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"Employees at an Ohio Wal-Mart store are being asked to donate canned goods to help out co-workers who don?t have enough to eat at the holidays.
?Please Donate Food Items Here, so Associates in Need Can Enjoy Thanksgiving Dinner,? reads a sign near bins tucked away in an employees-only area at the Canton store.
Wal-Mart employees in Cincinnati and Dayton were scheduled to strike Monday to demand higher wages for cashiers, stock clerks and other positions at the retailing giant, which was the target of a blistering congressional report that found many employees were paid so little that they were pushed onto public assistance.
A Wal-Mart spokesman said the food drive, which was photographed and shared on social media, was proof that employees care about each other.
?It is for associates who have had some hardships come up,? said company spokesman Kory Lundberg. ?Maybe their spouse lost a job.
Lundberg said the food drive was set up by the Canton store, but it could be considered to in line with the company?s Associates in Critical Need Trust that?s funded by employee contributions and grants up to $1,500 to assist in hardships such as homelessness, mental illness and major auto repairs.
One employee said she found food drive containers in her locker about two weeks ago and took photos to send to Organization United for Respect at Wal-Mart, which is organizing the strikes elsewhere in Ohio."
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"Employees at an Ohio Wal-Mart store are being asked to donate canned goods to help out co-workers who don?t have enough to eat at the holidays.
?Please Donate Food Items Here, so Associates in Need Can Enjoy Thanksgiving Dinner,? reads a sign near bins tucked away in an employees-only area at the Canton store.
Wal-Mart employees in Cincinnati and Dayton were scheduled to strike Monday to demand higher wages for cashiers, stock clerks and other positions at the retailing giant, which was the target of a blistering congressional report that found many employees were paid so little that they were pushed onto public assistance.
A Wal-Mart spokesman said the food drive, which was photographed and shared on social media, was proof that employees care about each other.
?It is for associates who have had some hardships come up,? said company spokesman Kory Lundberg. ?Maybe their spouse lost a job.
Lundberg said the food drive was set up by the Canton store, but it could be considered to in line with the company?s Associates in Critical Need Trust that?s funded by employee contributions and grants up to $1,500 to assist in hardships such as homelessness, mental illness and major auto repairs.
One employee said she found food drive containers in her locker about two weeks ago and took photos to send to Organization United for Respect at Wal-Mart, which is organizing the strikes elsewhere in Ohio."
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