‘You can’t pay bills on $12 an hour’: Walmart employees left out of raises [theguardian.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 11/1/219:00 AM

By Michael Sainato, The Guardian, October 28, 2021

Mendy Hughes, 46, has worked as a cashier for Walmart in Malvern, Arkansas, for 11 years.

Her hourly wage, after a recent increase, is $12.85 an hour, a mere 85 cents more than the hourly starting wage for new hires despite her 11 years with the company.

“You can’t pay your bills, rent and buy groceries on $12 an hour. I don’t think anywhere in the United States, you can do that. No way,” said Hughes, who is a member of the campaign group United for Respect. “I don’t understand how they think $12 an hour is enough to live on, because it’s not at all.”

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