Wal-Mart: Jury Awards $172 Million to Workers for Denied Lunch Breaks
A jury in Alameda, California sent a strong message to Wal-Mart yesterday in returning a verdict against the company for $172 million. The winning plaintiffs were 116,000 Wa-Mart employees who sued in a class action alleging the company denied them lunchbreaks.
TChris wrote about the lawsuit here:
Wal-Mart's lawyers reserved their right to give an opening statement until after the employees rest their case -- a sign, perhaps, that Wal-Mart isn't sure what defense it might have to the allegations. Wal-Mart might be playing for the fumble.
My last post on Wal-Mart and its mis-treatment of undocumented workers is here on Huffington Post.
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