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MontanaMama

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17. Our staff is like family.

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #9)

Mon Sep 25, 2017, 05:54 PM

Sep 2017

I couldn't look at myself in the mirror if they were making poverty wages. That isn't right. I've had those jobs myself - when every day was full of stress or worry and my employer didn't care. I worked for a dentist for 21 years without insurance benefits! It was so hard. When I quit that job to join my husband at our business, we made a pact that we would pay everybody a living wage, pay their insurance premiums and provide a company matched 401K. It took a few years to get it done but we did it. When employees can make a living, plan for the future and not have to worry if they get sick it is amazing what they'll happily do for you at work. At least, this has been our experience.

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When a corporation does the right thing, we should support them. Thank you, Target! [View all] scheming daemons Sep 2017 OP

That does deserve accolades. Heck, Sanders' Raise the Wage Act didn't reach $15 until 2024. eom Hoyt Sep 2017 #1

Pure business decision Juliusseizure Sep 2017 #10

I tend to agree. There was nothing altruistic about this, it was a BUSINESS decision. Volaris Sep 2017 #12

I still say boycott Walmart! I am tired of us taxpayers subsidizing their payroll. Dustlawyer Sep 2017 #20

At least a decade Ineeda Sep 2017 #24

Well, still better than some of the proposals for increased minimum wage and they deserve credit. Hoyt Sep 2017 #13

I'm not criticizing Target Juliusseizure Sep 2017 #15

If corporations are people and have religions, I would think they need to have a conscience and Dustlawyer Sep 2017 #21

Corporations aren't legally allowed to have those 2 things, Volaris Sep 2017 #23

Not to be snarky, but will Twittler (Dotard) also get involved with this LeftInTX Sep 2017 #2

Boycott a store for treating its workers slightly decently? liberalnarb Sep 2017 #7

Will it stop its captive anti-union meetings, too? WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2017 #3

Captive anti-union meetings are illegal. DK504 Sep 2017 #4

Oh, Target's one of the absolute worst. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2017 #5

No.. mountain grammy Sep 2017 #6

My spouse and I own a small business MontanaMama Sep 2017 #8

And without knowing anything about your actual business, PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #9

Our staff is like family. MontanaMama Sep 2017 #17

precisely; i live in SD, where wages are also low, and it is so obvious to me that performance is TheFrenchRazor Sep 2017 #16

Can't do much more for Target. Amimnoch Sep 2017 #11

The manager at the Target MontanaMama Sep 2017 #18

i'm not impressed by Target. Scruffy1 Sep 2017 #14

Yeah, and good luck getting 40 hours a week. I'm not impressed Luz Sep 2017 #19

Why focus on the negative. Yes corporations often do things that are in their beat interests. Fla Dem Sep 2017 #26

A company realizing low wages are helping kill it is very good. Hortensis Sep 2017 #22

Good on Target! My favorite store. Fla Dem Sep 2017 #25