Word: wal
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Bush Administration would still prefer that you head directly to the store - it's faster that way, and there are Republican political careers riding on this tax cut working out for the best. Stores would certainly prefer that you spend it with them - Wal-Mart, for one, is offering a rebate-check cashing service right on premises...
...WAL-MART Suit claims 500,000 women got lower pay than men. Is that a lawyer in aisle...
...Truthfully I was actually impressed by Wal-Mart's corporate stance on discrimination. They seemed to take it very seriously. We had a lengthy computer training and were told very clearly not to discriminate against our fellow employees, based on race, gender, ethnicity, etc. One of the vignettes they used was one on gender bias. They showed a man telling a woman she "couldn't" do some type of job related act (such as lifting) because she was a woman. They made it very clear this type of behavior wouldn't be tolerated. So the case is interesting because...
...have to remember that Wal-Mart is one of the largest (if not the largest) retailers in the country. So I'm surprised, but I'm not surprised. Being so large, in some respects it acts as if it's above the law. For instance, one thing I was surprised to find out from other employees is that Wal-Mart doesn't pay overtime. I was shocked - since it's such a flagrant violation of the law. They seem to take a "let's wait and see if we get challenged on this" and then we'll fight, approach...
...They ranged in age from women in their 20's to women in their 70's. In the store I worked at they were mostly white and natural born Americans. Many were mothers. A lot had second jobs because they were unable to make a living wage on their Wal-Mart earnings alone. Some would work an eight-hour shift one place then turn around and put in six hours at Wal-Mart. They had families that depended on them...