Submitted by lorinpda on Sun, 07/11/2010 - 09:57

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by Abby Zimet

Published by CommonDreams.org

The no doubt illustrious lawyers for Wal-Mart are in court this week to continue their battle against OSHA telling them what they can and cannot do - including allowing frenzied shoppers to stampede their employees to death - having already spent a year and two million dollars fighting a $7,000 fine on the issue. Jdimytai Damour was trampled to death by a 2,000-strong post-Thanksgiving, bargain-hunting mob in 2008. Wal-Mart says it shouldn't be held accountable for safety standards - like not having workers stampeded to death - that would cut into sales promotions of the latest plastic gimcracks made in sweatshops in China. These guys are truly princes of industry.

 "The government is improperly trying to define ‘crowd trampling' as an occupational hazard that retailers must take action to prevent." - Wal-Mart.