Wal-Mart Forced Extra Labor For No Pay ?


	Wal-Mart Forced Extra Labor For No Pay ?

dme3ha

10-4-2007 11:33 AM

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wal-mart, labor, trial

dme3ha says:

Just imagine...this happens in a developed country...what about the workers in developing nation, like mine in Indonesia, that being employed by giant corp (in my country case, Carrefour)...it could be a lot worse...

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