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Post by 1 unsmiley face on May 14, 2010 23:28:08 GMT -8
Wal-Mart Agrees to $86 Million Settlement with Former Employees Posted May 13th 2010 5:00PM Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT) will be paying $86 million as the result of a class-action lawsuit in regards to back wages owed to California employees who left the company only to see built-up benefits apparently vaporize into thin air. The amount is a small one for the retailing behemoth, and the retailer did not admit to not paying those back wages to some 232,000 former employees. The case, filed in 2006, claimed that back wages were either delayed beyond the amount allowed by state law or weren't provided at all to these former employees. The company had already settled another lawsuit in 2008 over similar issues for a total of $640 million. www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/05/13/wal-mart-agrees-to-86-million-settlement-with-former-employees/
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Post by clone on Sept 5, 2011 21:00:07 GMT -8
Wal-Mart sex-bias case could have wide impact High court to decide whether women can band together against retailer updated 3/28/2011 1:52:59 PM ET Advocates for big business are watching the case equally closely. A decision allowing such a massive class action would have a negative effect on large companies, said John Wester, an employment attorney for Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson in Charlotte, N.C. ... A record number of organizations have lined up on both sides of the case. Among companies supporting Wal-Mart’s move to stop the class-action suit are corporate giants including Costco, Microsoft, Bank of America and General Electric. Lining up on the plaintiffs side are groups including the National Women’s Law Center, the National Partnership for Women and Families, the NAACP, the AFL-CIO and the ACLU. today.msnbc.msn.com/id/42250811/ns/today-money/t/wal-mart-sex-bias-case-could-have-wide-impact/#.TmWn_Y7wtcU
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Post by clone on Jul 4, 2012 19:53:51 GMT -8
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Post by clone on Oct 4, 2012 17:25:41 GMT -8
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Post by 100m on Jun 1, 2013 17:13:19 GMT -8
Walmart found guilty of dumping hazardous waste nationwide on.rt.com/khhzuaPublished time: May 29, 2013 09:22 Edited time: May 30, 2013 11:21 America’s largest retailer and employer has been fined over $100 million for violating environmental regulations by disposing of fertilizer, pesticide and bleach in sewage systems across the country, among other violations. Walmart pleaded guilty to six counts of violating the Clean Water Act by disposing of hazardous chemicals in garbage receptacles and sewage systems at over 4,000 retail outlets across the United States in court cases filed by the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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Post by clone on Jun 4, 2013 18:50:22 GMT -8
The Adventures of Gap and Walmart Gap is learning from the best when it comes to avoiding responsibility for human rights abuses in its supply chain gapheartswalmart.tumblr.com/
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