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February 20, 2015

Wal-Mart Wage Hike Falls Far Short of Worker Demands 
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Wal-Mart has announced it will raise its minimum wage to $9 an hour in
April, and $10 next year, in a move that will impact about half a
million low-wage workers. The increase falls far short of the
$15-an-hour living wage demanded by workers who have launched historic
strikes against Wal-Mart — and reported retaliation from the
company for joining the protests. A 2012 analysis found the six heirs to
the Wal-Mart fortune have as much wealth as the bottom 40 percent of the
United States combined.

 

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