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Paid family leave policies show corporate America’s disdain for low-wage workers and their babies

Becoming a parent is one more aspect of life poisoned by economic inequality in the United States, with people who are paid more than $75,000 a year twice as likely to get paid leave as people who are paid less than $30,000. And even companies that have touted their parental leave programs leave many of …

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What’s the reality behind Walmart’s ‘Made in America’ claims?

Walmart is making its annual push to get credit for its self-proclaimed massive investment in U.S.-made products, which means it’s time for a reality check. The Alliance for American Manufacturing, which put together the infographic below, has the facts:  When Walmart claims that its American-made goods initiative will create 1 million new American jobs, it fails …

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NLRB Judge Rules Walmart Wrongly Fired Strikers

An administrative law judge at the National Labor Relations Board has ruled that Walmart retaliated against workers for participating in strikes. Walmart claimed that the workers’ actions were not protected under the National Labor Relations Act and that it was legitimate to fire the employees for violating the company’s attendance policy. Judge Geoffrey Carter ruled against Walmart. The ruling …

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Wal-Mart Killed At Least 400,000 Jobs In A Dozen Years, While The Waltons Got Richer

If you want to know why a political revolution is necessary (and why the status quo’s most intellectually fraudulent campaign in recent Democratic primaries is such a threat to working people), you need only check out this new report from our friends at the Economic Policy Institute. Wal-Mart (that would be the board the status …

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Woman sues Walmart after being told to ‘choose between her career and her kids,’ then fired

Women filing discrimination lawsuits against Walmart are nothing new. Walmart firing people for questionable and controversial reasons is also nothing new. Now a woman is suing the low-wage retail giant, saying she was fired after complaining about discriminatory treatment. Specifically, Rebecca Wolfinger says her boss told her she had to “choose between her career and her kids.” Wolfinger’s suit focuses …

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The Grocery Store That Competes With Walmart Prices And Is Beloved By Employees

This week, Wegmans, a family-owned grocery store chain, announced it would open its first location in New York City. The announcement prompted an outpouring of devotion for the company. The New York Times noted it can actually claim a “cult following.” Part of the devotion to the store is not just that it manages to …

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Workers Sue Walmart For Manipulating Employee Classification To Deny Them Overtime Pay

Walmart is facing a potential class action lawsuit over alleged wage theft in Alameda County Superior Court from an employee who claims the company illegally denied managers overtime pay. Bonnie Cardoza, who worked at the company as an assistant manager for about five years, says she and other assistant mangers were made to do the …

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Shadowy Corporate Group Fighting to Gut Workers’ Compensation Laws

Nearly two dozen major corporations have joined together in recent years in an effort to gut workers’ compensation laws in the states. Walmart, Lowe’s, Macy’s, Kohl’s, Sysco Food Services and others formed the Association for Responsible Alternatives to Workers’ Compensation (ARAWC) in 2013, and the organization already has had success in Tennessee. Mother Jones takes a look …

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