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Solidarity briefs January 28, 2004 Wal-Mart labor violations Wal-Mart may have some explaining to do. A July 2000 company audit of 25,000 workers found thousands of labor violations, including nearly 1,400 child labor law violations. The New York Times obtained the study, which covered employee records at 128 stores across the country and has been introduced in lawsuits against the company. Some infractions found:
Wal-Mart said the audit was not a valid study and that it had since changed its practices. New York grocery-store workers settle contract Nearly 4,000 deli, meat and seafood workers from New York City and Long Island settled a contract that retains their health insurance benefits. "There were no additional costs to members," said John Raymond, a spokesman for Local 342 of the United Food and Commercial Workers union. "That was a very important part of our struggle." Union members had authorized their labor union leaders to call a strike if an agreement could not be reached. Stop & Shop, Pathmark, Waldbaums, A&P, King Kullen and ShopRite were demanding that workers begin contributing toward health insurance. Similar demands set off ongoing strikes in southern California of thousands of grocery workers. Local 342 is supporting the 70,000 UFCW members still without an agreement.
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