Grossman Leaves Wal-Mart Watch

Grossman Leaves Wal-Mart Watch
By Lance Turner
1/4/2007 11:03:44 AM






Wal-Mart Watch, a union-funded nonprofit group based in Washington, D.C., that is a vocal critic of the world's largest retailer, said Thursday that its executive director, Andrew Grossman, is leaving his full-time post with the group.

Wal-Mart Watch's board chairman, Andy Stern, said he asked chief of staff David Nassar to be acting executive director.

"As chairman of the Wal-Mart Watch board, I am excited about the future of the campaign to change Wal-Mart, and [the Service Employees International Union] is committed to funding that future," Stern said in a news release. "After two years of strong leadership from Andrew Grossman, he is leaving his full-time position and assuming a consulting role with Wal-Mart Watch. I have asked David Nassar, currently chief of staff, to serve as acting executive director and feel strongly that David will do an excellent job in a permanent capacity."

Nassar is Wal-Mart Watch’s chief of staff and has worked as a field organizer and manager on domestic and international campaigns. He managed pro-democracy programs for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs in Yemen, Lebanon and Jordan. He recently managed SEIU’s New Hampshire for Health Care campaign and a congressional race in Pennsylvania.

Among Wal-Mart Watch's criticisms of the retailer is Wal-Mart's compensation of employees. Grossman told Arkansas Business in 2005 that he believes Wal-Mart's bottom line would improve if it adopted many of the group's proposals.













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