Walmart and Contractor Settle $21 Million Wage Theft Suit, Days After Obama Praises Penny-Pinching..

[Omaha Steve]

http://truth-out.org/news/item/23753-walmart-and-contractor-settle-$21-million-wage-theft-suit-days-after-obama-praises-penny-pinching-retailer

Friday, 16 May 2014 11:39
By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Video Interview

Just days after President Obama praised Wal-Mart’s business practices in a speech at one of its California stores, more than 1,800 warehouse workers in the state have settled a major wage theft lawsuit against one of the retail giant’s largest contractors. On Wednesday, workers at three California warehouses used by Wal-Mart agreed to settle a wage theft lawsuit by accepting a $21 million settlement. The workers had sued Wal-Mart and Schneider Logistics, an outside company that owned and ran the warehouses. Schneider will pay the entire settlement. The lawsuit alleged that workers were often paid less than minimum wage, with no required breaks or overtime compensation. We speak with attorney Theresa Traber, who represented the warehouse workers, and Demos policy analyst Catherine Ruetschlin.

TRANSCRIPT:
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AMY GOODMAN: We end today’s show looking at Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest retailer.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: We know the shift to clean energy won’t happen overnight. We’ve got to make some tough choices along the way. And we know that if we do, it’s going to save us, ultimately, money and create jobs over the long term. That’s what Wal-Mart understands, and Wal-Mart’s pretty good at counting its pennies.

FULL transcript and video at link.

[rocktivity]

1. With the lawyers getting roughly one third, that's about 7 grand each.

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Well, they can use the money they saved with the clean energy!


rocktivity

[WhiteTara]

2. Don't they have to go and sin no more?

Also, interesting timing of the settlement. 7 grand would be helpful and if they are given living wages from now on, this is a bit of a boon.

[Javaman]

3. $21 million? isn't that what wally world makes in like 5 minutes? nt