Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Walmart's Forced Labor: We Feel Like We Are Slaves | Common Dreams

Walmart's Forced Labor: We Feel Like We Are Slaves | Common Dreams
"How does Walmart keep its prices so low? The so-called guest workers from Mexico who peel crawfish at a Louisiana seafood supplier for Wal-Mart know: They are locked inside the plant, forced to work 24-hour shifts, cursed and threatened with beatings by shovel if they fail to make their quota, and endure  constant surveillance at their nearby trailers from a boss who warns them, "You don’t want to know me as an enemy"."