A Pennsylvania judge ruled last week that Walmart violated state labor laws by forcing some employees to continue working through breaks and off the clock. Yesterday, the jury awarded $78 million to 187,000 current and former employees who worked at Walmart and Sam’s Clubs in Pennsylvania from March 1998 through May of this year.
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Walmart settled a Colorado case for $50 million several years ago and is appealing a $172 million award handed down last year by a California jury for the same illegal labor practices in those states. Suits in other states are pending.
The question is not why people continue to work for Walmart. The question is why Walmart continues to violate the law in state after state.