December 17, 2014

Pennsylvania Supreme Court hits Walmart with $188 million payment to workers

Popular Resistance - A week after a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled that a Walmart manager in California could not legally threaten to “shoot the union,” a Pennsylvania court handed down another decision against the mega-retailer. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled on Monday that Walmart must pony up $188 million to employees whom it failed to compensate properly during breaks and total hours worked.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld a 2007 judgment in favor of the workers. It affects roughly 187,000 people who were employed at Walmart between 1998 and 2006, and is expected to take a chunk out of Walmart’s earnings for the current quarter, according to Reuters

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

OK decision by the NLRB ... maybe a little hasty , as many of the plaintiffs are still alive & so on , but hey, it is a small pittance rightfully redistributed back to those it was stolen from, way back when.

- Joslin ( Detroit)