Jeez, Wal-Mart's all heart, aren't they?

[ceebeegee]

From the Washington Post:

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. initially closed 156 stores in the affected areas. As of yesterday afternoon, 46 were closed. Before the hurricane hit, workers were given a toll-free number to call for assistance or to find out if their store had reopened.

Wal-Mart employees whose stores were shut received pay for the first three days the store was closed, whether they were scheduled to work or not. Employees who need money for food or clothes can ask store managers for $250 in cash assistance. Employees whose stores do not reopen in three days will be provided temporary work at other Wal-Mart or Sam's Club stores if they can get there, according to a Wal-Mart spokeswoman.

This company underpays its indentured servants employees and wiggles out of giving them health benefits any way it can, and has profits greater than the GDP of some countries. And it can't help its destitute workers any better than that? "We'll pay you for three days, then you'll have to find your way to (even though you don't have a car or money, which is why you're here in the first place) another store where we'll continue to pay you the stingiest wages possible." Cheap fuckers. So glad I've never been in one.

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[mollyx.livejournal.com]

I officially don't want to hear anyone try to tell me Wal-Mart is not evil.
It's the evil freakin' empire.

That's some chutzpah, Jack.