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[Weldon Nicholson, Wal-Mart Store
Manager Trainer - 17 years] Do more with less. I know the true
meaning of do more with less. They want the associates to do more,
and they're going to pay them less.
[Edith Arana, Wal-Mart Inventory
Specialist - 6 years] They would come in the office, or on the floor, it
didn't matter, where you were working, they would say, "Well, you know,
we have no overtime, there is to be no overtime whatsoever, you may have
five baskets of clothes that need to be, merchandise that needs to be
put back, you may have 30 minutes left on your 8-hour shift but we need
those baskets put away. And they usually do it with a smile.
You would go along with it because you needed that job. And there
were no ifs, ands or buts about it. They would let you know one
way or the other, if you can't do it, I'll just get somebody else to do
it. You are not a person that cannot be replaced. And you know,
we're hiring all the time. And in your mind you go, "Look, I got
these kids at home. I just have to make that sacrifice." And
you will.
[Shane Youtz, Attorney] They are asked
to work off the clock with the implication that if they don't work off
the clock, that is what is expected at this particular store, they are
going to lose their job. And they do it as a matter of survival.
[Man] And it comes from the top.
[News Announcer] Wal-Mart is fighting
legal battles with scores of former employees in 31 states. Hourly
workers who say the company has cheated them out of hundreds of millions
of dollars in overtime pay.
[News Announcer] The Wal-Mart
Corporation paid approximately $50 million to settle an off the clock
class action suit in Colorado. In Texas, it is estimated that they
cheated workers up to $150 million in unpaid wages.
$150 MILLION TEXAS.
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