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Snuckles
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posted 20 October 2003 08:26 AM      Profile for Snuckles   Author's Homepage        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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At the beginning of the 20th century, the most transformational enterprise in the world, Ford Motor Co., dramatically raised wages for its assembly-line workers and reduced their work week. Henry Ford wanted his employees to be able to afford a Model T, and have the leisure time to enjoy it.

At the dawn of the 21st century, the transformational enterprise of our times, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., pays most of its U.S. employees poverty-level wages, skimps on worker and retiree benefits and is accused in almost 40 lawsuits of making staff work overtime without pay.


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