On 22 Dec 2005, at 6:01 pm, Dave Land wrote:
On Dec 22, 2005, at 9:08 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
On 12/22/05, Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
And cutting unnecessary costs. Wal-Mart has driven up
_productivity_.
Again, by one measure. Who is measuring the productivity of the
families
and communities that are impacted by Wal-Mart? Shall we just
ignore the way
they treat employees? If so, then slavery is even more efficient,
so what's
stopping us?
Well, Wal-Mart has been found guilty of "part-time slavery",
modifying employees' timecards and forcing them to work unpaid
overtime.
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=1435073
"Wal-Mart Stores Inc. <WMT.N> must pay $172 million in damages and
compensation to about 116,000 current and former employees for
denying meal breaks, a California jury ruled on Thursday.
Concluding a class-action court challenge against the world's biggest
retailer, the Alameda County, California jury held that Wal-Mart had
broken a state law on breaks for meals."
...
"Wal-Mart faces similar lawsuits in over 30 states, said Grant, whose
firm is pressing two of the court challenges, one in Maryland and the
other in Massachusetts, on behalf of 80,000 class-action plaintiffs.
Wal-Mart was not immediately available for comment."
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