Warehouse workers in two distribution centers fight back against mass layoffs, threats, wage theft, and awful working conditions--and win support from a judge.
The real lesson from the Wal-Mart decision is that Americans can’t rely on courts alone to check all forms of bias, especially the kinds that don’t require explicit direction.
In the great American spirit of seizing every opportunity because it's there, a company has partnered with Walmart to bring us a new cosmetics line for tweens.
An investigation in Bolivia, where some of the factories are located, reports that the reality on the ground doesn't quite match up to Walmart's claims.
It may seem out of character for Walmart to act as an agent for positive change, but the only thing really out of character would be to knowingly undermine its bottom line.