Walmart management and shoppers react as food drive for store employees gains national attention
Posted: 11/19/2013
CANTON, Ohio - Controversy continues to swirl around a Canton Walmart because of a Thanksgiving food drive inside the store.
Employees are donating food, but not to the community. The non-perishable items are being collected for co-workers.
A picture of colored bins placed on the floor of an employee-only area, along with a sign that reads, "Please donate food items here so associates in need can enjoy Thanksgiving", has spurred a nationwide debate on wages at Walmart.
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Snip~ "When people want to share and do something right, don't nitpick it apart and try to make it look like a bad thing, because it is not." Zurbrugg said.
Walmart said the national hourly rate for full-time associates is $12.57. However the group Our Walmart places the average salary between $8 and $10 an hour.
Minimum wage in Ohio is $7.85.
"We didn't create any standard of wages in the United States of America by any means. We do give raises every single year and a lot of places can't say that. You get 40 to 60 cents here at Walmart every single year," Zurbrugg said."
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