Despite California regulations stating a requirement for 30 minute lunch breaks to whomsoever works longer than six-hour shifts, Wal-Marts throughout the state have been denying their workers lunch breaks in order to promote high production at low cost to the company. This indiscreet illegal act should not go over lightly in court, according to the nearly 116,000 Wal-Mart workers fighting for their wages.
The Wal-Mart victims fought for their right to lunch – and won! They filed a class action suit against the mega-industry which won back their fair share of wages lost to overworked and unpaid hours. It was found in court that Wal-Mart had been hiding evidence of the workers’ problems through official memos sent between offices. The statement made on record was that between 2001 and 2005, Wal-Mart had been purposely ignorant of the law, and was ordered to pay the financially injured workers their dues.
