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Class action law suit filed by international workers against Wal-Mart, Dismissed

Author
US District Court, Central District of California
Abstract
Workers in China, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Swaziland, and Nicaragua filed a suit against Wal-Mart for its failure to monitor factories. The court concluded that Wal-Mart had no legal duty under its ‘Standards for Suppliers’ or common law negligence principles to monitor its suppliers or protect plaintiffs from suppliers’ alleged substandard labor practices.
Date Issued
2009-05-08Subject
global; globalisation; globalization; human; international; labor; labour; organisation; organization; rights; standards; trade; union; work; worker; workplace
Type
article