WALMART!
Walmart has agreed to pay $11 million to settle federal allegations that it had used illegal immigrants to clean its stores. The $11 million, a company spokeswoman said at a news conference in Washington today, would go to “help enforcement of immigration laws.”
In October 2003, federal officials rounded up 250 illegal immigrants at 60 Wal-Mart stores in 21 states.Many of the immigrants, who were hired by janitorial contractors, worked seven days or nights a week without pay or injury compensation, said a New York lawyer, James L. Linsey. In many states they were locked into the stores all night, he said.
“The poorest and most vulnerable people in the world were shamefully exploited by the richest and most powerful company on the planet.” Wal-Mart is the world’s largest retailer, with 1.2 million domestic workers. It had sales last year of $288.19 billion.
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