Warehouse Workers

Dave Jamieson

Warehouse Woes: More Workers Claim They Were Ripped Off

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Walmart, Labor, Workers, Low Wages, Low-Wage Workers, California, Warehouses, Latino Workers, Schneider Logistics, Inland Empire, Warehouse-Workers, Business News

Warehouse workers in Southern California filed a lawsuit in federal court on Thursday alleging labor law violations against a Walmart contractor, the ...

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Warehouse Workers Allege Walmart Suppliers Understated Work Hours

Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Online-Shipping-Warehouse, Business News, Walmart, Warehouse Workers Walmart, Warehouse, Walmart Warehouses, Amazon Warehouse, Warehouse-Workers, Video, Business News

Ever wonder how Walmart gets the price of toilet paper so damn low? In part, it could be because the workers who distribute products are paid below mi...

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Jason Linkins

Reporter Experiences Harrowing Ordeal As Employee Of Online Shipping Warehouse

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Eat the Press, Blue Collar Workers, Online Shipping Warehouse, Poverty, Warehouses, Economy, Amazon Wearhouse, Jobs, Warehouse-Workers, Working Class, Outsourcing, Mac McClelland, Labor, Temp-Workers, Unemployment, Temp Work, Mac Mcclelland Mother Jones, Business News, Media News

Mother Jones reporter and official recipient of the Order Of The Eat The Press Empire knighthood Mac McClelland followed up on the visit she made last...

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Dave Jamieson

Walmart-Contracted Warehouse Jobs Saved By Judge

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Layoffs, Outsourcing, Walmart, Labor, California, Temporary Workers, Temp Work, Subcontracting, Illinois, Firing, Unions, Warehouse-Workers, Business News

Just days ago, it appeared that a hundred low-wage workers at a Walmart-contracted warehouse in California would lose their jobs after publicly accusi...

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Dave Jamieson

Warehouse Woes: Workers Say They're Losing Jobs For Speaking Up

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Retailers, Walmart, Labor, California, Workers, Big Box Stores, Class Action Lawsuit, Inland Empire, Schneider-Logistics, Warehouse-Workers, Business News

Nearly a hundred warehouse workers in California who spoke up about alleged wage violations and unsafe working conditions fear they now may lose their...

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Dave Jamieson

The New Blue Collar: Temporary Work, Lasting Poverty And The American Warehouse

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Blue Collar Workers, Holidays, Walmart, U.S. Economy, Hershey, Poverty, Warehouses, Economy, Jobs, Target, Retail, Labor Unions, Home Depot, Warehouse-Workers, Working Class, Outsourcing, Video, Labor, Temp-Workers, Costco, Temp Work, Retail Sales, Christmas, Slidepollajax, Unions, Business News

JOLIET, Ill., and FONTANA, Calif. -- Like nearly everyone else in Joliet without good job prospects, Uylonda Dickerson eventually found herself at the...

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Dave Jamieson

Workers Allege Abusive Conditions At Walmart-Contracted Warehouse

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Walmart, Labor, Wage Theft, Riverside California, Warehouse-Workers, Business News

A group of workers at a California warehouse handling goods bound for Walmart stores have filed a class-action lawsuit claiming they've been working u...

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Dave Jamieson

Walmart Warehouse Under Investigation By California Labor Officials

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Walmart, Minimum Wage, Labor, Wage Theft, Subcontracting, Walmart Chicago, Manual Labor, Schneider Logistics, Investigation, Warehouse-Workers, Latino Prosperity, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Investigators in California have discovered numerous labor law violations at a massive warehouse handling Walmart goods, according to st...

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Dave Jamieson

Workers At Walmart-Contracted Warehouse Claim Wage Theft

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Walmart, Temp-Workers, Labor, Dukes v. Wal-Mart, Class Action Lawsuit, Temp Work, Warehouse-Workers, Business News

The Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in Dukes v. Wal-Mart, the largest class-action civil-rights lawsuit in American history, and will soon...

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Chicago Area Warehouses Thrive As Low-Paid Temp Workers Struggle

Chicago News Cooperative | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illinois Temp Workers, Warehouse Workers, Labor, Temp Work, Temp Workers, Workers Rights, Chicago News

Tory Moore worked at the same packaged-food warehouse in Kankakee for six years, but he was denied a loan and apartment rentals after being told he di...

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