That’s the thing about socialism; there isn’t any money in it.
Perhaps the AI that wrote the article has confused the wages paid to the slaves in China that make every last thing that Walmart sells with the wages that people in stores are paid.
I had similar conversations with my brain addled Marxist brother many years ago.
This is easy.
The author is a brainwashed young skull full ‘o mush.
The unions are SALIVATING to get into Walmart, so they constantly spread lies about the company. Walmart may have its issues, but one of them isn’t about keeping their employees on EBT cards.
Ultimately, most jobs at Walmart (cashier/stocker) are entry level jobs that SHOULD have lower pay because not much skill is needed to perform those duties. Entry level jobs pay entry level wages. It’s also an incentive to gain more skills so that you can improve your career and make more money.
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I have TWO choices where I live for groceries - a Super-Duper Walmart or the Piggly Wiggly - a Wisconsin-owned chain of grocery stores. I shop both depending upon what is on sale any given week.
At the Walmart I have WATCHED the young woman who used to load my grocery order (started using it during Covid-BS-19 and LOVE it!) who told me she and her family were basically HOMELESS, and now, less than a year later, she is a Department Manager in the store! She is a hard worker and a delightful person. She (and her husband!) have pulled themselves UP the ladder in both of their jobs. He is in Construction.
At ‘The Pig’ as we affectionately call it, everyone beside the key Managers are either HS Kids or a Retiree looking to make a few bucks or looking to have something to do. Their Bakery is AMAZING - filled with retired Norwegian Grandmas who KNOW how to bake! I know the kids are making upwards of $15/hour. (I asked!) There are NO 30-something Wage Earners supporting families while working there. They all have REAL jobs. ;)
No one in my immediate area is starving to death working in a retail store, ‘Jacobin.’
No one in all of America is starving, ‘Jacobin.’ Even those that don’t WANT to work!
You get paid for what you bring to the job.
Retail is usually an-entry level job.
Gives you some experience for your next job.
Wal*Mart is on my “Only if I must” list for shopping for various reasons. However, none of those reasons have to do with their wages. They actually pay fairly well and have done so for at least the past three decades.
Sam Walton broke the power of the Chicken Men who held this county in an economic stranglehold and did pay starvation wages.
When he paid more people flocked to the jobs Sam offerd. So the Chicken Men had a chance to give their employees a (back then) 25 cents an hour wage, and they chose not to do it. They went to Mexico and brought in legal immigrants who would still work for their starvation wages.
Today Benton and Washington Counties Arkansas are two of the richest counties in the South.
Nobody is forced to work at Walmart. Enough people go elsewhere and they’ll jack up wages (and prices).