Posted on 11/19/2013 8:04:27 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
"Please donate food items so associates in need can enjoy Thanksgiving dinner," reads a sign accompanied by several plastic bins.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer first reported on the food drive, which has sparked outrage in the area.
"That Wal-Mart would have the audacity to ask low-wage workers to donate food to other low-wage workers — to me, it is a moral outrage," Norma Mills, a customer at the store, told the Plain Dealer.
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“That Wal-Mart would have the audacity to ask low-wage workers to donate food to other low-wage workers — to me, it is a moral outrage,” Norma Mills, a customer at the store, told the Plain Dealer.”
PIMP THAT MEME!!
With hundreds of thousands of employees, a house burns down every day, a tornado takes an employee’s house, floods, car crashes, someone is diagnosed with cancer, etc.
But noting that doesn’t fit the MediaMatters/SEIU-approved meme.
I’m not fan of Wal-Mart - big business will get into bed with big Government anytime they can - but on the other hand, I imagine there is more to the story than what is stated.
Every business enterprise of size, regardless of how well employees are compensated, has employees experiencing needy times. This is a uncalled-for dig at Wal-Mart.
Yep...
“”This store has been doing this for several years and is for associates that have faced an extreme hardship recently,” spokesman Kory Lundberg told us.
Lundberg says an example of this would be a recent layoff in the family or some other financial hardship.”
My daughter was born on Thanksgiving 41 years ago. Your picture was my dinner that day.
Counter Headline: Wal-Mart Forbids Employees from Assisting Fellow Employees Who Lost Homes to Fire, Hurricane, Tornado, Divorce, Death
Better?
Walmart defends collections for employees
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/19/walmart-canton-collections/3636729/
It is illegal for private citizens/enterprises to do so, and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
I remember as a small boy having the luxury of getting TWO of these one Thanksgiving. I liked it very much.
Of course you will never hear about how much food Walmart donates to local food banks.
People don’t go into business thinking of how many people they need to produce their product. They go into business to make money producing their product and fill that need with workers “willing” to work for the wage they’re paid. People do not go into business to be a welfare organization.
EVERY small business owner that I know has been hit pretty hard economically by the current administraton’s hostile anti-business policies, taxes, and regulations with the exception of ever needed staple industries like cosmetologists, waiters, plumbers, landscaping companies, etc...many of which don’t pay anywhere near the same tax revenue, if at all...
EVERY small business owner that I know has been hit pretty hard economically by the current administraton’s hostile anti-business policies, taxes, and regulations with the exception of ever needed staple industries like cosmetologists, waiters, plumbers, landscaping companies, etc...many of which don’t pay anywhere near the same tax revenue, if at all...
It is spelled UNION.
Ya know thats kinda sad. We pay a crappy wage, so lets donate help our fellow employees. Merry Christmas!!
That TV dinner actually looks pretty good right now.
Reminds me of when I was a kid in the 70’s.
Sorry, don’t see this as outrageous. Lot of families have been hard hit by this economy, some more than others.
Employees aren’t forced to comply with this program, they can opt out, unlike some other things going on right now.
Er.. so it would be better if they didn’t do anything to assist their poorer employees? There’s another article recently that chastises Wal-mart for informing their employees about government assistance, such as food stamps. The liberals are making a big deal out of that one too. So they shouldn’t do that either? Should they act like a convenience store employer and just pay the wages and benefits required by law and not do anything else?
Bullshit. You don't know what you're talking about. Wal Mart pays a very competitive wage for retail work. They have a decent benefits package and a great upward mobility program for their associates.
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