Breaking…

Via e-mail from the National Labor Committee:

It is not enough, but it is a first step.

Last Friday, November 6, on Good Morning America, a Wal-Mart spokeswoman said no Wal-Mart employee would be fired for having swine flu. Still under pressure, on Monday (November 9), a senior vice president told the Washington Post that workers needing to stay home due to the flu will not receive a demerit or be docked their wages. Workers can use the sick leave they have accrued to pay for their first day out.

It is no small thing that popular pressure can force the largest employer in the U.S. to change its punitive policies.

Now the National Labor Committee will just keep pounding them until they actually follow CDC recommendations. In the meantime, the chances of the first customer swine flu lawsuit just increases.

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