- That did not use profanity. - That did not threaten violence. - That did not name any individual as a listserve sheriff.
On 1/20/07, S. Sharrieff Ali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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 <http://www.walmartpaclassaction.com/> 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 <http://courts.phila.gov/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<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a_Nj4JQ7qvGg&refer>reports that the next trial is in Massachusetts in October. > > There has been no local press about this! According to a Arkansas > Democrat Gazette <http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Business/166079>: > > 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 > >
