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Post #124,652
by lincoln
11/7/03 3:34:19 PM
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New These stories imply previous knowledge
on the part of Wal-Mart executives:

In addition to the arrests, federal agents also searched a midlevel executive's office at Wal-Mart's Bentonville, Ark., headquarters, leaving with boxes of files, the company said.
[link|http://www.ajc.com/print/content/epaper/editions/today/business_f31a7f9f94e731890076.html|Atlanta Journal-Constitution]

Wal-Mart denies it knew that subcontractors were hiring illegal immigrants, in this case mostly from Mexico. Federal agents say they have wiretaps proving otherwise.
[link|http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0311010220nov01,1,7806645.story|Chicago Tribune]

But two federal law enforcement officials said in interviews that Wal-Mart executives must have known about the immigration violations because federal agents rounded up 102 illegal immigrant janitors at Wal-Marts in 1998 and 2001. In the October raid, federal agents searched the office of an executive at Wal-Mart's headquarters, carting away boxes of papers. Federal officials said prosecutors had wiretaps and recordings of conversations between Wal-Mart officials and subcontractors.
[link|http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/05/national/05WALM.html|NY Times]


As Orion has discovered, links can disappear too quickly when a story has "legs".
lincoln

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Post #124,679
by SpiceWare
11/7/03 8:59:33 PM
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New Thanx for the links
Sounds like it's more than just Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart is not the only retailer to use questionable cleaning contractors. Hundreds of Mexican immigrants have sued three California supermarket chains, charging them with hiring contractors that never gave a night off, did not pay overtime and often paid less than the minimum wage.
Any knowledge on how this lawsuit panned out? 
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     Arrested workers sue Wal-Mart - (lincoln) - (17) - Nov. 6, 2003, 12:19:00 PM EST
         Don't know what to make of this.... - (Simon_Jester) - (9) - Nov. 6, 2003, 12:58:17 PM EST
             They certainly can sue - (jb4) - (8) - Nov. 6, 2003, 01:51:20 PM EST
                 Not sure I buy that one.... - (Simon_Jester) - (7) - Nov. 6, 2003, 04:49:46 PM EST
                     Cool, bring on the underage hookers - (drewk) - (2) - Nov. 6, 2003, 04:52:15 PM EST
                         Not quite. - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Nov. 6, 2003, 05:20:59 PM EST
                             Yeah yeah ... and it's criminal not civil - (drewk) - Nov. 7, 2003, 01:39:35 PM EST
                     Do rights accrue to persons - (jake123) - Nov. 6, 2003, 04:52:16 PM EST
                     Well, - (jb4) - Nov. 6, 2003, 04:57:19 PM EST
                     Mumbo-legal rationalizations all - - (Ashton) - Nov. 6, 2003, 05:05:54 PM EST
                     I cite a case - (orion) - Nov. 6, 2003, 10:03:35 PM EST
         Editorial on the subject from Atlanta's newspaper - (lincoln) - Nov. 6, 2003, 12:58:37 PM EST
         While Wal-Mart may not be the greatest - (SpiceWare) - (5) - Nov. 7, 2003, 09:56:22 AM EST
             But they knew about it - (orion) - (4) - Nov. 7, 2003, 12:03:21 PM EST
                 where does it say that? - (SpiceWare) - (3) - Nov. 7, 2003, 12:37:47 PM EST
                     In the previous article - (orion) - Nov. 7, 2003, 01:36:57 PM EST
                     These stories imply previous knowledge - (lincoln) - (1) - Nov. 7, 2003, 03:34:19 PM EST
                         Thanx for the links - (SpiceWare) - Nov. 7, 2003, 08:59:33 PM EST

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