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“Hot Coffee” Viewing Parties
We've written here before about "Hot Coffee," the documentary that tells the real story of the McDonald's coffee lawsuit brought by Stella Liebeck and the real cost of so-called tort reform. The McDonald's case became a rallying cry for advocates of so-called "tort reform," and general public opinion is that Liebeck's was a frivolous lawsuit, when in fact, she suffered extremely serious burns requiring multiple operations and skin grafts. And she wasn't the first person to be hurt by McDonald's scalding hot coffee; the fast food chain had rece ...
Read More | 2 CommentsHear More About How Carolinas Poultry Workers are Mistreated
Reporter Kerry Hall and Editor Rick Thames of The Charlotte Observer were on the NPR show, The State of Things Last week discussing the newspaper's 22-month investigation into the poultry processing industry in North Carolina and South Carolina. The archive of the show is available online. You can hear about how they conducted their investigation and the lax workplace safety measures at House of Raeford Farms plants throughout the Carolinas. You can read the full series, The Creulest Cuts, online at the Observer Web site. ...
Read More | No CommentsNewspaper series reveals House of Raeford hid worker injuries, refused medical treatment
A nearly two-year investigation by The Charlotte Observer revealed that one of the country's biggest poultry producers, House of Raeford Farms, covered up injuries and dimissed workers' request for medical care, clearing in violation of workers' compensation laws. Reporters spent 22 months investigating the poultry industry in North Carolina and South Carolina, interviewing more than 200 workers and reviewing thousands of documents. They found that between 80 percent to 90 percent of the workforce at some plants is Latino and t ...
Read More | One CommentWal-Mart — The High Cost of Low Price
Tom Domer of WILG Workers First Watch has some interesting thoughts about how Wal-Mart is degrading workers' rights and hurting communities around the world. Here's what he had to say in a recent essay about the documentary "Wal-Mart -- The High Cost of Low Price," which deals with the company's practices: Need yet another reason not to patronize Wal-Mart? How about the substantially significant possibility that you will be assaulted, raped, or even murdered in a Wal-Mart parking lot while video cameras (placed there to monitor potential Uni ...
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