Is Walmart's request of associates to help provide Thanksgiving dinner for co-workers proof of low wages?

[mota bhai 2,675]

The Walmart on Atlantic Boulevard in Canton is collecting food for employees who can't afford Thanksgiving dinner. The company said this is proof that employees look out for one another. The group of employees who have held national strikes against the world's largest retailer says the food drive is proof Walmart doesn't pay associates enough to survive. The Organization United for Respect at Walmart, or OUR Walmart, is holding strikes against the chain at stores in Dayton and Cincinnati on Monday, Nov. 18.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The storage containers are attractively displayed at the Walmart on Atlantic Boulevard in Canton. The bins are lined up in alternating colors of purple and orange. Some sit on tables covered with golden yellow tablecloths. Others peer out from under the tables.

This isn't a merchandise display. It's a food drive - not for the community, but for needy workers.

"Please Donate Food Items Here, so Associates in Need Can Enjoy Thanksgiving Dinner," read signs affixed to the tablecloths.

The food drive tables are tucked away in an employees-only area. They are another element in the backdrop of the public debate about salaries for cashiers, stock clerks and other low-wage positions at Walmart, as workers in Cincinnati and Dayton are scheduled to go on strike Monday.

Is the food drive proof the retailer pays so little that many employees can't afford Thanksgiving dinner?

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Kory Lundberg, a Walmart spokesman, said the food drive is proof that employees care about each other.

"It is for associates who have had some hardships come up," he said. "Maybe their spouse lost a job.

"This is part of the company's culture to rally around associates and take care of them when they face extreme hardships," he said.

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/11/is_walmarts_request_of_associa.html

[Penny Lane 8,159]

This is insane.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Wow

[Sarah Elle-Même 660]

Figures.

But they make their employees work on thanksgiving now. No need for turkeys.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Figures.

But they make their employees work on thanksgiving now. No need for turkeys.

They get to make money that day as opposed to stay home and get poorer.

[Sarah Elle-Même 660]

They get to make money that day as opposed to stay home and get poorer.

With low wage shift jobs and nearly no benefits they will never be anything but poor.

[mota bhai 2,675]

With low wage shift jobs and nearly no benefits they will never be anything but poor.

Too bad, they should have made better use of their public education.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

The Walmart on Atlantic Boulevard in Canton is collecting food for employees who can't afford Thanksgiving dinner. The company said this is proof that employees look out for one another. The group of employees who have held national strikes against the world's largest retailer says the food drive is proof Walmart doesn't pay associates enough to survive. The Organization United for Respect at Walmart, or OUR Walmart, is holding strikes against the chain at stores in Dayton and Cincinnati on Monday, Nov. 18.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The storage containers are attractively displayed at the Walmart on Atlantic Boulevard in Canton. The bins are lined up in alternating colors of purple and orange. Some sit on tables covered with golden yellow tablecloths. Others peer out from under the tables.

This isn't a merchandise display. It's a food drive - not for the community, but for needy workers.

"Please Donate Food Items Here, so Associates in Need Can Enjoy Thanksgiving Dinner," read signs affixed to the tablecloths.

The food drive tables are tucked away in an employees-only area. They are another element in the backdrop of the public debate about salaries for cashiers, stock clerks and other low-wage positions at Walmart, as workers in Cincinnati and Dayton are scheduled to go on strike Monday.

Is the food drive proof the retailer pays so little that many employees can't afford Thanksgiving dinner?

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Kory Lundberg, a Walmart spokesman, said the food drive is proof that employees care about each other.

"It is for associates who have had some hardships come up," he said. "Maybe their spouse lost a job.

"This is part of the company's culture to rally around associates and take care of them when they face extreme hardships," he said.

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/11/is_walmarts_request_of_associa.html

That's just F'ed up

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Too bad, they should have made better use of their public education.

Blame the people who are still working hard opposed to welfare, food stamps and robbing? You should commend these people for going to these nothing jobs and stacking the food you are buying.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Blame the people who are still working hard opposed to welfare, food stamps and robbing? You should commend these people for going to these nothing jobs and stacking the food you are buying.

Someone has to do those jobs. Not everyone gets to be CEO.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Someone has to do those jobs. Not everyone gets to be CEO.

I know this but don't be down on them because someone has to do it.

We should be nice to the people we get our service from. You don't want spit in your hamburger meat.

[mota bhai 2,675]

I know this but don't be down on them because someone has to do it.

We should be nice to the people we get our service from. You don't want spit in your hamburger meat.

Don't worry, I'm always nice to them when it counts. I only reveal my true feelings about them here on VJ where they can't see because they can't afford the K1 petition fee.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Don't worry, I'm always nice to them when it counts. I only reveal my true feelings about them here on VJ where they can't see because they can't afford the K1 petition fee.

Sooooooooo evil.

[mota bhai 2,675]

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Hahahahaha