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Wal-Mart: Always Low Ethics. Always.

By Manila Ryce
Published Saturday, October 14th, 2006, 4:02 am
Filed under: Human Rights, World: North America, Economic, Society/Culture: Law/Order, World Issues, Society/Culture

A Pennsylvania jury has found Wal-Mart guilty of breaking state labor laws by forcing their employees to work off the clock, as well as during mandatory break times. Apparently, Wal-Mart must’ve confused their American workers with their unprotected Chinese ones. The class-action lawsuit represents over 187,000 current and former employees.

Jurors will return next Friday to determine the damages owed. The plaintiff’s lawyers are seeking at least $63 million. A spokesman for WakeUpWalMart.com, a union-funded effort to improve working conditions at the stores, said, “I think it reinforces that this company’s sweatshop mindset is a serious problem, both legally and morally.”

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One Response to “Wal-Mart: Always Low Ethics. Always.”

  1. […] A struggling and virtually unknown corporation named Wal-Mart, known best for its spotless record, has reached an agreement to buy a chain of Trust-Mart stores in China for about $1 billion. The Wall Street Journal reported that the purchase of Trust-Mart could give Wal-Mart the biggest food and department store network in China. Wal-Mart is already the world’s largest retailer with gross sales exceeding the GNP of many countries. With access to China’s fast-growing market, the anti-union corporation of Wal-Mart can only get bigger. […]

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