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Solly Mack

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16. I'm appalled.

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Tue Nov 19, 2013, 01:12 PM

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Pic Of The Moment: Here's How WalMart Are Thanking Their Employees This Year [View all] EarlG Nov 2013 OP

Disgusting. geardaddy Nov 2013 #1

Walmarts response... Gary 50 Nov 2013 #2

Those ads make me want to throw up! Initech Nov 2013 #20

It's quite telling to me that they have no shame in doing this and are pretending Nay Nov 2013 #3

TELL THE SENATE: WE WANT A $10 MINIMUM WAGE mc51tc Nov 2013 #4

Too low. daleanime Nov 2013 #6

$15 now with 6 month increases of $.75 until we hit obxhead Nov 2013 #40

I like the way you think daleanime Nov 2013 #53

$10 is a joke. Mika Nov 2013 #7

Be careful who you call a troll! Read the rules! mc51tc Nov 2013 #9

I agree, $10 is a vast improvement over $7, but OUR Walmart is campaigning for $25K/yr ($13/hour). SunSeeker Nov 2013 #18

So, why do you think that there's so much low-balling on the min wage here? Mika Nov 2013 #26

Dunno. We've been pounded so long that a lot of us think $10 is good? It is, compared to $7. nt SunSeeker Nov 2013 #27

To be fair Tien1985 Nov 2013 #51

I'm convinced $15.00 should be the minimum. airplaneman Nov 2013 #8

Just read that Seattle is pushing for 15.00 minimum. n/t dixiegrrrrl Nov 2013 #10

Great and Washington DC look like they are trying to do better to. n/t. airplaneman Nov 2013 #12

Huh??? ReRe Nov 2013 #19

Forget the minimum wage hike, Corporations have gotten too good at working around it. Amimnoch Nov 2013 #48

Almost half a trillion made last year... KansDem Nov 2013 #5

Wish they old "truth in advsertising" laws were back. lark Nov 2013 #11

A Walmart spokesperson responded to this by saying AndyA Nov 2013 #13

What's scary is Ahpook Nov 2013 #35

He's absolutely right tavernier Nov 2013 #42

What if a corporation's minimum wage was tied to its profit? valerief Nov 2013 #14

No, they would find a way to rig that and most people still work for smaller employers... glowing Nov 2013 #31

You don't get my point. Your minimum wage would be my basement wage. If a corporation made, say, valerief Nov 2013 #47

I'm Speechless. Ganja Ninja Nov 2013 #15

I'm appalled. Solly Mack Nov 2013 #16

What is Walmart Corporate going to put in those bins? Why are only $7/hr workers contributing?! SunSeeker Nov 2013 #17

If Wal-Mart gave all their employees a turkey for Thanksgiving fasttense Nov 2013 #57

How much profit is too much??? Initech Nov 2013 #21

I suppose the Walton family will kick in a can of beans LiberalEsto Nov 2013 #22

Wow abelenkpe Nov 2013 #23

I heard that they sneak the canned goods back out onto the shelves rather than giving them Jackpine Radical Nov 2013 #24

They didn't create their wealth, they inherited it. No smarts needed. SunSeeker Nov 2013 #28

Yup. It's called the "lucky sperm club." CTyankee Nov 2013 #32

The Waltons disabling their collective conscienc is sorta like Jackpine Radical Nov 2013 #39

Greed..plain and simple!!! blue14u Nov 2013 #25

There's the rub Flatpicker Nov 2013 #30

In some areas of the country, there is no choice. They long ago shuttered main st and any other glowing Nov 2013 #33

But I would be Flatpicker Nov 2013 #37

I see your point as you and I blue14u Nov 2013 #50

This is the exact reason I have not shopped there in the last seven years. JimboBillyBubbaBob Nov 2013 #29

But on the TV machine they just had an ad about how happy and feeling good their employees are Botany Nov 2013 #34

This is disgusting. Do they have no shame? Paper Roses Nov 2013 #36

They couldn't put it where the customers could see it, of course rocktivity Nov 2013 #38

I...I...I have no words. emmadoggy Nov 2013 #41

WalMart and Corporate America... jjewell Nov 2013 #43

This is truly one of the saddest things I've ever seen. n/t devils chaplain Nov 2013 #44

But a higher MW will put TEEN-AGERS out of work!! WinkyDink Nov 2013 #45

Unreal, EarlG! Nervy Sociopaths. Cha Nov 2013 #46

oh wally, you guys know how to love those employees! haha Divine Discontent Nov 2013 #49

Does anyone know where the Waltons live? Gumboot Nov 2013 #52

I guess they believe in socialism after all CubicleGuy Nov 2013 #54

I thought your pic would be of them waiting on crass people who insist on shopping on T-Giving nt rpannier Nov 2013 #55

They have to keep those employees hungry. Enthusiast Nov 2013 #56

sad riverbendviewgal Nov 2013 #58

Gouge forth and suffer Blue Owl Nov 2013 #59