Wal-Mart-DOJ scandal

You won't believe this one:

Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer agreed to pay $135,540 to settle federal charges that it violated child labor laws in Connecticut, Arkansas and New Hampshire. As part of the agreement, revealed yesterday after it was secretly signed in January, the Labor Department agreed "to give Wal-Mart 15 days' notice before the Labor Department investigates any other 'wage and hour' accusations, like failure to pay minimum wage or overtime."

Labor Blog has a screenshot of the email DOJ sent out to district offices informing them of their agreement with Wal-Mart.

This is the power of Wal-Mart's corporate contributions at work. Behold as the most unethical administration in history finds yet another way to wallow in the mud. This agreement doesn't just allow Wal-Mart to hide abuses of child labor laws, but any labor laws (and Wal-Mart is legendary for its anti-worker policies).