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Walmart v. the District of Columbia
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Walmart is threatening to cancel 3 proposed new stores and possibly stop construction on 3 other stores now underway in the District of Columbia if the city council approves a living wage bill that would require Walmart to pay workers at least $12.50 an hour.

http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/bl...ut-of.html

I say pass the bill, let them go. If consumer demand is there, other less stingy retailers will come in and meet that.

FYI - these are average salaries at Costco:

http://www.glassdoor.com/Hourly-Pay/Cost...-E2590.htm
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#2
DC does not need Walmart.

It needs good pizza and a Glatt deli with New York barrel-cured pickels.
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#3
Make nice to to WalMart , pass the bill after they build the stores
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#4
WOOF wrote:
Make nice to to WalMart , pass the bill after they build the stores

Great idea, make them pay for infrastructure upgrades. It might be one time they improved a city before they closed.
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#5
Shouldn't this already cover the situation?

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SDGuy wrote:
Shouldn't this already cover the situation?

DC wants to increase it's minimum to $12.50 - that's the issue.
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Lemon Drop wrote:
[quote=SDGuy]
Shouldn't this already cover the situation?

DC wants to increase it's minimum to $12.50 - that's the issue.
For Walmart.

They're okay with smaller stores, as well as union stores only paying the help $8.25 an hour.

It might also just be cheap posturing. You never know.
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The Large Retailer Accountability Act of 2013 has passed the DC council on the first vote.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs...wage-bill/

It applies to retailers with certain sized businesses, union or not.
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#9
"limits the effects of the bill to retailers with more than 75,000 square feet of store space"

I foresee lots of 74,999 square foot stores in the future...maybe even some right next door to eachother - say "Walmart Electronics and Sporting Goods" right next door to a "Walmart Everything Except Electronics and Sporting Goods"...

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Lemon Drop wrote:
The Large Retailer Accountability Act of 2013 has passed the DC council on the first vote.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs...wage-bill/

It applies to retailers with certain sized businesses, union or not.

Actually, NO, Lemon. The water IS wet.
It does let union members get only $8.25....

D.C. lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to a bill requiring certain large retailers to pay their employees a 50 percent premium over the city’s minimum wage....
While the bill would affect several existing District retailers — such as Macy’s and Target — an extended grandfather period and an exception for unionized businesses ....
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