Wal-Mart is defending a Thanksgiving food drive that an Ohio store set up for its employees, saying workers there are “outraged” that their act of generosity is being twisted out of context.
If you've yet to see this, apparently, this store in Canton, Ohio, has been running a food drive for its employees by its employees for years. And supposedly, the associates are OK with that.
Wouldn't they be more OK with their employer paying them a living wage so they wouldn't need to help their fellow associates? Wal-Mart does have the highest number of employees on government assistance, after all.
Some would agree:
But the employee who snapped the photos saw the food drive as proof the company has failed to pay its employees substantial wages, said a representative for OUR Walmart.
"As Wal-Mart workers, we do come together and support each other, but we shouldn't have to collect food from or for each other when our employer is making $17 billion in profits. Wal-Mart should publicly commit to pay us $25,000 a year," said OUR Walmart's Tiffany Beroid. "We don't want handouts, we want an employer that pays us enough to cover Thanksgiving dinner for our families.”
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