Employer in the country is making a big investment in its employees. Walmart hikes to 9 above the federal minimum wage. The Worlds Largest retailer has been under pressure from organized labor group demanding higher pay and better benefits. Reported earnings today. They topped expectations but it did cut Sales Outlook citing the stronger dollar. Investors pushed shares of walmart lower likely worried about the bottom line of worker pay initiative. It was the worst performing stock in the Dow Jones Industrial average today. Courtney reagan now with more on walmart and what was behind the companys big decision. Reporter the countrys largest private employer will spend a billion dollars to increase wages for half a million of its 1. 3 million workers. Improve its scheduling and offer new Training Programs for career advancement. Currently, only 6,000 walmart workers make federal minimum wage but starting in april, wages for walmarts u. S. Employees will be at least 9 and then at least 10
I like to see some place do some creative financing to make something positive happen with this health care we have going on with Mental Health going on in the shelters id like to see more beds than 60 mercy a lot of my colleagues have said a lot of words but i want you to think about the right thing to do for the community were part of the human race and deserve a fair chance for housing. Im manual jenkins im trying to touch basis with the board of supervisors type of thing thank you for assisting the Homeless Coalition and everything you you know thinking back when i was younger my grandmother was overly influential throughout the community a pillar to the america he name was mary baker and had property throughout california and nevada everything that was stolen by the federal government and also put a plaque on the streets its crystal methamphetamine mixed with tiger substance and it equals up to hiv and aids this is how it is made and ive done the Research Long story short my grand
Employer in the country is making a big investment in its employees. Walmart hikes to 9 above the federal minimum wage. The Worlds Largest retailer has been under pressure from organized labor group demanding higher pay and better benefits. Reported earnings today. They topped expectations but it did cut Sales Outlook citing the stronger dollar. Investors pushed shares of walmart lower likely worried about the bottom line of worker pay initiative. It was the worst performing stock in the Dow Jones Industrial average today. Courtney reagan now with more on walmart and what was behind the companys big decision. Reporter the countrys largest private employer will spend a billion dollars to increase wages for half a million of its 1. 3 million workers. Improve its scheduling and offer new Training Programs for career advancement. Currently, only 6,000 walmart workers make federal minimum wage but starting in april, wages for walmarts u. S. Employees will be at least 9 and then at least 10
Employer in the country is making a big investment in its employees. Walmart hikes to 9 above the federal minimum wage. The Worlds Largest retailer has been under pressure from organized labor group demanding higher pay and better benefits. Reported earnings today. They topped expectations but it did cut Sales Outlook citing the stronger dollar. Investors pushed shares of walmart lower likely worried about the bottom line of worker pay initiative. It was the worst performing stock in the Dow Jones Industrial average today. Courtney reagan now with more on walmart and what was behind the companys big decision. Reporter the countrys largest private employer will spend a billion dollars to increase wages for half a million of its 1. 3 million workers. Improve its scheduling and offer new Training Programs for career advancement. Currently, only 6,000 walmart workers make federal minimum wage but starting in april, wages for walmarts u. S. Employees will be at least 9 and then at least 10
Agreement and Work Together and like working together with you guys to put in disagreement and working forbidding the people that are homeless and the solution is housing thank you very much. Hi, im dwayne aim im a Community Housing partnership formally was homeless and i urge you guys to follow through with that because i know people that are sick and in those places are getting shifted out and need the help and without those shelters i dont think i would have made so, please i urge you to support this. Good afternoon, supervisors my name is do is james trashing from the Community Housing partnership i want to thank supervisors and supervisor kim and joys and the coalition of the homelessness for their awesome to create this and take a step back and go forward from here im sick of coming here i its not that i dont enjoy our company but we need to look at we got rid of poverty and with all those efforts we put up aggregating and changing this great country but until that time as long a