"Made in America" Walmart Jordan Gets Uniforms Vests

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Many Walmart employees were angry about a new uniform mandate. While workers are near the minimum wage to do so many Walmart workers, they need a rod to create a break with the past, and khakis or black, and women can also choose between skirts or pants.

The company itself reminded workers could use the 10 percent of your partner, to buy clothes from Walmart itself. The only element that the company intends to pay a blue uniform jacket, which should bear all branch employees. But, according to the PR firm for the supplied organization group, our Walmart works , there is an irony, because Wal-Mart, has stimulated interest in investing in the United States, bought West Jordan, Middle East.

The group sent using a photo of the label on AOL. He stated that the garment is made of polyester and is made in Jordan.

Credit: OUR Walmart

What makes this a black eye for the company is the PR campaign to invest in American jobs , which the company says it will put an additional $ 250 billion over the next ten years, American-made products.

<Blockquote> At Walmart, we believe in a difference in the problems of our customers and communities to not get discouraged. We believe that we can create more jobs in America by supporting the American production. From the production aid and the reconstruction of the middle class requires a national effort of companies, industry leaders, legislators and others. </ Blockquote>

According to the company, would the effort to buy more products and bought the land, you will find the "new" Walmart facilitate products in the United States, and "re-shore manufacturing of the goods we buy now and accelerate our efforts suppliers. "

In their efforts to reduce costs, Walmart has overseas primarily a force in the production and shipping jobs. Apparel Manufacturing in the United States has particularly affected by many companies, not just Wal-Mart, trying to take advantage of low labor costs and lax safety standards on the environment in other countries.

According to the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights, in 2011, there were reports of human rights violations in at least one factory Jordan Walmart as the Huffington Post uses.

AOL Jobs solicited comments from Wal-Mart, have not responded before publication. We will update the story when the company responds.

Updated 09/12/2014 06:45: AOL Jobs, you get the following statement from Walmart:

We have worked for several months to identify the supplier of the United States for our new West. We were not able, an American provider who could provide needed the number of lives, what we at the time we needed. This was a difficult process, and is one of the main reasons why we help our efforts this year on the textile manufacturers to overcome obstacles to concentrated domestic supply. We are pleased to say we are very close to signing an agreement with an American suppliers to deliver our replacement west.

In fact, go through this process is one reason Walmart has taken the initiative to make in the textile industry and food chain our first year. I have some information is connected via the production of American Innovation Fund. The first winners were announced last month, as you can see, most universities that have received a promotion, working on the challenges of the textile industry.