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51David Blanchard, “Swinging for the Fences,” Material Handing & Logistics, November 1, 2010, accessed May 29, 2012,http://mhlnews.com/news/swinging-for-fences-1101/.52Message from Mike Duke, Walmart 2011 Global Responsibility Report, accessed May 29, 2012, http://www.walmartstores.com/sites/ResponsibilityReport/2011/message_mike_duke.aspx.53Gary Macklin, “Grocers Concentrate on Sales, Purchase Distribution Expertise,” Refrigerated Transporter, July 1,2004, accessed May 29, 2012, http://refrigeratedtrans.com/mag/transportation_grocers_concentrate_sales/.54Edna Bonacich and Khaleelah Hardie, “Walmart and the Logistics Revolution,” in Walmart: the Face of Twenty-First-Century Capitalism, ed. Nelson Lichtenstein (New York: The New Press, 2006): 163-188.55Industry publications estimate that as of 2008, Walmart used “31 or more” 3PLs. See Perry Trunick, “The Rise ofOutsourcing,” Material Handling & Logistics, June 1, 2008.56Capgemini Consulting, 2012 Third-Party Logistics Study: The State of Logistics Outsourcing (2012), accessed May 29,2012, http://www.3plstudy.com/downloads/2012-3pl-study/.57See, e.g. Merrill Douglas, “SMB/3PL Partnerships: Small Fish, Big Splash,” Inbound Logistics, July 2009, accessedMay 18, 2012, http://www.inboundlogistics.com/cms/article/smb3pl-partnerships-small-fish-big-splash/.58Capgemini Consulting, 2012 Third-Party Logistics Study.59Hans P. Johnson et al., The Inland Empire in 2015 (San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California, 2008) iii,available at: http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/report/R_408HJR.pdf; Bonacich and De Lara, “Economic Crisis,” 5.60Johnson, The Inland Empire, iii.61Bonacich and De Lara, “Economic Crisis,” 1.62Schneider National, “Schneider National Awarded Walmart’s 2011 General Merchandise Diamond Carrier of theYear,” news release, January 11, 2012, accessed May 29, 2012, http://www.schneider.com/KnowledgeHub/News/Portals/DriverPortal/PressReleasesFullList/PRD_005366; “Schneider By the Numbers,” Schneider National, accessedMay 16, 2012, http://www.schneider.com/About_Schneider/SchneiderByTheNumbers/index.htm63Carrillo v. Schneider Logistics, Inc., No. 11-08557 (C.D. Cal. May 31, 2012) (Plaintiffs’ Notice of Motion to CompelResponses at 1-2); Carrillo (C.D. Cal. May 31, 2012) (Joint Stipulation Re: Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel at 18-20).64Warehouse Workers for Justice, Bad Jobs in Goods Movement: Warehouse Work in Will County, Illinois (Chicago:Warehouse Workers for Justice, 2010), available at: http://www.warehouseworker.org/badjobsgoodsmovement.pdf;Jason Rowe, New Jersey’s Supply Chain Pain: Warehouse & Logistics Work Under Walmart and Other Big Box Retailers(2012), available at: http://newlabor.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/white-paper-V-FINAL.pdf.65See Dean v. Eclipse Advantage, Inc., No. 11-08285 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 11, 2011) (workers brought suit for wage and hourviolations against logistics and staffing agencies in Walmart warehouses); Williamson v. Schneider Logistics, Inc., No.11-01376 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 28, 2011) (warehouse workers brought suit for unpaid wages, overtime violations, misleadingpaystubs, and piece rate violations).66Warehouse Workers for Justice, Bad Jobs in Goods Movement, 14-15.67Ibid. The report’s findings are based on a survey of workers from over 150 warehouses in the Will County, Illinoisarea, which include, but are not limited to Walmart warehouses.68Rowe, New Jersey’s Supply Chain Pain.69Bonacich and De Lara, “Economic Crisis,” 10-11.70Carrillo v. Schneider Logistics, Inc., No. 11-08557 (C.D. Cal. May 31, 2012) (Plaintiffs’ Notice of Motion to CompelResponses at 1-2); Carrillo (C.D. Cal. May 31, 2012) (Joint Stipulation Re: Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel at 18-20).71Carrillo v. Schneider Logistics, Inc., No. 11-08557 (C.D. Cal. Oct. 17, 2011).72“California Labor Commissioner Issues Additional $616,250 Citation in Riverside County Warehouse Case,” PRNewswire, Nov. 17, 2011, accessed May 29, 2012, http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/california-laborcommissioner-issues-additional-616250-citation-in-riverside-county-warehouse-case-134059123.html.73California Department of Industrial Relations, “Cal/OSHA Issues $256,445 in Citations to Warehouse Operators,”news release, January 18, 2012; Worksafe, Dying at Work in California: The Hidden Story Behind the Numbers (Oakland:Worksafe, 2012) 25, available at: www.cal-osha.com/download.aspx?id=105366&LangType=1033.74Confronting the Challenges of a Subcontracted Economy: The Experience of Warehouse Workers in the Logistics Industry as aCase Study, California State Assembly Labor and Employment Committee (Feb. 15, 2012) (statement of Ellen Widess,Chief, Cal/OSHA).25