Global Labor Complaint Against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

"In failing to leverage its economic position and actual control over supplier factories to undertake adequate monitoring, ensure supplier compliance, and/or otherwise terminate its business relationship with non-complying supplier factories, Wal-Mart breached its obligations under its supply contract to the direct detriment of Plaintiffs, as well as similarly situated members of the proposed class. As a result, the non-California Plaintiffs were subjected to forced overtime, payments below the legal minimum and overtime wages as established by the laws of supplier countries identified herein, and overall were forced to work in sub-standard sweatshop conditions detrimental to their health and safety and in violation of their basic human rights. Such violations also constitute negligence and unjust enrichment under California state law, as well as unfair business practices under California’s Unfair Business Practices Act, §17200, et. seq.

Finally, the California Plaintiffs, Bruce Reeves, Kristine Dall, Christine Kaposy, Sharlette Villacorta, bring a claim as California residents harmed by Wal-Mart’s unfair business practices, as described above, also under California’s Unfair Business Practices Act §17200 and for unjust enrichment under California state law.

Plaintiffs bring their claims against Wal-Mart in the United States because Wal-Mart’s Standard for Suppliers Agreement is premised and controlled by U.S. law, Wal-Mart explicitly claims that it monitors and enforces its Code of Conduct from its headquarters in the US, and the Standard for Suppliers is routinely advertised in the U.S. as Wal-Mart’s Code of Conduct for foreign suppliers."

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