Subject: Wal-Mart Lawlessness
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 17:58:07 EDT
From: F8FBearcat777@aol.com

Mr Fowler,

I desire to submit my WM story to someone such as Bill Quinn. It is the most expost' of WM yet untold - a story of innocent bloodshed in-conjunction with Corporate Lawlessness and Federal Corruption. Please help if you can - attachment file following:

For those interested in "Truth in Wal-Mart" please consider my case. A very brief summary follows. I was 41 when hired-in, 07-12-87, at the-then odds of 300-2-1, as a Company driver for The Private Fleet (TPF) with 10 years of prior truck driving experiece. At the time of my firing, I had an 11-yr plus perfect service and driving record.

Wal-Mart (WM) was operating an in-house "sweat shop" (SS) re the work conditions that their drivers were constantly subject to. This SS came-2-b about a year after my hiring - just after Mr. Walton's death. This then-new delivery system was customized to-avoid having 2-stage "so much freight" (ie: their National Prosperity) in the shopping aisles during prime shopping hours.

Two problems immediately surfaced: the stores did not have enough docks to accomodate this "good problem" of so-much National Prosperity and their "load- ing system" could not process all the paperwork on time. Their solution for the former was that sleeping drivers, at the stores, will be awakened, to shuttle trailers re not enough docks. Three viable solutions for this "pros- perity problem" existed:

1) Adjust receiving schedules for earlier store unloading (compromising unclogged aisles) then - later arriving drivers would have immediate access to empty trailers.

2) Use local contracts for trucks to arrive at the appropriate times and shuttle these trailers as the drivers could-then un-hook upon arrival and go-2-sleep (some 16 to 24 or more hours since last sleep) without suffering being awaken by the stores.

3) Build more docks.

The latter problem of late paperwork caused, night after night, Company drivers to have to sustain stay-awake workdays of up to 24 hours (and beyond) since last sleep. The viable solution was more personnel and more computer equipment. WM chose that their drivers could sustain the waiting time! And - though such-waiting time is legally-defined as "working time" - WM refused to pay their drivers for such-time!

Over "so many" years - the brutality of these work conditions began to have radical effects upon the health and well-being of WM's drivers - some 4000 Nationwide. Just prior to my firing on 08/08/98 - the LTD carrier, Hartford, released a report to WM whereby they had been losing on this contract at the rate of 200 percent-plus (unheard of!)! These was reflective of an escalation of: heart-attacks, Worker Comp. claims, accidents and injuries - not-2-mention an escalation of killing the driving public at-large!

In this regard - plz consider the "Jeff Izer Tragedy" whereby an asleep-at- the-wheel WM driver ran over an auto containing 5 teens whereby 4 were killed upon impact! There were no truck skid marks and WM got away with "highway manslaughter" as if it were "open season!" If still avialable - find some of this stuff at "Truckingsolutions.com" (not my site) at the end of the home page ie: Stauffer vs. WM.

I was an "in-house" activist against these illegal activities that made the WM drivers' work place the most unsafe work place in America and consequently a National sweat shop! These activites were about 6 years old upon my firing as a trouble maker. My case re this "wrongful termination" ran about 3 years in the Dept of Labor - ie: they taking this time to protect OSHA from OSHA's failure to investigate this "sweat shop!"

Use the FOI act to acquire: the case transcript (whereby WM testified that they paid higher wages allowing them to access their drivers' sleep!!!); briefs and the DOL decisions which were oriented to protect OSHA from OSHA's failure to investigate Hartford's escalated losses and consequently - investigate America's the-then most unsafe work enviroment: that of the WM Company truck driver! All of my undisputed case evidence was either tossed or ignored by the DOL. This included expert witness info regarding sleep- deprivation!

Though WM committed 4 perjuries (all proveable) at the Administrative Hearing in Jackson Ms - it was all for naught ie: the DOL pre-determined this decision protect OSHA! Understand that agendized sleep-deprivation regarding "safety sensitive" work is illegal! We hope and pray that Wal-Mart litagators will use my Administrative Case re their situation. And - I understand that my case can be remanded into Civil Court. In this regard - though my 3 yr "statute of limitation" re a wrongful termination suit - has expired - it is noteworthy to understand for every Federal Law that The Private Fleet violated in Ms - WM violated Ms law at this same time! There is a civil rights case here! And - my case masks three class actions cases!

Abbreviated portfolio avialable by post-mail - thanks - Ron Stauffer.

PS REMEMBER - IF YOU HAVE A WAL-MART TRUCK ACCIDENT CASE - I AM THE ELITE EXPERT WITNESS AND KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH COMPANY-ORIENTED IRREGULARITIES. AT THIS TIME - THOUGH THE "LOG BOOK" APPEARS LEGAL - COMPANY IRREGULARITIES GENERATED A FALSE LOG BOOK!"