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#1:
New
Yorkers
are
Already
Shopping
&
Working
at
Walmart
• Last
year,
New
Yorkers
spent
more
than
$195
million
at
Walmart
stores
OUTSIDE
the
city
o Queens:
$80.2
million
o Manhattan:
$35.0
million
o Staten
Island:
$23.4
million
o Bronx:
$19.1
million
o Brooklyn:
$10.4
million
• New
York
City
is
the
top
metro
market
for
Walmart.com
in
the
country
• Walmart
employs
more
than
38,000
associates
in
New
York
State,
including
1,400
New
York
City
residents
#2:
New
Yorkers
Want
Walmart
in
New
York
City
• 71%
of
New
York
City
residents
favor
Walmart
coming
to
New
York
City
o Borough-‐specific
support
is:
Bronx
(80%);
Brooklyn
(76%);
Queens
(70%);
Staten
Island
(66%)
and
Manhattan
(59%)
• 63%
of
New
Yorkers
favor
bringing
Walmart
TO
THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD
• 62%
of
small
businesses
favor
Walmart
coming
to
New
York
City
• More
than
74%
of
union
members
support
locating
a
Walmart
in
New
York
City
#3:
New
Yorkers
Need
Jobs
• City-‐wide
unemployment
is
8.9%
o East
New
York
is
19.2%
o Central
and
South
Bronx
is
15.7%
o Central
Brooklyn
is
14.8%
o Harlem
and
Washington
Heights
is
13.6%
#4:
Walmart
Provides
Competitive
Wages,
Affordable
Benefits
&
the
Chance
to
Build
a
Career
• Walmart’s
wages
and
benefits
are
equal
to
-‐
or
often
better
than
-‐
those
offered
by
the
majority
of
New
York
City
competitors
• The
average
wage
for
regular
full-‐time
hourly
associates
in
New
York
state
is
$13.09
per
hour
• Benefits
include
affordable
health
plans,
401(k),
and
a
10%
store
discount
• From
a
health
care
perspective,
Walmart:
o Offers
health
plans
as
inexpensive
as
$11
per
pay
period
for
an
associate
only
and
$33
for
a
family
o Has
no
annual
or
lifetime
maximums
on
health
plan
use
o Insures
more
than
one
million
associates
and
their
dependents
via
company
health
plans
o Provides
all
associates
on
company
health
plans
access
to
any
generic
drug
prescription
for
$4
o Exceeds
the
affordability
and
coverage
requirements
in
the
Patient
Protection
and
Affordable
Care
Act
(PPACA)
• Nationally,
about
70%
of
Wal-‐Mart’s
store
management
team
started
as
an
hourly
associate
• More
than
65%
of
Walmart
associate
in
the
New
York
City
region
work
full
time
• In
2009,
Walmart
promoted
more
than
138,000
hourly
associates
across
the
U.S.
#10:
Walmart
is
Committed
to
Diversity
• Walmart
continues
to
implement
initiatives
to
attract
and
retain
a
diverse
workforce,
including
recruiting
from
colleges
and
universities
with
large
multicultural
populations
• More
than
850,000
of
Walmart’s
associates
are
female
and
make
up
59
percent
of
the
company’s
U.S.
workforce
• More
than
41
percent
of
Walmart
officials
and
managers
are
women
• We
also
employ:
o 249,000
African
Americans
o 171,000
Hispanics
o 42,000
Asian
Americans
o 6,000
Pacific
Islander
Americans
o 15,000
American
Indian
and
Alaska
Natives
o 430,000
associates
50
and
over