Staff / TruthdigJun 20, 2011
The US Supreme Court has ruled unanimously against a group that sued Wal-Mart over alleged sex discrimination in matters of pay and promotion in the name of up to 15 million women who worked there and at Sam's Club since 1998 Monday's decision reversed a California U Court of Appeals decision (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 29, 2011
After it destroyed neighborhood retailers, forced manufacturing overseas and helped bankrupt the middle class, Wal-Mart is suddenly surprised to learn that its customers are too poor to shop (more) . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 31, 2011
Is the law of our land gender-neutral? And might the gender of the justices handling a case -- as in the case of the gargantuan and complex sexual discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart under consideration at the U.S. Supreme Court -- impact important legal decisions? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigJul 1, 2009
SEIU President Andrew Stern and Wal-Mart have joined forces, breaking with most other companies to support President Obama's plan requiring employers to provide health insurance to workers. The thing often forgotten is Wal-Mart's horrible record on health care and its current move to make about 40 percent of its employees part-time and thus ineligible for benefits. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 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 )
Marie Cocco / TruthdigDec 2, 2008
Two weeks ago I wrote that this was going to be a Wal-Mart Christmas. I could not have anticipated the most macabre manifestation of the syndrome: the death of a Wal-Mart worker who was trampled by a mob of early shoppers Friday on Long Island. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 29, 2008
What does the post-Thanksgiving shopping rush dubbed Black Friday really symbolize in the U.S.? The death of a Long Island worker after a mob of shoppers rushed into a Wal-Mart certainly shows the worst of American consumerism and excess, but where do we position such exuberance in a time of economic downturn? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 15, 2008
Labor groups have filed election complaints against Wal-Mart for reportedly telling store managers that Democrats' proposed labor law changes would drive down wages and force layoffs. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 15, 2008
Stagflation: It's always sounded like a dirty word, and is hopelessly tied to retro jokes about the '70s. But with GDP growth already, well, stagnant, the Labor Department announced Thursday that July saw the highest rate of inflation in 17 years, meaning you can now appropriately drop the word into water cooler convo without seeming like a potty-mouth or a retro hipster. On the downside, you are now paying 5.6 percent more for things than you did at this time last year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 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 )
Staff / TruthdigApr 16, 2008
A year after the Virginia Tech massacre, the world's No 1 gun merchant has agreed to tighter controls over firearm sales One-third of Wal-Mart stores will no longer sell guns, another third will have stricter rules, and the other third well, baby steps Needless to say, the National Rifle Association is outraged. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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