Not technically IN a Walmart, but definitely Walmart adjacent.
Had lunch with a few regional directors or whatever they call themselves. Topic of wages and strikes came up, they said Walmart already has contingencies in place for when people “get too uppity.”
Walmart feels that they’re in a strength position due to being the last leg in the supply chain, sitting between food storage/distribution and the general population. When the conditions are right, they will stop delivering from the distribution centers, and will starve out strikers for a month or two, and then “they’ll work for whatever we pay.”
The Walmart command center in Arkansas keeps track of populations and food deserts around the US, they’ve got estimates for how many cities and citizens Walmart has a stranglehold on for food delivery and can be decimated by corporate suddenly closing the stores. That was about 6 years ago tho.
The ceo getting bonus due to higher then expected profits when they pay employees so little they struggle to survive even with food stamps.
Anericacentrism strikes again. I don’t know, they don’t exist outside of USA and Canada
There are hundreds of Walmarts in China alone.
That’s just bullshit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walmart#/media/File:WalMart_international_locations.svg In the blue countries they’re active in red ones formerly active. They have even been active in Germany for a while.
