Workers in 6 countries file suit against Wal-Mart for worker abuse

Workers in six countries that include Bangladesh, Swaziland, Indonesia, China and Nicaragua filed suit in Los Angeles on 8/13/05. The suit is filed under California's Unfair Business Practices Act. The workers are claiming that Wal-Mart is able to keep prices so low due to unfair and unjust labor practices such as sweatshop labor, unpaid over time, human rights violations, unpaid lunches, forced work off the clock and other such practices.

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