Headline Roundup • February 19th, 2015
Walmart Increases Minimum Wage
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Townhall
For years labor unions have been lobbying lawmakers in Washington D.C. and all around the country to raise the minimum wage. In particular, labor unions have made Walmart enemy number one, accusing the company of unfair pay practices and has repeatedly tried to unionize workers.
Today, Walmart announced that by 2016 the minimum wage paid to workers in its stores will be increased to $10. In other words, the company has voluntarily raised wages, not because the government or labor unions forced them to, but because they think it's the...
Daily Siftings Herald
The biggest retailer in the world has agreed to boost its U.S. workers’ pay to $9 an hour, which is $1.75 above the federal minimum wage. Walmart announced the wage hike Thursday, adding that it expects employees to earn at least $10 an hour by Feb. 1, 2016. Both full-time and part-time employees will benefit from the increase. The retailer also announced that employees’ schedules will be set at least 2 1/2 weeks in advance and some workers will be given fixed shifts.
HuffPost
In a move that could alter the minimum wage debate and improve the image of the world's largest retailer, Walmart announced it will raise the baseline wage of its current store employees to $10 per hour, bringing pay hikes to an estimated 500,000 workers.
The company said in an announcement on Thursday that it would raise its wage floor to $9 in April, followed by a second boost to $10 by next February.
The decision follows similar moves by other major retailers such as Gap and IKEA, but the sheer...
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