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Wal-Mart Wage and Hour Settlement - Fact Sheet
On December 23, 2008, Wal-Mart announced that it would settle 63 wage and hour class action lawsuits that have been pending against the company for several years. That number represents approximately 86% of the 73 wage/hour and overtime class actions currently pending against Wal-Mart.
What these cases have revealed through evidence and employee testimony is a “corporate culture” and systematic approach geared towards cutting labor costs, by dictating managers hire below the “preferred” staffing levels and rewarding managers for keeping labor costs down. It has been suggested that Wal-Mart’s motivation for settling these lawsuits is not simply to avoid costly defeats in the courtroom, but to tie up issues that might be used by supporters to argue for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act.
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COMMENTS
Here’s how Saudi Arabia deals with wage and hour violations:
Source: BBC
Twenty-three Chinese workers have been deported by the Saudi authorities after going on strike in a protest over low pay, Chinese officials say.
The construction workers, from Sichuan province, were promised relatively high wages but received less than two-thirds of that amount, Chinese media said.
They were arrested earlier this week after a protest by about 200 workers. Strikes are illegal in Saudi Arabia.
Chinese construction workers are employed throughout the Middle East ...
Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7831385.stm ~~~~~~~~~~~~NOTE: Has WalMart been considering expanding to Saudi Arabia?
ddrb in
Thursday, January 15 at 11:58 PM
ddrb,
“Strikes are illegal in Saudi Arabia.”
So, what’s your point? Some strikes are illegal in America, hint: The air traffic controllers strike!!
“Has WalMart been considering expanding to Saudi Arabia?”
Again, what’s your point? Is there something WRONG or ILLEGAL with Wal-Mart expanding into another country?
RDS in
Tuesday, January 20 at 05:10 PM
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