Not All Big Companies Pay Minimum Wage And Treat Animals And People Like Dirt

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.upworthy.com/not-all-big-companies-pay-minimum-wage-and-treat-animals-and-people-like-dirt?c=upw1

Brandon Weber

Sometimes I get flak from people on the Innerwebz when I shine the spotlight on companies doing bad. You know, Walmart, McDonald's, and many more.

So when I find out more about companies who treat employees and animals fairly and have a social conscience, I kinda get giddy. Like, silly giddy. (Oh, and my favorite from Ben & Jerry's many, many flavors? Pistachio Pistachio. I'm funny that way.)





MUCH more at link!!!!!

(Note: This is not a paid ad for Ben & Jerry's. I just really felt the need to demonstrate that there are, in fact, good companies out there and note the ways they show it.)

Fact Check Time!

1. Greyston Bakery, where the brownies are made, provides jobs for the unemployed.

2. The starting wage is actually higher now; $16.13 as of 2013. The salary ration thing was changed in the 1990s, but the company is still "committed to paying all of our ... full time workers a livable wage ... . Every year, we recalculate the livable wage to make sure it's keeping up with the actual cost of living in Vermont."

3. Its treatment of cows.

4. Its support of marriage equality.

5. Employees can take home 3 pints a day. Wow.

[shenmue]

1. I like them a lot

For many reasons.

[muntrv]

2. I always liked the Oreo cookie presentation regarding defense spending.