Wal-Mart workers pay for profit, lawyer says
RETAIL: Wal-Mart workers pay for profit, lawyer says
09/09/2006
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. boosted profit at the expense of employees by pressuring store managers to cut payroll costs, a lawyer for two former workers said at a trial in Philadelphia.
Hourly workers at Wal-Mart's Pennsylvania stores were forced to skip more than 33 million breaks and 2 million meal periods between 1998 and 2001 because of the focus on cutting costs, attorney Michael Donovan said Friday in state court. His clients are suing Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, on behalf of about 186,000 current and former employees in Pennsylvania.
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09/09/2006
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. boosted profit at the expense of employees by pressuring store managers to cut payroll costs, a lawyer for two former workers said at a trial in Philadelphia.
Hourly workers at Wal-Mart's Pennsylvania stores were forced to skip more than 33 million breaks and 2 million meal periods between 1998 and 2001 because of the focus on cutting costs, attorney Michael Donovan said Friday in state court. His clients are suing Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, on behalf of about 186,000 current and former employees in Pennsylvania.
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