Posted on 12/24/2008 6:39:19 AM PST by rightinthemiddle
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, said Tuesday it will pay as much as $640 million to settle 63 lawsuits over wage-and-hour violations, ending years of dispute.
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Senator Hillary Clinton was on the Wal-Mart board for many years. Is she a Republican?
639,999,000 dollars will go to the lawyers who brought the lawsuit and the 63 Wally World employees will split the remaining thousand dollars.
This is why I believe there is no single meaning in conservatism. Free market, one element of American conservatism, would want people to find cheap labors, regardless patriotism or other ‘conservative’ ideologies. China offers that so American manufactures buy from them.
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