Thursday, August 2, 2007

Media: Wal-Mart paying Mexican teenagers $0 per hour

Here are some of the articles that are dragging Wal-Mart through the mud:

MSNBC: Unpaid Teens Bag Groceries for Wal-Mart
Bloggingstocks: Wal-Mart helps its bottom line in Mxico with unpaid teen labor

The issue is being over-dramatized - Wal-Mart is not paying teenagers that work at their stores in Mexico. However, these people are ignorant about the issue and are trying to equate this to some sweat shop producing cheap goods. In Mexico it is the culture that young people do not work for salary and rely on tips as they bag the groceries.

What do you think about this issue?

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