Wal-Mart is shifting part of its labor costs onto the public

From the Los Angeles Times:

Inadequate wages and benefits force workers at Wal-Mart stores in California to seek $86 million a year in state aid, according to a report released Monday by the UC Berkeley Labor Center.

Moreover, if other retailers cut their wages and benefits to the levels offered by Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the cost to California’s public-assistance programs would rise by $410 million annually, the study said.

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  1. Well the obvious solution is for Wal-Mart to forbid any of its employees to receive public assistance.

    According to Michael Moore that’s what UPS did when it found out some of its temp workers were getting food stamps.

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