Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Wal-Mart Tries to Fix Elections as Well as Prices
My friend Jack over at What Would Jack Do has a piece up about allegations of Wal-Mart attempting to coerce its employees to vote for John McCain in the upcoming election because Barack Obama supports legislation that will make it easier for the employees to unionize and force Wal-Mart to pay better wages, provide better benefits and not be so damned capricious in their practices.
I'm running on short on time but Jack eloquently shreds the philosophy of the largest corporation in the history of the universe. Give it a read.
Tags: Wal-Mart, WalMart, coercion, election, unionization
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Another Day, Another Lawsuit
I'm running on short on time but Jack eloquently shreds the philosophy of the largest corporation in the history of the universe. Give it a read.
Tags: Wal-Mart, WalMart, coercion, election, unionization
Labels: coercion, election, unionization
Sunday, August 03, 2008
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MPR: Minn. judge rules against Wal-Mart on work breaks
When Wal-Mart breaks the law, they break it bigtime.
When Wal-Mart breaks the law, they break it bigtime.
A judge has ruled against Wal-Mart in a class-action lawsuit, saying the discount retailer violated state labor laws 2 million times by cutting worker break time and "willfully" allowing employees to work off the clock.