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Washington DC mayor vetoes Wal Mart wage bill
Mayor Vincent Gray vetoed a bill on Thursday that would force Wal-Mart Stores and other large retailers to pay their employees at least $12.50 an hour. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/business/bill-to-raise-retail-wages-in-dc-gets-mayors-veto.html?ref=us The bill put Washington at the center of a national debate on how far cities should go in trying to raise pay for low-wage workers — and whether […]
$20 billion Hong Kong firm the sweatshop locator for the West
“If globalization is a race to the bottom, where lowest wages win,” said Cathy Feingold, director of international affairs for the A.F.L.-C.I.O., “Li & Fung is the sherpa showing companies the fastest route down that slope.” Li & Fung has long been on the cutting edge of globalization, chasing cheap labor to garment factories first […]
OSHA finds WalMart not a safe place for employees
Wal-Mart agreed to a settlement, which includes paying a $190,000 fine, after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, part of the Labor Department, accused the retailer of putting workers who operate trash compactors in danger. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/08/business/wal-mart-settles-osha-case-over-cleaning-procedures.html?emc=eta1 The settlement stemmed from violations found at a Walmart store in Rochester in 2011. The settlement calls for Wal-Mart […]
DC city council impels Walmart to pay employees more
An attempt by the Washington DC City Council to force profitable chain stores to pay much higher wages than the city’s minimum has infuriated Walmart, which is threatening to pull out of up to six planned stores. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/us/washington-push-on-wages-has-walmart-balking.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130721 On July 10, the City Council passed a “living wage” measure that would require Walmart to […]
Another Bagladeshi sweat shop fire
A fire erupted at a garment factory on the outskirts of Dhaka on Thursday morning, sending employees fleeing in terror and raising more questions about safety conditions in Bangladesh less than two months after the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory building claimed more than 1,100 lives. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/world/asia/another-garment-factory-scare-in-bangladesh.html?ref=world Labor activists who rushed to the burning […]
Wal-Mart fined for illegally dumping hazardous waste
Wal-Mart Stores pleaded guilty Tuesday to improperly dumping hazardous waste in California and Missouri, agreeing to pay almost $82 million in fines. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/business/wal-mart-is-fined-82-million-over-mishandling-of-hazardous-wastes.html?ref=us The retailer was charged with six counts of violating the Clean Water Act in California and one count of violating a federal law related to pesticide disposal in Missouri. The problems stem […]
Wal-Mart sweat shops kill another 1100
Newly found documents indicate that apparel had been produced for Wal-Mart at one of the operations in the factory building that collapsed last month, killing more than 1,100 workers. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/business/six-retailers-join-bangladesh-factory-pact.html?ref=world The Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity has provided The New York Times with photos of several documents not disputed by Wal-Mart that were recovered in […]
Dirty Babylon 