The key findings of this report indicate that throughout the United States, Wal-Mart employees are being deprived of the wages to which they are entitled. It has been reported from state to state throughout the United States that many employees work overtime without being paid. According to the Beyond newspaper article “Higher Expectations”: Wal-Marts Real Cost,” it states that “Working around the clock and on lunch breaks is widely reported among employees, and Wal-Mart faces 44 lawsuits in 2005 class action lawsuits in 31 states for wage and hour abuses… It was also alleged that a California jury found that Wal-Mart illegally deprived more than 100,000 California workers of lunch breaks” (Figueroa). It is a common problem in every Wal-Mart, no matter what part of the country it is located in, it seems that there are always unpaid wages to its employees who are forced to work overtime and if they refuse they are threatened with losing their job and being replaced from someone else. According to Robert Greenwald's documentary film, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Shane Youtz, a former Wal-Mart employee, said he was often asked to "work by the clock, otherwise they would have you threatened by losing your money." work” (Greenwald). Edith Arana, also a Wal-Mart employee, stated that: "If you only had thirty minutes left in your eight-hour shift and you hadn't finished putting away piles of clothes, they would tell you you couldn't leave until they finished it even if it meant working after hours” (Greenwald). Wal-Mart has been the center of employee wage exploitation and has been practicing the same labor abuses across the nation for years to save on labor expenses and maintain profits Olson, former W...... middle of paper ......nt of prices on its products in order to maintain a higher profit state and national levels calling for accountability and changes in large retail practices, especially as it relates to health care” (Figueroa). According to the article Beyond the Highest Expectations, “In January 2006, the Maryland state legislature has passed the unprecedented Fair Sharing Health Care Fund Act, which requires large employers to spend a mandatory minimum amount on health insurance for their employees” (Figueroa). rethinking traditional labor strategies, for large-scale distribution and workers who come together to discuss the issue of wages, hours and benefits. It is possible for companies to reform some of their labor practices, establishing standards that meet the interests of consumers and workers.