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A Canton, Ohio Walmart holds a canned food drive for its own employees

Walmart has received a lot of criticism in recent years, in recent months especially, for the treatment of its workers. This is especially due to the low-wages Walmart employees are typically paid. The validity of this claim won't be painted in any clearer fashion than at a Canton, Ohio Walmart, where a holiday canned food drive is being held for its employees, so that they may enjoy Thanksgiving dinner. Oddly enough, even if the canned food drive is successful, many Walmart employees will have to work on Black Friday, which, oddly enough, will begin at 6 pm on Thanksgiving day.

Walmart spokesperson Kory Lundberg had this to say about the drive: "This is part of the company's culture to rally around associates and take care of them when they face extreme hardships."

How sad is that? It's part of the "company's culture to rally around associates and take care of them when they face extreme hardships"? How about the wild idea of taking care of them by paying them more per hour so these events don't need to be held?

What Walmart President and CEO Bill Simon, who estimated that the majority of the store's associates makes less than $25,000 a year (the federal poverty line is $23,550), is essentially saying is this:

"Happy Thanksgiving to all of my fellow Walmartians! Now, I know you'll all be working on Thanksgiving and you probably don't make enough money to buy the food necessary to cook a big meal after that Thursday and Friday either, but I still want to give my sincerest thanks to all of you for working for next to nothing and making it possible for a man like me to become rich, get richer, and spend the holiday with my loved ones. Suckers..." ::as he smiles and flips them off with both hands::

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/11/18/2960371/walmart-food-drive/
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