Warehouse Workers win 60% raise and benefits.
“I haven’t received my first paycheck just yet, but it will be about double,” said Reynaldo Ríos Ibañez, who has worked at the warehouse since October 2011. “It means it will be easier to take care of my family. Before I could not buy one single extra thing.”
Reynaldo and his sister, also a warehouse worker in the Inland Empire, support their parents and two other sisters.
The good news is the latest in a string of positive developments relating to a federal lawsuit to recover millions in stolen wages for about 1,800 warehouse workers at a Walmart-controlled warehouse in Riverside County, California.
About 75 warehouse workers were hired directly by logistics firm Schneider, the national company contracted by Walmart to operate the three-building facility, earlier this month. The workers previously worked for Impact Logistics, a temporary staffing agency. Most were paid about $8.50 an hour with no benefits.
“I work the night shift so now I am making $13.90 an hour with health benefits and sick time. After six months we will have five vacation days. We all feel good and we are happy,” said Ríos Ibañez.
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