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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWalmart Employees Place Food Donation Bins at Doorstep of Alice Walton's $25 Million Condo
Workers are protesting low wages and the chain store's callous reaction to them during the holidays.In response to the demoralizing food donation bins placed in some stores to help out its underpaid employees, Walmart workers have chained a massive donation bin in front of the luxury Manhattan apartment of heiress Alice Walton, daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton.
Last year, a Walmart store in Canton, Ohio placed donation bins inside an employee break room, which read: Please donate food items here so Associates in need can enjoy Thanksgiving dinner. Employees snapped photos of the bins and shared them on social media to the outrage of many on the Internet.
Despite the outcry, a store in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma recently placed similar donation bins there and workers in Indiana are reporting that managers are organizing bake sales and encouraging workers to support their colleagues with food donations, causing a flare-up on the Internet.
The bin that was chained in front of Waltons $25 million Park Avenue condo reads: Walmart Owner Alice Walton: We dont want charity. We want decent pay. Love, Walmart Workers.
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/walmart-employees-place-food-donation-bins-doorstep-alice-waltons-25-million-condo
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Walmart Employees Place Food Donation Bins at Doorstep of Alice Walton's $25 Million Condo (Original Post)
madokie
Nov 2014
OP
The liberal media will only report on protests of the rich, not any protests of the poor.
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
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RiverLover
(7,830 posts)1. Thank you Madokie, for making my morning!!!
Too cool.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)2. Kicked and recommended!
a kennedy
(29,672 posts)4. OMGosh, this is just perfect......
and where are the liberal news channels?? I'm sure this is NOT going to hit the airwaves.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)5. The liberal media will only report on protests of the rich, not any protests of the poor.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)6. Keeping quiet while they take Walmart Ad dollars.
They spend a ridiculous amount on advertising their junk this time of year while their employees cannot even afford a good Thanksgiving dinner.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)7. We need more of this type of action.
This is brilliant.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)10. A peaceful calling-out.
Limbaugh, if forced to take notice, will label it terrorism.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)8. KNR
ellie
(6,929 posts)9. $25 million for a condo?
These morons have more money than sense.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)11. Solid gold bathroom fixtures are a necessity of life, yanno.
Rhiannon12866
(205,467 posts)12. The least Wal-Mart could do is give their employees a holiday dinner
That's what they sell! It's right there on the shelves! Lots of places provide employees with a holiday turkey, including where I worked, and that was an office.