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Always Low Wages? Wal-Mart's Other Choices
Wal-Martâs holiday public-relations headache began when a Canton, Ohio, store decided to hold a food drive for needy local families for the holidays.
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Yesterday, we looked at the benefit to McDonald's of having its workers subsidized by state and federal aid. Today, its Wal-Mart's turn. Recall our discussion last month on the related subject of "How McDonald's and Wal-Mart Became Welfare Queens." We learned that employees of these two companies are often the largest recipients of aid in their states.
McDonald's recently found itself in the spotlight courtesy of its "McResource" line -- the company help line that helps its poverty-level, full time employees enroll in various welfare programs. A recording of that McResource line sparked outrage, driving this issue into public view.