Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Amid all the horrors of hurricane Katrina and the subsequent deluge in New Orleans – hell and high water indeed – Wal-Mart deserve a special mention.
At the same time as Wal-Mart officials were standing beside President Bush, announcing a $15 million donation to disaster relief, they were cutting off the pay of their displaced workers.
As NPR reported this morning, while some major employers have undertaken to pay people for 90 days while they try and sort our their shattered lives, Wal-Mart cut off their associates after 3 days.
They’ve mumbled something about trying to find them work in other stores, but it seems they won’t get any wages until they start work. Nice.