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Friday, October 13, 2006

SUCK IT, WAL-MART!!! SUCK IT!!!

it's a drop in the bucket, but:

wal-mart stores inc., the world's biggest retailer, must pay at least $78 million for violating pennsylvania state labor laws by forcing employees to work through rest breaks and off the clock, a jury said Friday.

the class-action suit involves 187,000 current and former employees who worked at wal-mart and sam's clubs in pennsylvania from march 1998 through may of this year. the common pleas court jury found thursday that wal-mart violated state labor laws.

lead plaintiff dolores hummel, who worked at a sam's club in reading from 1992-2002, charged in her suit that she had to work through breaks and after quitting time to meet work demands in the bakery. she said she worked eight to 12 unpaid hours a month, on average, to meet work demands.

"one of wal-mart's undisclosed secrets for its profitability is its creation and implementation of a system that encourages off-the-clock work for its hourly employees …" hummel said in her suit, which was filed in 2002.


ms. hummel: i applaud your stand and congratulate you on your victory.

wal-mart: you are the bloody devil and you must be destroyed. the workers' revolt begins now.

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