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Wal-Mart Using Unpaid Youths at Mexico Stores

HeadlineAug 02, 2007

And the retail giant Wal-Mart is facing new allegations of unlawful labor practices. Newsweek magazine reports Wal-Mart has been using some 19,000 teenagers to work as unpaid baggers at its stores in Mexico. The youths receive no payment from Wal-Mart and rely entirely on tips from customers. Wal-Mart officially describes the youths as “volunteers.”

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