U.S. group says factory Wal-Mart uses abuses workers
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A U.S. watchdog group has called on Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to put a stop to what it says is worker abuse at a factory in the Philippines that makes apparel for the retailer.
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A union-backed group is to launch two television ads today that feature Wal-Mart workers calling on their employer to improve working conditions and make company health insurance more affordable.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) fired three executives and four managers from its Bentonville, Arkansas headquarters for violating company rules, the company said on Wednesday.
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Unions for thousands workers in northern Quebec have urged a boycott of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  over its plans to close a store that last year became North America's first unionized Wal-Mart.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, and its chief executive, Lee Scott, went on the offensive Thursday against critics of its employment policies and the impact its stores have on communities where they are located.
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The International Committee of the Red Cross released a report that called the handling of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, &#39;tantamount to torture&#39; and accused the US of using both psychological and physical coercion on prisoners there.
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A U.S.-based rights group accused Bangladesh of human rights abuses and urged authorities to abide by international standards as it enforces a curfew triggered by widespread student unrest.
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The world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , will pay &#36;135,540 to settle charges it violated child labor laws in three states, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
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ACLU says prison abuse witnesses threatenedSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico  - Workers who saw abuses at Iraq&#39;s Abu Ghraib prison were threatened by US special forces who confiscated photos of a prisoner they allegedly punched, US government memos released by
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A federal judge gave undocumented Wal-Mart Stores contract workers the right to seek out colleagues and form a group to collectively sue the company for unpaid overtime and minimum wage violations.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , the world's biggest retailer, launched a national advertising campaign on Thursday to burnish an image tarnished by allegations that it discriminates in hiring and promotions and drives smaller rivals out of business.
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Tesco and Asda say they are looking into allegations of employee abuse at suppliers' factories in Bangladesh.
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A union group on Thursday unveiled a  Web site that lets users identify more than 200,000 U.S.-based  companies it says have exported American jobs or lost them  because they were hurt by foreign trade.
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U.S. special forces accused of abusing prisoners in Iraq threatened Defense Intelligence Agency personnel who saw the mistreatment, according to U.S. government memos released Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union.
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Makers of official 2008 Beijing Olympics merchandise are using child labour and abusing workers, campaigners say.
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December 30, 2004 -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. female workers who are seeking billions of dollars for discriminatory pay and promotion practices should be able to sue the company as a group, a lawyer representing the employees told a US court.
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Walgreen Co. illegally assigned thousands of African-American employees to low-performing stores and stores in black neighborhoods, according to a class-action lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.