Wal-Mart

Local resistence has been spirited and will surely continue. (Wall Street Journal)

"...people targeted describe a humiliating and intimidating process, with no way to resist short of hiring a lawyer, a costly step few are able to take." (Wall Street Journal)

The New York Times paints a searing portait of the decay of good paying jobs in southeast Ohio and its devastating effect on families. As these manufacturing jobs chase the latest corporate trade agreements overseas, many are joining the ranks of retail and fast food workers at significantly reduced pay. Amidst this profound economic and social transformation, Brandworkers seeks to give voice to the growing numbers of retail and fast food employess who are currently denied the wages and benefits necessary to raise a family with dignity. These jobs at some of the world's most profitable corporations could indeed be decent jobs. The time to make them so in now. (New York Times)

"BERKELEY – Wal-Mart could increase its minimum wage to $10 per hour and greatly boost the well-being of its low-income workers with little financial impact on most shoppers, says a study released today by the University of California at Berkeley's Center for Labor Research and Education.

Impressive show of solidarity for workers at Mexico's largest employer. (Reuters)

It is very likely that you have the right to be paid overtime. Questions? Contact Brandworkers Legal Defense-Plus for help. Here's a Businessweek cover story on the prevalence of overtime violations in the economy:

Wage Wars
Workers—from truck drivers to stockbrokers—are winning huge overtime lawsuits

October 1, 2007

by Michael Orey

There's a place in Reno, Nev., that practically mints money. It's not one of the many casinos in town. Nor is it one of the legal brothels that operate in the area. It is a law firm, located in a wing of a private home nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas. From a utilitarian office, with a view of horses grazing in a neighbor's paddock across the road, attorney Mark R. Thierman pursues a practice that in recent years has won his clients hundreds of millions of dollars from some of the biggest names in Corporate America—and produced tens of millions for himself.