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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 03:59 PM
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Pennsylvania Walmart Sued for Videotaping Employees, Customers in Bathroom
Edited on Sat Dec-26-09 04:01 PM by Liberal_in_LA
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/walmart-sued-secret-bathroom-surveillance/story?id=9418710

Walmart said two workers were responsible for the camera.

"Two associates were terminated for placing a camera in an associate dressing room bathroom," Walmart spokesman Greg Rossiter said. "When store management learned of the camera, it was immediately removed."

The company declined further comment.

According to the court filing, the camera was installed by Walmart's loss-prevention unit.

The camera was used to monitor employees for possible theft and it is unclear how long the surveillance took place, McLain said. None of the plaintiffs, however, were accused of stealing from the store.

A store manager acknowledged the existence of the surveillance camera only after employees produced a photo of the camera, McLain said.

"The filming of anyone, including employees, is not something that is unheard of in the industry," McLain said. "But to do it in a changing room and bathroom is totally unprecedented and it could border on criminal activity."

The retailer's "Security and Privacy" policy states that at "some stores and clubs may record your presence on security monitors for safety and security purposes," according to court documents.

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Three of the plaintiffs were terminated after complaining to store management about video surveillance, McLain said.
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 04:02 PM
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1. eeewwww.
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 04:05 PM
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2. please rethink posting that photo from that website. I implore you. This should be about Walmart
and not the size/shape/class/taste level exhibited by people who shop there.
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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 04:09 PM
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3. She's certainly not a fashion maven and I doubt she'll ever be the cheerleader she's dressed up as
I do feel sorry for the woman, she has no one to tell her she looks ridiculous.
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bluedave Donating Member (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 04:11 PM
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4. a buck 3 ninety eight an hour
and starvin on my resume to them.
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onethatcares Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 04:12 PM
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5. I wish I was one of the customers that was videotaped
it would be like hitting the lotto.
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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-26-09 04:39 PM
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6. Ugh. Reprehensible!
"Three of the plaintiffs were terminated after complaining to store management about video surveillance, McLain said.
Of the remaining plaintiffs, one worker has quit and three men continue to work at the store.
Walmart declined to comment on the three terminations."


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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-27-09 10:07 AM
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7. Oh, THAT camera!
It took a freaking photograph to get them to admit it existed?
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TommyO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-27-09 10:16 AM
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8. I know that Walmart
I used to live just a few miles from the location and saw it's transition from a Walmart to a Walmart Supercenter (with groceries) and how it drove a Redners market located in the same shopping center out of business. Criminal charges need to be pursued against the people who placed the camera, and the store management.

BTW, this Walmart is the same one that decorated a cake for the white supremacist couple that named one of their kids Adolf Hitler after the local ShopRite refused. http://www.zimbio.com/Adolph+Hitler+Birthday+Cake/articles/13/ShopRite+Refuses+Service+Nazi+Walmart+says
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