Exploitation at Bargain Prices(Wal-Mart)

Fairfield County Weekly ^ | 12/23/2004 | Brita Brundage

[nanak]

Everyday low prices!!!!!!

Guess who needs illegal aliens? (Hint: Not Joe-Six-Pack)

[Dustin Hawkins]

Even if they hired Americans they would "lock them in the store at night." Its what they do when they "Night stock." Duh.

Walmart Ping! Long Live the Wally!

[BooBoo1000]

Let's hear what the Janitors say, they might be happy to have a job...

[soccer_linux_mozilla]

Wal-Mart CEO made like $40 million this year.

[Shisan]

A lawyer who cares about a civilized society. Give me a break.
What a smarmey, snarkey, biased article... and that was just the good parts.
The price of doing business is having to let the vultures eat their share.

[The Loan Arranger]

Uh, hello, all the Wal-Marts here are open 24/7, so how do you "lock them in" when the place is always open? All this is is the blue state elitists that hate red state businesses and the customers they serve. They may try to hide it, but I can see through it!

[hophead]

I was told by someone who used to work at Wal-Mart that they lock the doors so the store would not get robbed blind by just a couple of the many that clean and restock at night.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Dowd lite

[SoDak]

I used to run a janitorial company, when I just graduated out of college. The nightly lock-in is SOP.

[SoDak]

Many in small towns close up at night.

[BCrago66]

Why so many words and no link?

[USNBandit]

I bet the same contractors provide cleaning services with the same employees to a large portion of the businesses in those towns. The class action suit will only be filed against Walmart because they have deep pockets.

[groanup]

"Wal-Mart CEO made like $40 million this year."

Acknowledged. And that affects me how?

[Joshua]

So if I hire a Janitorial service to clean an office building I'm responsible for who he hires and where they sleep?
This is a crock. Deport the illegals and deal with the owner of the service.

[durasell]

Yes, as a matter of fact you are, if it can be proven that you had knowledge of the practices. Seeing as wal-mart probably had knowledge since their stores were being locked, etc., then they are responsible.

[Paul Atreides]

Wal-Mart faces a class-action lawsuit that claims it knew full well its cleaning contractors were hiring illegal immigrants

The illegals are more than welcome to stay in their own country.

[Joshua]

I don't see how locking your doors at night, a standard practice, proves anything. This is just lawyers eying another cash cow.

[alrea]

"Any way we can cut our costs we do..."

walmart is about efficiency while taking care of the consumer and the employees(enabling the less fortunate to improve too).

the government does the exact opposite.

[Squawk 8888]

I only have one concern about the practice- if the doors are deadbolted then it would be unsafe, but if it was just one-way locks (IOW if you leave you need someone to let you back in) then I don't see a problem. Most of the people who bash Wal-Mart are never clear about this.

[durasell]

The doors were locked for a reason. But even putting that aside, if it can be proven that a single wal-mart manager knew the employees of the contractor were illegal, then they are guilty.