Tag: Walmart

I am sure that most of you have seen articles or social media posts that find fault with retailers who use self check out lanes. It takes jobs away from real people. Which is true. But today some of those same people are excited about going to a bar where…

Stop selling guns:

Yes, you read me correctly. The CEO of a Seattle based credit card payment processing firm with 120 employees announced Monday he plans to raise the salaries of every single employee to at least $70,000.00 annually over the next three years, which translates roughly to $34.00 per hour for a…

Walmart is making a big deal out of its announcement that the mega-profitable mega-retailer will raise wages in the next 12 months, up to a $10.00 an hour starting wage by February of 2016. What’s left out of Walmart’s announcement is that statutory minimum wage hikes in multiple states across…

City officials in Portland, Oregon, announced last week that they’re divesting the city’s investment portfolio of 36 million dollars worth of holdings in Walmart. The decision comes after the adoption of a socially responsible investment protocol by the Portland City Council last year, which now evaluates holdings that may spur…

Conservatives just love to throw out the phrase “welfare queens” as an attempt to stereotype recipients of public benefits, but here’s an interesting fact: Wisconsin’s biggest “welfare queens” are actually some of Wisconsin’s biggest businesses, as noted by the state’s own BadgerCare enrollment data. Here’s a list of the top…

In an investigation and negotiation with Wal-Mart over alleged abusive labor practices that have been ongoing since November of 2013, the NLRB has finally brought charges against the retailer: The NLRB said the retailer illegally fired, disciplined or threatened more than 60 employees in 14 states for participating in legally…

I’ve been reading and finding a bunch of articles worth reading about our state and about the country. Here they are: The Atlantic, Forbes, Public Campaign, Salon