Millions Of Workers Will Get A Raise On New Years Day
On January 1, 20 states will raise their minimum wages, while one — New York — will increase its wage...
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Minimum wage hike coming at more than 1,400 Walmart stores
Minimum wage increases will prompt Walmart Stores Inc to adjust base salaries at 1,434 stores, impacting about a third of...
Walmart Threatened Workers For Trying To Organize, Judge Rules
(Reuters) – An administrative law judge found Walmart threatened employees trying to organize workers at two stores in California, in...
Walmart workers plan Black Friday strike
For the third Black Friday running, America’s largest retailer is expected to face labor protests at locations across the country....
Walmart Workers Plan Black Friday Protests Over Wages
CHICAGO, Nov 14 (Reuters) – A group of Walmart employees pushing for higher wages said on Friday they were planning...
Walmart’s Inhumane Policies for Pregnant Workers
In February, Bene’t Holmes asked her manager at a Chicago Walmart to put her on lighter duty. She was four...
Is Wal-Mart Treating Workers Like Pop-Tarts?
Wal-Mart loves keeping track of data. For instance, the retail giant’s researchers know that before and after major storms, customers...
Pregnant Worker: This Is How Walmart Treated Me
Candis Riggins has a new baby. But, since she got fired from Walmart, she no longer has her job or...
The Bad Boss Tax: When Workers at Walmart Need Food Stamps to Survive, Should Walmart be Taxed Accordingly?
Can you name the worst job you’ve ever had? For Cliff Martin, that’s not an easy question. All three of...
Walmart Penalized For Closing Store Just After It Unionized
Walmart is known for resisting efforts to unionize its American workforce. But in Canada, one of its stores actually voted...
Wal-Mart flunks its fact-check: The truth behind its sarcastic response to the Times
Wal-Mart has a knack for proving its critics right. In its latest example, responding to an Op-Ed by the New...
Walmart’s Top-to-Bottom Taxpayer Subsidies
Low-income families weren’t the only ones hurt by cuts to food stamps last fall. Top Walmart executives also took a...
Corporate Power, Wal-Mart and the Undermining of the Democratic Process
Studies have shown a significant correlation between monies spent and the outcome of elections. While there are still instances where...
How McDonald’s and Wal-Mart Became Welfare Queens
The two biggest welfare queens in America today are Wal-Mart and McDonald’s.
Walmart: The Single Biggest Beneficiary of the Food Stamp Economy
In the series “The Secret Life of a Food Stamp,” Marketplace reporter Krissy Clark traces how big-box stores make billions...
