“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.
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.
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?
And now the rest of the story.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/19/walmart-canton-collections/3636729/
“The donation containers are displayed at a Walmart in Canton, Ohio, some sitting on tables in an employees-only area, others underneath tables, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.”
More yellow journalism from Salon and Business Insider
If it's for specific workers who have had a unusually difficult year, then that's fine.
It’s a great idea.Everyone has extra canned goods.We used to do that and let people just take what they wanted.One time a man walked in and handed me a fresh turkey-just plopped it in my arms.I tried to say we don’t have anyway to keep it cold but he left that fast.The next person that walked in took it.:)
Walmart...you’re making it very hard for us to defend you to our liberal friends.
To date that is still my favorite Thanksgiving dinner. And I top t off with a Dallas Cowboys victory.