Walmart's Warehouse Working Conditions

(10/20/2012) A news about the terrible living conditions of Walmart warehouse workers in Illinois. I don't think this news is less troubling than the bad working condition of Foxconn (Apple's iPhone & iPad manufacturer) in China. It happens right in the heartland of US. However, it gets very little attention here. These warehouse workers don't work directly for Walmart, they are hired by Roadlink Workforce Solutions, a 3PL logistics company used by Walmart. Does it mean that Warmart don't have any social responsibility for them?

Here is the report (from Salon.com) about the earlier worker strike to fight against the bad working condition and management retaliation. 

(5/14/2014) Finally, the contractor of Walmart agreed, Schneider Logistics, the settlement ($21 millions) for the "backpay to warehouse workers in California who claim they were systematically shorted on pay for years.".