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Feb 26, 2021
Fancy cars. Expensive art. Huge houses. The Waltons the wealthiest family in the country spend millions on themselves, but refuse to pay their workers a living wage.
mikeysnot
(4,756 posts)Probably the year 2000...
I'm lucky enough to live where there are plenty of options, so I never go there. I found out I haven't been missing anything when I took a relative to one of their pharmacies. The place was a dump. Nothing like the Walmarts I remember from the 90s, which were more like Targets are now.
mikeysnot
(4,756 posts)Last year during lockdown.
Auggie
(31,156 posts)Celerity
(43,260 posts)FakeNoose
(32,613 posts)Look at Jeff Bezos and Amazon ... how is he any better than the Walton family? Maybe we like Bezos' politics a little better, but his employees are mostly "working poor" just like the Walmart employees.
In 2 generations the American middle class has gone from well-off to near-slavery.
Thank you Ronald Reagan!
genxlib
(5,524 posts)"Amazon announces $15 minimum wage for all US employees"
If you are going to make demands you can't still be angry when they comply.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Amazon's worst nightmare is a union. A strike at the right location could severely impact their business and they know it. They can afford to pay more than $15 per hour.
Hotler
(11,412 posts)they get a union.
dameatball
(7,396 posts)parent could afford to raise a family, I agree that the middle class is a fading concept.
The Jungle 1
(4,552 posts)Recent news
Walmart announced it will give 425,000 employees a raise, a move that will increase its average pay to above $15 an hour.
I am no fan of walfart but we must be honest. The pressure is working. Now we must get the rest of the greedy American corporations to pay a fair wage and remove their workers from public assistance.
How about a tax if you have workers on public assistance you pay for it.
malaise
(268,850 posts)Rec
KS Toronado
(17,187 posts)And he's just getting started in his new position.
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)I dont begrudge helping the workers with food stamps or healthcare but I do think we shouldnt have to help these people afford to live. The Waltons should pay a living wage so public assistance is not needed
JohnnyRingo
(18,623 posts)They will never have to want for anything, but unlike Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, they aren't giving it away, not even to the employees who work hard to earn the money for them.
Hotler
(11,412 posts)the repugs and 1%er's.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,562 posts)Except to change "millions" to "billions."