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53. I don't understand the excitement over this vote.

Thu Jul 11, 2013, 09:54 AM

Jul 2013

If a living wage is important, why not require all employers to pay it. Why is it bad for Wal-Mart to pay $8.25 to it's employees but it is ok for CVS (or any other smaller, low to no skill employer) to pay $8.25. Also, as pointed out, all Wal-Mart has to do is build a store that is 74,000 square feet and they can continue to pay $8.25. This just seems to me to be yet another pointless political statement that will have very little real life impact.

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D.C. Council approves �living wage� bill over Wal-Mart ultimatum [View all] Triana Jul 2013 OP

Fantastic. Love to see anyone stand up to Walmart. Laurian Jul 2013 #1

Yes I'm very happy with this outcome. I hope more city councils do the same! n/t Triana Jul 2013 #2

+1 wtmusic Jul 2013 #31

BOYCOTT Wal*Mart! Support your local unions! Coyotl Jul 2013 #3

One small step for man, one giant step for mankind! OffWithTheirHeads Jul 2013 #4

Who wants to bet WalMart folds and goes in anyway? dballance Jul 2013 #5

Or reconfigures stores to under 75,000ft ceonupe Jul 2013 #22

They'll stil have to pass zoning ordinances................. mrmpa Jul 2013 #44

They already passed zoning before ceonupe Jul 2013 #48

store size won't matter in malwarts case RedstDem Jul 2013 #61

if you red the rule u have to have both over a billion and the sq-ft size ceonupe Jul 2013 #64

well that sucks RedstDem Jul 2013 #71

Yes, Wal-Mart is plotting how to get around this law as we speak. fasttense Jul 2013 #49

Precisely Sherman A1 Jul 2013 #50

The 75K square feet requirement was dropped at one point Chathamization Jul 2013 #76

YESSSS. WorseBeforeBetter Jul 2013 #6

Excellent. F**k Apall-Mart. marmar Jul 2013 #7

And a GIANT FU to Wal-Mart BrotherIvan Jul 2013 #8

you should get yourself on some city councils! BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2013 #46

why can't a living wage bill undergroundpanther Jul 2013 #9

Can't we just be happy for one stinkin' day mac56 Jul 2013 #11

um, I think there's a lot of non-rich people in DC ArcticFox Jul 2013 #78

Good. Suck it wallyworld! nt bunnies Jul 2013 #10

If the store is profitable, they won't pull out Warpy Jul 2013 #12

California minimum wage is $8.00 Iliyah Jul 2013 #13

& some major cities in CA have higher MW's alp227 Jul 2013 #74

great job! frylock Jul 2013 #14

They made a wise decision. avaistheone1 Jul 2013 #15

awesome news, yay ! nt steve2470 Jul 2013 #16

How long will Wal-Mart keep threatening America? louis-t Jul 2013 #17

jeopardize their plans tiny elvis Jul 2013 #18

Ha, good one! Nice to know Wall Street/Big Business doesn't always win. nt the Weird Liberal Jul 2013 #19

Excellent. n/t DirkGently Jul 2013 #20

Thought it was interesting here a few years ago Walmart was happy to tell their employees to go Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #21

Republicans love Wal Mart and their slave wages. Kingofalldems Jul 2013 #24

Oh Fuck Yes! Phlem Jul 2013 #23

Oh no. No Walmart in town? Ash_F Jul 2013 #25

Bless them! aquart Jul 2013 #26

What if Walmart built stores cosmicone Jul 2013 #27

Alrighty then BornLooser Jul 2013 #28

Excellent!! DCBob Jul 2013 #29

The mayor may veto it--let's not celebrate too soon. spooky3 Jul 2013 #30

"When DC customers can't get our cheap disposable crap anymore, THEN they'll be sorry!" wtmusic Jul 2013 #32

About Time - Actually, Way Past Due cantbeserious Jul 2013 #33

Fantastic news!!! Owl Jul 2013 #34

Awesome ... Lenomsky Jul 2013 #35

Excellant. SoapBox Jul 2013 #36

Wal-Mart is an economic black hole Jack Rabbit Jul 2013 #37

GREAT news! K&R&T. n/t jenmito Jul 2013 #38

Well said, Vincent Orange n/t brentspeak Jul 2013 #39

It is actually not about a living wage in the end...it is about competition... glinda Jul 2013 #40

Yeah we won one!!! n/t. airplaneman Jul 2013 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author airplaneman Jul 2013 #67

Introducing the new 74,999 square foot Walmart! n/t savalez Jul 2013 #42

This makes my day. A good first step n/t Catherina Jul 2013 #43

SHOUT out for Justice BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2013 #45

1 independent for, 1 independent against, the rest are all Democrats Chathamization Jul 2013 #75

interesting. Thank you! BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2013 #79

Good! MotherPetrie Jul 2013 #47

We'll listen to Walmart's concerns . . . another_liberal Jul 2013 #51

Everywhere WovenGems Jul 2013 #52

I don't understand the excitement over this vote. lawwolf Jul 2013 #53

you've made a good point there wordpix Jul 2013 #54

The road back from big box stores olsondr Jul 2013 #55

Why shouldn't every company have to pay a living wage? hack89 Jul 2013 #56

All it takes is legislation - raise the minimum wage. nt TBF Jul 2013 #58

So why didn't the DC council do that? hack89 Jul 2013 #59

Dunno - but I concede you make a good point. TBF Jul 2013 #60

Fuck Walmart. I am so sick of subsidizing millionaires. nt TBF Jul 2013 #57

WalMart seems to assume DC can't survive without them. JohnnyRingo Jul 2013 #62

DC assumes that the majority of workers don't need a living wage hack89 Jul 2013 #63

Isn't that discriminatory? malthaussen Jul 2013 #65

$12.50 is still a pittance compared to an actual living wage (esp in DC) AllyCat Jul 2013 #66

K & R !!! WillyT Jul 2013 #68

About time VA_Jill Jul 2013 #69

Even when I worked there 47of74 Jul 2013 #73

Who else is effected by this? neffernin Jul 2013 #70

this is my take ... I maybe wrong ... but this is how I see it. littlewolf Jul 2013 #72

Having different minimums for different employers is dumb. Pterodactyl Jul 2013 #77