Walmart CEO Acknowledges Lack of Opportunities for Workers

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.ufcw.org/2014/03/13/walmart-ceo-acknowledges-lack-of-opportunities-for-workers/

Mar 13, 2014

A recent AP article by Josh Boak finds that Walmart—our country’s largest employer—does not provide its employees with enough opportunities for professional advancement or a pathway to a middle class life. As a result of the Great Recession, many older and more educated workers are turning to the retail giant as a way to support their families. And despite the retail giant’s self-promotion as a source for professional opportunity, Bill Simon, CEO of Walmart U.S., suggests that workers look elsewhere if they want to make more money and have access to better benefits.

“Some people took those jobs because they were the only ones available and haven’t been able to figure out how to move out of that,” Bill Simon, CEO of Wal-Mart U.S., acknowledged in an interview with The Associated Press.

FULL story at link.



Walmart’s U.S. CEO Bill Simon (Photo Credit: The Nation)