The bill is backed by worker advocates and unions that say employees of big-box stores should earn a "living wage." It applies only to stores doing business in spaces of 75,000 feet or more.
It would require such stores to pay every employee no less than $12.50 an hour, up from D.C.'s current minimum wage of $8.25.
What great way to kept them out of your town, just increase the minimum wage.
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Walmart says it will cancel its plans to build three new stores in D.C. if local lawmakers approve a bill that would force the retailer to pay its employees at least $12.50 an hour.
Alex Barron, a regional general manager for Walmart U.S., writes in an op-ed published in the Washington Post Tuesday that the company feels the D.C. Council's proposed "living wage" legislation “would clearly inject unforeseen costs into the equation that will create an uneven playing field and challenge the fiscal health of our planned D.C. stores.”
Walmart currently has three other new stores under construction in the area, and Barron says those stores will also be jeopardized if the bill passes.
Read more: Walmart says it will kill plans to build 3 new stores if DC wage bill passes | Fox News
This is just stupid:
So people who work in big stores require 12.50 an hour to have a living wage, but people who work elsewhere only require 8.50? Despite living in the same town? With similar if not the same cost of living? How does that make sense?
This is just stupid:
So people who work in big stores require 12.50 an hour to have a living wage, but people who work elsewhere only require 8.50? Despite living in the same town? With similar if not the same cost of living? How does that make sense?
You mean almost 600 people won't be able to get part time jobs there, oh no the horror. Kind of hard to care about a company that employs mostly part time for **** wages not being able to build another store or two.What great way to kept them out of your town, just increase the minimum wage.
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Walmart says it will cancel its plans to build three new stores in D.C. if local lawmakers approve a bill that would force the retailer to pay its employees at least $12.50 an hour.
Alex Barron, a regional general manager for Walmart U.S., writes in an op-ed published in the Washington Post Tuesday that the company feels the D.C. Council's proposed "living wage" legislation “would clearly inject unforeseen costs into the equation that will create an uneven playing field and challenge the fiscal health of our planned D.C. stores.”
Walmart currently has three other new stores under construction in the area, and Barron says those stores will also be jeopardized if the bill passes.
Read more: Walmart says it will kill plans to build 3 new stores if DC wage bill passes | Fox News
What great way to kept them out of your town, just increase the minimum wage.
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Walmart says it will cancel its plans to build three new stores in D.C. if local lawmakers approve a bill that would force the retailer to pay its employees at least $12.50 an hour.
Alex Barron, a regional general manager for Walmart U.S., writes in an op-ed published in the Washington Post Tuesday that the company feels the D.C. Council's proposed "living wage" legislation “would clearly inject unforeseen costs into the equation that will create an uneven playing field and challenge the fiscal health of our planned D.C. stores.”
Walmart currently has three other new stores under construction in the area, and Barron says those stores will also be jeopardized if the bill passes.
Read more: Walmart says it will kill plans to build 3 new stores if DC wage bill passes | Fox News
What great way to kept them out of your town, just increase the minimum wage.
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Walmart says it will cancel its plans to build three new stores in D.C. if local lawmakers approve a bill that would force the retailer to pay its employees at least $12.50 an hour.
Alex Barron, a regional general manager for Walmart U.S., writes in an op-ed published in the Washington Post Tuesday that the company feels the D.C. Council's proposed "living wage" legislation “would clearly inject unforeseen costs into the equation that will create an uneven playing field and challenge the fiscal health of our planned D.C. stores.”
Walmart currently has three other new stores under construction in the area, and Barron says those stores will also be jeopardized if the bill passes.
-Walmart and others of that ilk are a big part of why the American economy has been struggling these last few years.
My guess to the logic behind it would be stores of that size can afford to pay greater wages, especially since (again, speaking theoretically) stores of that size are more likely to be chain stores and not a small business.
Nonsense. Mowing grass in a big field is no harder than mowing grass in smaller yard, often easier as you ride on the mower instead of having to push it. Operating a cash register in a Walmart is no harder than operating a cash register in a McDonalds. Selling tickets at a stadium is no harder than selling tickets at movie theater. I will bet that DC did not suddenly decide to pay its city workers less than those in MD or VA, simply because DC is much smaller in area.
My guess to the logic behind it would be stores of that size can afford to pay greater wages, especially since (again, speaking theoretically) stores of that size are more likely to be chain stores and not a small business.
That's so they'll have enough left over to pay their union dues.
I'm surprised the minimum wage in DC isn't higher anyway. From what I understand, the higher the cost of living in the area, the higher employers have to pay their employees. I mean, the cost of living is astronomical in Southern California, and low-level grocery store workers are making $20+ an hour. Here in SE Georgia, the cost of living is pretty low, and the grocery store workers make $7.25 an hour.
I used to work for the Mercedes-Benz service department, and at the time (1991) the labor rate per hour was $58. I was told the labor rate per hour in DC was $170.
I'm thinking about all the warranty work that had to be done. The Mercedes i had was a piece o'... anyhows when it ran it was great but a 1/3 of the time it was in shop for this or that.
All of what you said might be true, but it in no way refutes what I said. I'll try again:Nonsense. Mowing grass in a big field is no harder than mowing grass in smaller yard, often easier as you ride on the mower instead of having to push it. Operating a cash register in a Walmart is no harder than operating a cash register in a McDonalds. Selling tickets at a stadium is no harder than selling tickets at movie theater. I will bet that DC did not suddenly decide to pay its city workers less than those in MD or VA, simply because DC is much smaller in area.
What great way to kept them out of your town, just increase the minimum wage.
Walmart says it will cancel its plans to build three new stores in D.C. if local lawmakers approve a bill that would force the retailer to pay its employees at least $12.50 an hour.
Alex Barron, a regional general manager for Walmart U.S., writes in an op-ed published in the Washington Post Tuesday that the company feels the D.C. Council's proposed "living wage" legislation “would clearly inject unforeseen costs into the equation that will create an uneven playing field and challenge the fiscal health of our planned D.C. stores.”
Walmart currently has three other new stores under construction in the area, and Barron says those stores will also be jeopardized if the bill passes.
Read more: Walmart says it will kill plans to build 3 new stores if DC wage bill passes | Fox News
My guess to the Republican/conservative reaction to this news:
Despite the fact they constantly blast Obama for an economy with slumping take home pay and an increase of low wage jobs, Republicans/conservatives will now come out to gleefully point out how the liberal agenda is destroying the economy and taking away jobs.
That's merely a guess...let's see how it plays out.
its wasn't an accident it was away to so call lower unemployment with out actually creating jobs instead of having one person working 40 hours a week you now have two working 20. also it was away to get more dependent on the government
is it better to have one person working a 40 hour week with benefits like insurance or two persons working 20 hours a week with no benefits? only democrats would want two at 20 with no benefits so more will be dependent on the government
do you know how many jobs 5 Walmart stores would provide? do you know the youth unemployment rate in DC is at 50%? would you rather make 8.50 an hour or 0 an hour? you liberal are like a starving man that was given food and then he complains it was hamburger and not a steak
if i was Walmart i would say the hell with DC and go places where people appreciates the jobs and the low prices
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