An excerpt from this excellent article by Marie Cocco, of the Washington Post, November 19, 2008: [click on title above for link to full text of column]"The company that is now the biggest private-sector employer says the average hourly wage of its workers is $10.86. Wal-Mart has said it considers a 34-hour week as full time, though it declined to respond to my questions about this and other employment issues. Assuming the full-time week is 34 hours, a full-time Wal-Mart "associate" averages $19,200 a year. That's about $2,000 below the 2008 federal poverty level for a family of four."
Wal-Mart: Where your manager makes you work 45 hours per week, and you get paid for 34 hours! Shop Wal-Mart - Live Better! You won't see this blogger darkening the doorway at my local Wal-Mart!
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