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Federal class action calls Wal-Mart a 'criminal enterprise'.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-APR-04 		Format: Online - approximately 799 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Plaintiffs who filed a class action against Wal-Mart alleging racketeering and labor violations amended their complaint recently to charge that the company routinely locked some employees inside its stores overnight. (Zavala v. Wal-Mart Stores, No. 03-Civ.-5309 (JAG), (D.N.J. filed Feb. 2, 2004).)

The amended action comes on the heels of a lengthy federal investigation, just as a federal grand jury considers whether to file criminal charges against the company.

Calling Wal-Mart an "exploitative criminal enterprise," the suit alleges that the company, either directly or through contractors, employed undocumented workers to clean its stores. The plaintiffs claim that they regularly worked more than 40 hours a week with no health insurance or other benefits, no overtime pay, and sometimes no...

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