WALMART HOLDS FOOD DRIVE FOR ITS OWN EMPLOYEES!

Friend, Walmart doesn't pay workers enough for them to afford Thanksgiving dinner, so they're holding a food drives for their employees. Seriously. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that Walmart stores in Ohio have bins set up for underpaid associates to donate canned goods to other underpaid associates.1 We have a better idea, Walmart: Pay your workers enough to put food on the table. If you agree, please RSVP at to join the Walmart Strikers in their fight for fair wages and respect at work. It's great that workers are looking out for one another, but nobody who works for one of the richest companies in the world should have to worry about not having enough to eat. This is hardly the first time Walmart has asked for charity so they can avoid paying employees enough to get by. Low-income workers still need food, housing and healthcare, so taxpayers end up paying up to $1.7 million in public benefits per Walmart Superstore.2 We're proud to stand with the workers who think they should be able to afford their own Thanksgiving dinners. Join us on Black Friday to show the workers you have their back. In solidarity, Alesa Mackool SEIU Sources: 1. Is Walmart's request of associates to help provide Thanksgiving dinner for co-workers proof of low wages?, The Plain Dealer, 11/18/13 2. Walmart holding canned food drive for its own underpaid employees, ThinkProgress, 11/18/13