Online Petition Demands Walmart Probe Bribery Agence France-Presse
go to original April 28, 2012

Go to the online petition posted at protest site change.org.

An online petition started by a Walmart employee urging the retail giant to reform and investigate misconduct over a bribery scandal at a Mexican subsidiary had gathered nearly 5,200 signatures late Saturday.

The employee, who identified herself as Venanzi Luna, a department manager who has been working at the company for seven years, said the scandal prompted her to collect the signatures demanding change at the top of the firm, including company chiefs.

"My name is Venanzi Luna. I’ve been working at Walmart for seven years. I’m currently a department manager at the store. I’m taking care of my dad who is very ill now. He always taught me to be a fighter. He is the reason I am writing this petition."

"I’ve given a lot to this company and I’m very angry that top executives at Walmart are said to be involved in bribing public officials in Mexico and then trying to cover the whole thing up. I’m worried because while I am working hard, now I’m hearing that they’re risking our company by lying and cheating. For years my coworkers and I have been saying that this company has lost its way. I didn’t realize it had gotten this bad!"

"It is time for things to change. Walmart needs to take responsibility for its actions and change its leadership. I need you to help send Walmart a message: No one, no matter how rich and powerful they are, should get away with bribery. Please stand with me in calling for a change of leadership and a real investigation into what happened," she wrote in the online petition posted at protest site change.org.

The New York Times reported last week that the retail giant's largest non-US subsidiary made illicit payments worth some $24 million to win market dominance and tried to cover them up.

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