Submitted: Mar 26, 2008 - There is no story in recent memory that better illustrates the tattered social contract between workers and corporations in this country than the story of Debbie Shank and Wal-Mart. Ms. Shank recently became a "Gold Star" mother when her 18-year-old son, Jeremy, was killed in Iraq.

Years ago while she was working for miserable wages as a shelf stocker at Wal-Mart Ms. Shank was the innocent…