To: S. Robson Walton, Chairman, Walmart
Its time for Walmart to pay a living wage.
A Walmart store having to have a food drive for its employees is shameless, especially since the Walton family worth is equal to the bottom 30% of Americans combined. It is time for Walmart to pay its employees a living wage.
Why is this important?
This holiday season, a Walmart store in Canton, OH is having a food drive. How nice. Except this food drive is for its own employees. Yes, you read that correctly. Walmart pays so little that a charity food drive seems like a good idea.
But this is just the latest illustration of the poverty wages Walmart pays its employees. Clearly, it's time for Walmart to start paying it workers a wage they can live on.
Sign our petition to Walmart Chairman S. Robson Walton, demanding Walmart start to pay its employees a living wage.
Walmart's shady employment practices are well known. Instead of paying employees enough to eat, Walmart pays them so little that many qualify for food stamps. Instead of giving them a good health plan, Walmart pays them so little they qualify for Medicaid and food stamps.
This is how Walmart uses taxpayer dollars to subsidize astronomical profits for its owners, the Walton family -- a family which is currently worth as much as the bottom 30% of American families combined.
Having a food drive for your own employees illustrates Walmart's shameless labor practices.
Sign our petition to Walmart Chairman S. Robson Walton today, demanding Walmart start to pay its employees a living wage.
Thank you,
Erin Wagner
Digital Director
Progressives United
Progressives United was founded by former Senator Russ Feingold in February of 2011 to combat the corrupting influence of corporate money in our elections and government.
But this is just the latest illustration of the poverty wages Walmart pays its employees. Clearly, it's time for Walmart to start paying it workers a wage they can live on.
Sign our petition to Walmart Chairman S. Robson Walton, demanding Walmart start to pay its employees a living wage.
Walmart's shady employment practices are well known. Instead of paying employees enough to eat, Walmart pays them so little that many qualify for food stamps. Instead of giving them a good health plan, Walmart pays them so little they qualify for Medicaid and food stamps.
This is how Walmart uses taxpayer dollars to subsidize astronomical profits for its owners, the Walton family -- a family which is currently worth as much as the bottom 30% of American families combined.
Having a food drive for your own employees illustrates Walmart's shameless labor practices.
Sign our petition to Walmart Chairman S. Robson Walton today, demanding Walmart start to pay its employees a living wage.
Thank you,
Erin Wagner
Digital Director
Progressives United
Progressives United was founded by former Senator Russ Feingold in February of 2011 to combat the corrupting influence of corporate money in our elections and government.