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:: Saturday, February 26, 2005 ::
Groups Urge Wal-Mart, Labor Department to Rescind Compliance Agreement Occupational Hazards
The Child Labor Coalition and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union are trying to turn up the heat on Wal-Mart after the recent announcement that the Department of Labor struck a deal with the retailer requiring the federal agency to provide it with 15 days' notice before further inspections.
A joint statement from the coalition and the union chastised Wal-Mart for its treatment of underage workers and implored the retailer and the Department of Labor to rescind the 'sweetheart deal' struck by the agency and Wal-Mart to punish Wal-Mart for alleged child labor violations. The coalition and the union unveiled an e-mail campaign directed at Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott and U.S. Secretary of labor Elaine Chao.
The two groups assert that the 'unprecedented' 15-days' notice provision 'clearly undermines compliance and allows managers simply to re-assign underage workers before an inspection.'------------------------------------------- posted 12:47 PM :: reference link ::
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