Walmart Draws Comparison To 'The Hunger Games' Over Employee Wages
By Kim Glovas
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Boycott Walmart protests were being held across the country Friday in an effort to force the corporation to raise wages for its employees. About 60 demonstrators were at the Walmart on Columbus Avenue in South Philadelphia.
The Hunger Games is being adopted by living wage advocates as a symbol of solidarity with low wage workers, particularly at Walmart.
"Walmart workers all over the country are demanding $15 an hour, which would in many places be a living wage, in some places, it's estimated, that $15 is not enough," says Andrew Slack, co-founder of the Odds In Our Favor campaign. "Right now, Walmart workers are making starvation wages, they're making Hunger Games wages. The wages are so low that poverty and starvation amongst those who work at Walmart is very, very common."
Slack says Walmart has been notorious for trying to keep their employees part-time to deny them benefits, and to "keep their voices as silent as possible."
Walmart spokesman Kory Lundberg says the company offers entry-level wages for entry-level jobs. He also says Walmart has helped take many people off of public assistance.
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