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Striking California Wal-Mart Workers Aim to Embarrass Company

Staff / Truthdig Nov 7, 2013 After 50-odd years without coordinated strikes in U.S. Wal-Marts, the chain has seen a series of employee protests organized by the nonunion workers’ group OUR Wal-Mart. Wednesday the wave of demonstrations reached Southern California in a surprise strike riding on the coattails of a successful walk-off in Hialeah, Fla. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘We Are Slowly Dying’: Fast-Food Workers Strike for Wages, Rights and Dignity

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 3, 2013 Fast food and retail workers are striking for the right to unionize and a living wage in seven cities: Milwaukee; Chicago; St. Louis; Kansas City, Mo.; Detroit; Flint, Mich.; and New York City. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Walmart Accepted Clothing From Banned Bangladesh Factories

By Michael Grabell, ProPublica Jun 16, 2013 Since the Rana Plaza building collapse killed more than 1,100 people in April, Walmart has released a list of more than 200 factories it said it had barred from producing its merchandise because of serious or repeated safety problems. But at least two of the factories on the list have continued to send massive shipments to Walmart stores in recent months. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

New Job Numbers for March Don’t Meet Expectations

Staff / Truthdig Apr 6, 2012 This would feel like horse-race politics, employment edition, if only the stakes weren't so high: The Department of Labor released employment data on Friday for the month of March, and the results didn't match more optimistic projections for the blustery month. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

H&M Denies Plagiarizing Artist

Staff / Truthdig Jan 27, 2012 Bargain hipster clothing store H&M apologizes "if anyone should think we have copied" Georgia artist Tori LaConsay, whose feel-good graffiti somehow found its way (without permission) onto a bunch of knickknacks. The brand now says it is following up with the artist, but not before taking its lumps on the Internet. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

American Apparel Unraveling

Staff / Truthdig Aug 19, 2010 American Apparel, the paradoxical clothing firm that weaves together good labor practices with ridiculous acts of misogyny, is hanging by the proverbial economic thread as its stock plunges to an all-time low and industry experts begin to seriously doubt the company's future. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Retail Sales Drop Stirs Fears

Staff / Truthdig Jun 11, 2010 U.S. retailers reported a surprise decline in sales in May, the first in eight months, stirring nagging fears that the much-discussed road to economic recovery isn't as on track as once believed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Rebound Without Recovery

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Jul 28, 2009 The arithmetic of this recession still looks pretty dismal and the politics and psychology of it are starting to become disconnected from reality in a scary way.The politics and psychology of this recession are starting to become disconnected from reality in a scary way. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Wal-Mart’s $640 Million Sneeze

Staff / Truthdig Dec 24, 2008 Wal-Mart will pay as much as $640 million to settle 63 lawsuits around the country alleging that the retailer had exploited its workers. The payout could add up to less than 0.1 percent of the company's revenues this year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Wal-Mart Employees Are Restless

Staff / Truthdig Jul 2, 2008 Wal-Mart may be fined by a Minnesota judge for violating the state's employment laws. The fines are for ''contractual violations," a fancy way of saying that Wal-Mart denied rest breaks to workers at least 1.5 million times. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )