is less than $10 hour for a full time worker. And at less than 20 hours a week they are not getting benefits. <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></div> </div> <d !="" iv="" class="MsoNormal"> </d><div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Gritman also employs certified nurses assistants, cafeteria workers, phlebotomists, house keepers, gift shop workers, and other medical assistants and staff !
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far less than nurses with the same maximum of 19.5 hours a week. <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">In addition to your hypocrisy about nonlivable wages by large corporations in this town, you have also neglected to research your own company, AmericanWest Bank and the practices by the board of Directors. <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Board of Directors for AmericanW!
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is full of minions just like Wal-Mart. For example <strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">Craig D. Eerkes</font></b></strong>, President of Sun Pacific Energy, Inc. A company that has the worst environmental record in the northwest, working with favorites of Green Peace <font color="navy"><span style="color: navy;">like Exxon Mob</span></font>il.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div><u1:p> </u1:p><div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">And let us also not forget board member <strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">Donald H. Livingstone, who has close ties to Sodexho-Marriot, the company with the worst human rights record in the world.</font></b><u1:p></u1:p></strong><o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div> <div
class="MsoNormal"><strong><u1:p><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></b></u1:p></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">BJ, I suggest when you show up to protest the senseless slaughter of animals for clothing that you not be wearing a fur coat and alligator purse.</span></font></b><u1:p><b><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br> <strong><b><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></b></strong></span></b></u1:p><b><strong></strong><br> <strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">Take Care,</font></b><u1:p></u1:p></strong></b><o:p></o:p></strong></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><strong><u1:p><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></b></u1:p></strong><o:p></o:p></strong></div> </div> <div> <div
class="MsoNormal"><strong><strong><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Donovan J <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on">Arnold</st1:place></st1:City></st1:place></st1:City></span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></strong></div> </div> <u1:p></u1:p> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br> <br> <b><i><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"<st1:PersonName w:st="on">B. J. Swanson</st1:PersonName>" <bjswan@moscow.com></span></i></b> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></strong></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"><u1:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"><u1:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"><u1:Smar!
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namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"><u1:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"><u1:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></u1:SmartTagType></u1:SmartTagType></u1:SmartTagType></u1:SmartTagType></u1:SmartTagType>Jeff.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></strong></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></strong></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">I assume you’re joking when you say </span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;">“I suspect their stats are probably reliable, as the consequences of being wrong would bring swift
retribution.”</span></font><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"> I doubt that Wal-Mart has any fear of retribution as evidenced by the mor! e than 5,000 lawsuits currently pending against them dealing with a wide variety of unethical practices including discrimination against women, hiring undocumented aliens and paying them less than $3/hour, wide-spread inflated scanner settings, forcing associates to work “off the time clock,” etc. Obviously a few slanted facts are not a big deal to them. The Wal-Mart website also contains profound statements like </span></font><b><font color="black"><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold;">“</span></font></b><strong><b><font color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;">Wal-Mart does not encourage our associates to apply for public assistance.”</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font color="black" face="Arial"><span
style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"> <u1:p></u1:p></span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></strong></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><strong><b><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: normal;"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></strong></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><strong><b><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: normal;">Perhaps researching a little further into the numbers would reveal that the $9.20 an hour average wage includes truck drivers. Apparently Wal-Mart has been unable to monopolize the trucking industry, YET. If truck drivers are removed from the average wages the remaining workers, including management, average around $8.20 an hour and less than one-third qualify or can afford health insurance.&nb!
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“living wage” in <st1:City u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City></st1:place></st1:City> is around $10.50 an hour plus benefits. $10.50 an hour is the level where workers are able to “maintain.” More than that usually indicates workers are able to contribute to the community.&! nbsp; Less than that and the worker needs assistance to survive. The relative size of Wal-Mart and its projected impact on <st1:City u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City></st1:place></st1:City> as the second largest employer paying less than living wage jobs is a big concern.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></strong></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><strong><b><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight:
normal;"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></strong></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><strong><b><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: normal;">Regarding buying from <st1:State u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State></st1:place></st1:State> vendors, a further look will reveal Wal-Mart’s usual predatory practices. I personally know a small <st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Northern Idaho</st1:place></st1:place> business who was delighted to g! et a contract from Wal-Mart. But the contract included not paying for goods for 120 days. That means four months without payment or interest, while having to pay workers and inventory costs on much shorter terms. Then, Wal-Mart wanted more and more goods until Wal-Mart was buying 90% of the small busin!
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goods and still demanding more. Then, Wal-Mart started ratcheting down the price, and still on 120 day terms. The small business nearly went broke before they realized Wal-Mart was controlling them and breaking them. <st1:State u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State></st1:place></st1:State> is a very honest, trusting culture. Sometimes to our detriment.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></strong></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><strong><b><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: normal;"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></strong></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><strong><b><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: normal;">There are curre!
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around 70 jobs in <st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceName u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Alturas</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> <st1:PlaceName u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Technology</st1:PlaceName></st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Park</st1:PlaceType></st1:PlaceType></st1:PlaceName></st1:place> paying an average of $24.00 an hour plus benefits. You will find these people on many contributor lists throughout <st1:City u2:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:City>, including Latah Trail, Kenworthy, IRP, <st1:City u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Prichard</st1:place></st1:City></st1:place></st1:City>, etc. Rezoning the land on the eastern boundary of Alturas for Wal-Mart will severely restrict the ability to expand <st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceName u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Alturas</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
<st1:PlaceName u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Technology</st1:PlaceName></st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Park</st1:PlaceType></st1:PlaceType></st1:PlaceName></st1:place> and continue to attract bus! inesses that actually contribute to the community instead of sucking it dry.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></strong></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><strong><b><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: normal;"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></strong></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><strong><strong><b><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: normal;">B. J. Swanson</span></font></b></strong></strong></st1:PersonName><strong><strong><b><font color="black" face="Arial"><sp!
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Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Jeff Harkins<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, November 26, 2005 6:11 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> vision2020@moscow.com<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] Data about WalMart Impact in <st1:State u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:State> and <st1:State u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State></st1:place></st1:State> Wages</span></font><o:p></o:p></strong></div> <u1:p></u1:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font face="Tim! es New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Tim!
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Roman";"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></strong></div> </div> <h1 style="margin-bottom: 24pt;"><strong><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Here is an excerpt from the WalMart website. I suspect their stats are probably reliable, as the consequences of being wrong would bring swift retribution.<br> <br> Of particular note is the average wage of $ 9.20 and the fact that WalMart employs 6,774 people in the state. At a wage rate of $9.20 and an assumed work year of 2080 hours the average annual wage is $19,136. <br> <br> Here is a link to the data for wages for all occupational groups in <st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">North Idaho</st1:place></st1:place>. The stats are as of May, 2005. The stats are quite robust and should provide you with hours of fun as you compare your current wage with the state average. Here is the link to the data: <a
href="http://lmi.idaho.gov/admin/uploadedPublications/3753_north_idaho.pdf" eudora="autourl">http://lmi.idaho.gov/admin/uploadedPublications/3753_north_idaho.pdf</a> . If you want info about education jobs, you will need to go to Appendix C of the report. If you have trouble finding that link, please advise and I will provide it.<br> You can download the data.<br> <br> Other points of interest include spending almost $185 million with <st1:State u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State></st1:place></st1:State> suppliers - supporting 15,934 supplier jobs.<br> <br> <br> <st1:State u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State></st1:place></st1:State> Community Impact<br> <br> <br> </span></font><o:p></o:p></b></strong></h1> <u1:p></u1:p> <h3><strong><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Real !
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<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></b></strong></h3> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Wal-Mart's presence in <st1:State u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State></st1:place></st1:State> includes: <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></strong></div> </div> <h4><strong><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Stores, Clubs, Distribution Centers and other facilities (as of October2005)<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></b></strong></h4> <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Supercenters: 14<br> Discount Stores: 3<br> Neighborhood markets: 0<br> SAM'S CLUBS: 1<br> Distribution Centers: 0<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Average store size (national average)</span></b> <br> !
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style="font-weight: bold;">Supercenter</span></b>: 186,077 sq. ft. with approx. 116,000 items <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Discount Store</span></b>: 98,079 sq. ft. with approx. 62,500 items <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Neighborhood Market</span></b>: 42,286 sq. ft. with approx. 38,845 items ! <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">SAM'S CLUB</span></b>: 127,776 sq. ft. with approx. 6,000 items <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></strong></div> </div> <h4 style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><strong><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> <br> <br> <br> </span></font><o:p></o:p></b></strong></h4> <u1:p></u1:p> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><strong><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">People<br> <br> <br> </span></font><o:p></o:p></b></strong></h3> <u1:p></u1:p> <h4><strong><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span
style="font-size: 9pt;">Employment Facts<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></b></strong></h4> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"> <strong> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">In <st1:State u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State></st1:place></st1:State>, the total number of Wal-Mart associates is 6,774 (as of October 2005). <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style=""><span style="font-size: 7.5pt;">The average wage for regular full-time hourly associates in <st1:State u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State></st1:place></st1:State> is $9.20 per hour (Wal-Mart Discount Stores, Supercenters and Neighborhood Markets). Additionally, associates are eligible for performa!
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bonuses. <u1:p></u1:p></span></span></font><o:p></o:p></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">In recent years, Wal-Mart has contributed four percent of an associate's eligible pay to their combined Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan. <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></li> </strong></ul> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></strong></div> </div> <h3><strong><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Suppliers<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></b></strong></h3> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"> <strong> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style=""><span style="font-size: 7.5pt;">In 2004, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. spent $184,548,727 for merchandise and services with!
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suppliers in the state of <st1:State u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State></st1:place></st1:State>. As a result of Wal-Mart's relationship with these suppliers, Wal-Mart supports 15,934 supplier jobs in the state of <st1:State u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State></st1:place></st1:State>. <u1:p></u1:p></span></span></font><o:p></o:p></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><i><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-style: italic;">Supplier figures provided by Dun & Bradstreet </span></font></i><o:p></o:p></li> </strong></ul> <u1:p></u1:p> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></strong></div> </div> <h3><strong><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span
style="font-size: 9pt;">Taxes and Fees<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></b></strong></h3> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><strong><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">! <o:p></o:p></span></font></strong></div> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"> <strong> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Wal-Mart collected on behalf of the state of <st1:State u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State></st1:place></st1:State> more than $68.3 million in sales taxes in 2004 <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Wal-Mart paid more than $9.8 million in state and local taxes in the state of <st1:State u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State></st1:place></st1:State> in 2004. <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></li> </strong></ul> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></strong></div> </div> <h3><strong><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Community Involvement<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></b></strong></h3> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"> <strong> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style=""><span style="font-size: 7.5pt;">In 2004, Wal-Mart Stores and SAM'S CLUB gave $753,242 to local causes and organizations in the communities they serve in the state of <st1:State u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State></st1:place></st1:State>. In addition, many charities and
organizations received in-kind donations and additional funds raised through stores and CLUBS in the amount of $219,492, for a grand total of $972,734 contributed through Wal-Mart's presence across the state. <u1:p></u1:p></span></span></font><o:p></o:p></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Examples of some of the efforts in <st1:State u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State></st1:place></st1:State> that our company made in 2004 to reach out to the community include: <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></li> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Safe Neighborhood Heroes Grants: $39,250 <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><font size="1"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></li> <li
class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Literacy Grants: $30,250 <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Community Scholarships: $33,000 <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Teacher of the Year Grants: $27,000 <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></li> </ul> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><st1:State u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Idaho</span></font></st1:State></st1:State><font size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">'s 2004 Teacher of the Year is Conr</span></font>ad <font size="1"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Garner from <st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceName u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
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