[Tuco-bad]

I guess Wal-Mart still pays their workers minimum wage.

Slavery is alive and well in the U.S.

[reagan_fanatic]

"I guess Wal-Mart still pays their workers minimum wage.
Slavery is alive and well in the U.S."

My wife works at WalMart. In two years time she has been given four raises.
Granted, her wages aren't quite up there with Donald Trump's yet, but it's a good salary at a job she loves to do.

If you don't work, or do a poor job, minimum wage is where you'll stay.
Do your job, do it good, and your wages will increase. WalMart is a successful company who has EARNED the business they now enjoy.

Deal with it.

[freekitty]

You bet they do and they reserve the right to go in and demote and lower everyone's pay and up their hours of work at any time.

[tcostell]

Slavery is alive and well in the U.S.

Slavery can only be imposed with the use of force. Since it is only the government which can use force to achieve its goals (in the US anyway), then only the government can institute slavery. Since a minimum wage (or any wage controls at all) can be viewed as fixing the value of someone's labor in spite of it's value in the market, then this could be viewed as a form of slavery.

Another spin on this might be that if the government forces one person's labor to be valued at a lower value simply to lend preference to another individual (or group) then this might be viewed as slavery as well.

So by not eliminating that minimum wage law, the government could be viewed as promoting a brand of slavery, but personally I think it's a harsh assessment.

I'm sure this is what you meant right? What does this have to do with the people who work at wal-mart of their own free will?

[Corin Stormhands]

I guess Wal-Mart still pays their workers minimum wage.

Cashiers in our area start between $6-7 per hour. I should know, my wife works for our local Wal-Mart in the accounting office.

It's worked well for us because she works nights on weekends so we haven't had to put the youngest in child care. She's leaving there to go back to teaching part-time this fall.

But from our experience, Wal-Mart has been an excellent company to work for.

[SamAdams76]

I guess Wal-Mart still pays their workers minimum wage.

Don't seem to remember the "mom-and-pops" paying any better. In fact most of them paid even worse if you consider the total lack of benefits. I remember working at a "mom-and-pop" for $2.00 a hour under the table (they wouldn't put me on their official payroll). The minimum wage at the time was $2.65.