<<Bruce knows he wrote to me privately many times with harsh language and
insults. >>
So far, that's one private message and it is debateably contains harsh
language and insults. And to be fair, the message to which it responds could be
characterized the same way. It seems that you've overstated your case.
And that's coming from someone who agrees that some policing is in order on
the list.
Paul
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 9:50 PM
Subject: FW: [UC] Wal-Mart and its treatment of Pennsylvania workers on trial
in Philadelphia
with permission. -----Original Message-----
From: B Andersen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 1:52 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [UC] Wal-Mart and its treatment of Pennsylvania workers on trial
in Philadelphia
Who died and made you the listserve police?
On 9/11/06, S. Sharrieff Ali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is the kind of
post I hate to see on the U-City Listserv. It has nothing to do with U-City, it
is very political, and it sucks energy away from post that are focused on
U-City Life. Your post belongs on a Philly-Blog, not our local listserv. Are
you that desperate for an audience? -----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of B Andersen
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 10:05 PM
To: University City List
Subject: [UC] Wal-Mart and its treatment of Pennsylvania workers on trial in
Philadelphia
Today, in a completely random situation, I heard that there is a class action
suit against Wal-Mart going on here in Pennsylvania claiming that the company
failed to pay hourly wages for all time worked. The case, Michelle Braun &
Delores Hummel v. Wal-Mart Stores, went to trial at the beginning of the month
in the Court of Common Pleas. There appears to be more than 70 similar lawsuits
filed nation-wide in both federal and state courts.
In California, employees won, a $172 million verdict last December, and in New
Jersey the employees lost and the case is on appeal. The Bloomberg news service
reports that the next trial is in Massachusetts in October.
There has been no local press about this! According to a Arkansas Democrat
Gazette:
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. boosted profit at the expense of employees by pressuring
store managers to cut payroll costs, a lawyer for two former workers said at
the start of a trial in Philadelphia.
Hourly workers at Wal-Mart's Pennsylvania stores were forced to skip more than
33 million breaks and 2 million meal periods between 1998 and 2001 because of
the focus on cost cuts, attorney Michael Donovan said Friday in state court.
His clients are suing Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, on behalf of
about 186,000 current and former employees in Pennsylvania.
The missed breaks and meals, mandated by Pennsylvania labor laws, added up to
about 9 million hours of employee time, he said.
Michelle Braun and Dolores Hummel are seeking $ 300 million in damages in the
lawsuit, one of more than 70 filed in federal and state courts that claim
Wal-Mart failed to pay hourly wages for all time worked. Why aren't we hearing
about this in Philadelphia?
http://throwing-spaghetti-against-the-wall.blogspot.com/2006/09/wal-mart-and-its-treatment-of.html
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