This holiday season, every employee at Wal-Mart is projected to generate more than $2,000 in pure profit for the company. The numbers are staggering: from the work of 1.4 million Americans, Wal-Mart will reap billions of dollars in sales. But, is Wal-Mart holding up its end of the bargain?

We don't think so.

Wal-Mart is thriving in today's faltering economy, yet its employees struggle to keep their heads above water. Instead of giving back to working families, Wal-Mart is lobbying against overtime regulations aimed to benefit working Americans. Instead of giving business to America's struggling manufacturers, Wal-Mart continues to import over 70% of its goods from China. And, of course, Wal-Mart still pays poverty wages and offers unaffordable health care benefits.

If Wal-Mart won't give back to its hard working employees, we will. We're on a mission to give financial support to struggling Wal-Mart employees this holiday season, but we can't succeed without your help. Please contribute to our new Wal-Mart Workers' Holiday Fund today and give struggling Wal-Mart workers a chance at the kind of holiday they deserve.

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While Wal-Mart's lavishly overpaid executives can afford to spend the holidays at ease, the average Wal-Mart worker will scrape by on poverty-level wages. Each week between now and the new year, we'll highlight this inequity by featuring stories from the regular folks who work in the aisles of Wal-Mart.

Why must we change Wal-Mart? Just read on.

In our final worker feature, we feel it is incumbent upon us to honor the memory of Jdimytai Damour, who tragically lost his life guarding the Wal-Mart in Valley Stream, NY.

Mr. Damour, of Jamaica, hoped to earn some extra holiday cash at Wal-Mart as a temporary employee. Unfortunately, Wal-Mart's aggressive Black Friday promotions, combined with a lack of preparation turned the Valley stream store into a crowd-control nightmare.

As the store prepared to open, Wal-Mart stationed Jdimytai at the front entrance of the store. Though he was given no crowd control training, though he had no security experience, Mr. Damour was chosen to face an essentially unmanaged throng of 2,000 agitated shoppers, all clambering for Wal-Mart's over-hyped deals. In the end, he paid the ultimate price.

Several people were injured in the early morning crush, but none fared worse than Damour. He fell while shielding a pregnant shopper from the frenzied crowd, and was eventually trampled to death.

We are outraged by the unfortunate combination of lax preparation and mob mentality that robbed the Damour family of a son. The tragic events of November 28th were nothing if not preventable, but the prospect of holiday profits had Wal-Mart's brass thinking sales, not safety.

Yet again, Wal-Mart has forgotten that the holidays are all about putting people first. You don't have to follow Wal-Mart in its race to the bottom. Please keep the Damour family in your thoughts and prayers throughout this holiday season, along with the many hard-working Wal-Mart workers in need.

Above all, please have a safe and joyous holiday season.

Charmaine Givens works at a Chicago Wal-Mart, staffing the front desk of its Tire & Lube Express. After 3 years of work, she makes only $9.45 an hour. Imagine, it would take Charmaine 1,000 years to match what Wal-Mart's CEO Lee Scott earned last year. So much for competitive wages.

With such low pay, Charmaine is unable to pay for a WMT health insurance plan: it is simply too expensive. So, aside from earning a miniscule wage, she is exposed to a potentially crippling financial burden should she ever become sick or injured.

This week, we asked Charmaine what Wal-Mart could do to become a better employer. She wanted to remind Wal-Mart that "All their profits are earned off the hard work of WMT associates." She also stressed that, this holiday season, "Wal-Mart must treat its employees like human beings. I want to feel like I matter to Wal-Mart."

There is only one thing more disheartening than Charmaine's story: the fact that the vast majority of Wal-Mart employees we speak to share stories alarmingly similar to the ones on this page.

Help us end the cycle. Take a stand against Wal-Mart's systematic mistreatment of its employees. Help us grow our holiday fund today. It's easy, it's fast, and it will make a real difference to real Wal-Mart workers.

Cynthia Murray is a 9 year veteran at Wal-Mart. As a fitting room associate in Laurel, Maryland, Cynthia has won numerous awards for her job performance. This is her story.

Injured in a car accident several years ago, Cynthia is partially disabled and cannot stand for extended periods. When Wal-Mart first hired Cynthia, management acknowledged her disability and placed her in the clothing department's fitting rooms, where she can sit and answer phones. Wal-Mart later requested that Cynthia provide proof of her injury, claiming it had no record of it, all despite management's prior knowledge of her disability. Later, Wal-Mart had the gall to claim that, without documentation, it would "have" to take her chair away.

Given proper medical care, Cynthia might have recovered from her injuries. However, after 9 years at Wal-Mart, she still cannot afford the company's health insurance. With her hourly wages of $10.80 an hour, Wal-Mart's high premiums are simply out of reach.

If you are outraged by Wal-Mart's treatment of Cynthia Murray, you're not alone. But, don't just get mad, take action! Help us benefit workers like Cynthia by contributing to our Wal-Mart Workers' Holiday Fund.

Can't donate? You can still fight for fair treatment for Wal-Mart workers. Help us spread the word by sending a link to your friends and family.

Remember, together we can give Wal-Mart workers a remarkable gift for the holidays: a more responsible employer.

As a full-time Overnight Stocker, Beth has given Wal-Mart nearly three years of her working life, yet she makes only $10.47 an hour. Even with a full-time schedule, she can not afford to keep the health insurance her family needs. Wal-Mart's coverage is so expensive, she had to drop her plan after just two months of enrollment.

Now, just in time for the holidays, management has slashed Beth's schedule to 15-16 hours per week. Thanks to Wal-Mart, Beth may be spending her holiday season at the unemployment office. She has been forced to apply for state benefits in order to support her family.

We can't let Wal-Mart cast a shadow on Beth's holiday season. The hard working employees at Wal-Mart deserve better than poverty wages and unemployment lines. If you take action, you can give workers like Beth what Wal-Mart will not: hope.

Make the holidays a little brighter for all Wal-Mart workers--Help us grow our Wal-Mart Workers' Holiday Fund today