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Politics > Politics-USA |
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"Tuttles Almanac" |
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01 Nov 2005 09:37:27 AM |
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Wal-Mart's Exploitation of Child Labor |
Labor Dept. Is Rebuked Over Pact With Wal-Mart
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/01/national/01labor.html?ex=1288501200&en=005432ae87f2a9e9&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
The Labor Department's inspector general strongly criticized
department officials yesterday for "serious breakdowns" in
procedures involving an agreement promising Wal-Mart Stores
15 days' notice before labor investigators would inspect its
stores for child labor violations.
The report by the inspector general faulted department officials
for making "significant concessions" to Wal-Mart, the nation's
largest retailer, without obtaining anything in return.
The report also criticized department officials for letting
Wal-Mart lawyers write substantial parts of the settlement and
for leaving the department's own legal division out of the
settlement process.
The report said that in granting Wal-Mart the 15-day notice,
the Wage and Hour Division violated its own handbook.
It added that agreeing to let Wal-Mart jointly develop news
releases about the settlement with the department violated
Labor Department policies.
The inspector general, Gordon S. Heddell, said the agreement
did not violate federal laws or regulations.
The Labor Department reached the settlement in January after
finding 85 child labor violations at Wal-Mart stores in
Connecticut, New Hampshire and Arkansas, involving workers
under 18 who operated dangerous machinery, including
cardboard balers and chain saws.
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Conservatives can be very retro sometimes.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Wal-Mart's Exploitation of Child Labor |
01 Nov 2005 09:48:56 AM |
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Don't shop at Walmart. It's all made in China stuff anyway.
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| User: "Igor The Terrible" |
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| Title: Re: Wal-Mart's Exploitation of Child Labor |
01 Nov 2005 08:58:38 PM |
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Agreed. Now if everyone else would do the same, we'd be batting a
thousand.
What a sorry piece of ***** company.
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