Problems at Wal-Mart & Sam's Club Bill Moyer's NOW 11-8-02 24:10 - 42:10
1.	Requiring employees to work "off the clock." Such coercion is prohibited by federal law, but it is routine at Wal-Mart. $30,000,000 was saved in one year in Texas alone. Wal-Mart in New Mexico paid $400,000 to settle a class action suit about this coercion in one store three years ago. $50,000,000 settlement was reached in Colorado on a class action suit. When employees have locked in overtime the time cards have been "doctored" to eliminate the overtime.
2.	Employees have been fired for supporting a union. This is in violation of NLRB regulations. The manager's tool box shows managers how to call in the home office and review personnel files to provide evidence to fire employees, even something so trivial as eating 1/2 banana out of a box before leaving the store.
3.	The NLRB is investigating 40 specific complaints against Wal-Mart. In 10 of those cases Wal-Mart has been found guilty. In 7 of those cases settlement was reached. Other cases are pending.