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Review Of Timothy Jordan's Lawsuit Against Wal-Mart

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Walmart Lawsuit

The below is from The Good, The bad, and Waltmart written by Timothy Jordan.
Walmart is the nation’s largest retailer, second-largest corporation, and largest private employer (with 1.3 million workers).
Wal-Mart reported a net income of over $11 billion last year, "surely plenty of money to remedy some questionable workplace practices" said Timothy Jordan
Wage law violations,exploitation of workers, inadequate health care, and the retailer’s anti-union stance are some of the things that Wal-mart is often accused for, I found this accusations surprising because Wal-mart is a big company and I was expecting Wal-Mart to have more regulations and better working conditions.
I also found out that about 5,000 lawsuits are filed against Wal-Mart each year or 17 suits per working day..

Walmart is most commonly suited for workers exploitation. In foreign countries employees rights are violated often in order to stop this the International Labor Rights Fund filed a class-action lawsuit against Wal-Mart for violating workers’ rights, arguing that Wal-Mart denied minimum wage, required overtime, and punished union activity. In the article called The Good, The bad, and Walmart written by Timothy Jordan said that workers argued that In some cases they were beaten by …show more content…

The article said that in other countries Wal-Mart denied women promotions, and I think that this is not fair because if women work as hard as a man they she should receive the same benefits, Wal-Mart was also been accused of failing to provide adequate safety equipment,In this case gloves, for its fabric cutters and seamstresses overseas. I think that if you are working for a company they should provide you with all the tools you need in order to perform your job in a good and safe

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