Wal-Mart asks employees to donate canned goods to workers who don?t have enough to eat
 

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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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Why on earth do you think we care about that?

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Plans to spread cash from a controversial windfarm's community fund across the whole of Perth and Kinross have been slammed by opponents.

The £160,000 pot was expected to be dispensed to groups around the Calliacher windfarm site as compensation for the scheme being established in rural Perthshire.

The practice of establishing a community investment fund is a common sop from developers to residents based around large-scale windfarms.

In a change of policy, Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has revealed only half the fund will be spent in the immediate Amulree area, with the rest potentially distributed further afield.

The company insists there will actually be more money in the pot from the windfarm, which was controversially passed by the Scottish Government amid bitter local opposition.

Aberfeldy's Victor Clements said: ''I am uncomfortable with this. I would certainly agree that the additional money should be spread over a bigger area, but Perth and Kinross is too large, the money would have to be spread too thinly.

''This money will have been generated in Highland Perthshire. The benefit money is compensation to us. Now, half of it is to be used elsewhere, possibly to plug a hole in another budget or to deliver an unfunded commitment that would otherwise not progress. This would be like taking money out of our Common Good Fund for projects elsewhere.''

Fellow Aberfeldy resident Andrew Pointer said: ''Highland Perthshire has had two windfarms undemocratically imposed upon us and our unspoilt landscape has been severely tarnished.

''When these schemes were first mooted the developers clearly stated the cash would only go to the directly-affected community council areas. To disperse these funds throughout the wider area of Perth and Kinross is therefore unacceptable.

''However, given that extra cash is going to come from Calliacher and that this windfarm will have a much greater impact on the Loch Tay mountain landscape, then I would not be against the fund being spread wider to include the communities around Loch Tay, Glen Lyon and Rannoch, so they too can get some redress from this renewables scam, which could yet prove a serious impediment to our tourism economy.''

The 14-turbine Calliacher development was passed by Scottish ministers after a lengthy and expensive public inquiry in 2010, despite being rejected by Perth and Kinross Council. Although building work has not even started yet, SSE has already won the right to increase the original size of its turbines to 100 metres. The firm's Ross Easton said its rule changes will actually see more money spent on community projects in the area.

He said: ''The new Calliacher windfarm will be the first to fall under our new community investment policy, which is similar in some ways but more advanced than other areas.

''Rather than the previous £2000 per megawatt which is placed in the fund, it is £5000 per megawatt which is then split: 50% to the regional fund of all Perth and Kinross and 50% within the local area.

''So, the fund is increased by £500 per megawatt and there is also the potential that the regional fund money will be spent locally as well, providing things like skills development, community energy schemes and environmental projects.''

Dull and Weem Community Council chairwoman Marjorie Keddie said the matter will be discussed at its meeting this week. She said: ''I don't know what the community council position will be but personally I don't have much problem with it.

''My only reservation is that they seem to want to do an awful lot with a very little amount of money regionally and that money would be a windfall locally.''

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You don't have Wal-Mart where you live or you'd understand why :2 cents:

But you do where you live? ;)

It's funny how we all bash Wal Mart, but everyone I know loves Target. Yet Wal Mart pays it's employees more, and has more full time employees per store. But everyone bitches at Wal Mart and loves Target. (I love Target myself.)

they should just pay them more, fuckers

Not far from a large store owned by Wal-Mart which is well known for paying ultra-low wages :2 cents:

Or give them a discount on food :2 cents:

But not a wal-mart.

I know they pay people shit salary. But I still don't see how that "news" is even remotely relevant here or why anyone would care. I know you post 99% conspiracy crap, so I guess some real info is useful, but it's just so... no relevant in any way to anything.

If people don't like wal-mart, don't shop there. How hard can that be.

It's a Wal-Mart in disguise under another name.

You should go to the threads you want bumped up rather than bumping up ones that don't interest you :winkwink:

OP is why some people should not have internet access

I'm surprised you don't shop at WalMart all the time.

Asda it is then

I saw this and thought about posting but to be honest who cares. I have never gone into a walmart and never will. Feel sorry for anyone who has the misfortune of working for them.

They bash Wal-Mart because it's the biggest and in bed with the lawmakers, as for Target they're pretty bad too these days, in fact very bad :2 cents:

:thumbsup

They can afford to give their employees mini after-hours shopping sprees as Christmas bonuses and even claim to donate over $1mil/day to other causes...

Wal-Mart's probably going to just resell the donated food..

When you READ THE ARTICLE it clearly states the food is intended for employees that have had a sudden loss of income. Sudden stop of a second income by spouse losing a job, child support payments being late, illness, etc.

Not a bad idea and really.

WalMart does not pay more than Target. But they do still suck.

You misspelled a work - fixed it for you :thumbsup

pssst... minimum wage is too low.. raising it would bring millions out of the welfare system.. pass it on.

Classic Wal-Fart move...take take take.

Scum of the earth fuckers!

Fucking pathetic, if wal mart cares so much they should not ask workers to donate food. Wal mart should be the ones to donate food to the workers in need.

walmart is a known quantity. get a better paying job or stfu. I personally like going there and buying cheap plastic chinese shit

+1 :thumbsup