kat: I read your post and the sources you supplied to support your point of view. In my opinion, it adds up to zilch. If the state of California takes the Berkley study seriously, let the state file suit against Wal-Mart to recover the welfare money the study suggests Wal-Mart employees have siphoned from the state treasury. I wouldn't take bets on the state winning the case however. If Wal-Mart employees are not satisfied with their employer, or with the salary they are making they should make haste to find employment at a company they would like better and pays better wages than Wal-Mart.

As to the other source, all you have brought to our attention is a class-action law suit that has evidently been in the courts for years. Wal-Mart has not been found guilty of anything, nor have they been exonerated. I would not be surprised if similar law suits against Wal-Mart is pending in other parts of the country too. How do you you think the trial lawyers make so much money? Filing law-suits against potential money sources! Wal-Mart's got a big round target printed right over it's logo.

Let the courts decide and if Wal-Mart is found guilty, THEN offer the case as evidence. It's still "not guilty" until proven so in the U. S. isn't it?

DougR