{"id":19478,"date":"2015-02-20T09:29:43","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T14:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?p=19478"},"modified":"2020-08-24T19:11:10","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T19:11:10","slug":"statement-by-ufcw-international-president-marc-perrone-on-walmarts-wage-announcement","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/statement-by-ufcw-international-president-marc-perrone-on-walmarts-wage-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement by UFCW International President Marc Perrone on Walmart\u2019s Wage Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/UFCWnews.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13821\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/UFCWnews.jpg\" alt=\"UFCWnews\" width=\"271\" height=\"271\" \/><\/a>(WASHINGTON, D.C.) \u2013\u00a0<strong>Marc Perrone<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/\">,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/\">International President of the\u00a0United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)<\/a>,\u00a0today released the following statement about Walmart\u2019s wage announcement:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWalmart\u2019s announcement yesterday that it will raise wages for 500,000 hourly associates is an important step forward for Walmart workers and their families. This is not an act of corporate benevolence. It would not have been possible without the courage <a href=\"http:\/\/forrespect.org\/\">of countless workers<\/a> who are standing together, taking risks, and demanding wages and schedules that can support their families. Walmart is responding directly to calls from workers and their allies to pay a living wage.<\/p>\n<p>Because of a <a href=\"http:\/\/makingchangeatwalmart.org\/\">strong and organized movement<\/a> that includes many UFCW members, half a million Walmart workers will now get a raise. Because workers spoke out, $1 billion will now go directly into our economy instead of onto the Walton family\u2019s balance sheet.<\/p>\n<p>Walmart should know that we will continue to stand with workers and the community to be more transparent about exactly how much the company pays each of its 1.4 million associates. Today\u2019s announcement calls to question Walmart\u2019s long-term inconsistencies about its wage claims \u2013 even ten years ago it claimed workers were paid an average of $10 an hour.\u00a0 High turnover leaves the vast majority of Walmart workers toiling at the lowest wage scales which will now pay at least $9 an hour. We know that Walmart can and should do better.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday\u00a0marks a victory for Walmart workers but more importantly, a call to action for the UFCW and the entire labor movement.\u00a0 The largest private employer in the nation is feeling the pressure to do better for its workers. We must seize this opportunity and keep fighting until every single worker \u2013 in retail stores, supermarkets and beyond \u2013 is\u00a0paid a living wage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">###<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>The <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/\"><em>United Food and Commercial Workers International Union<\/em><\/a><em> (UFCW) represents more than 1.3 million workers, primarily in the retail and meatpacking, food processing and poultry industries. The UFCW protects the rights of workers and strengthens America\u2019s middle class by fighting for health care reform, living wages, retirement security, safe working conditions and the right to unionize so that working men and women and their families can realize the American Dream. For more information about the UFCW\u2019s effort to protect workers\u2019 rights and strengthen America\u2019s middle class, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/\">www.ufcw.org<\/a>, or join our online community at <\/em><em>www.facebook.com\/UFCWinternational<\/em><em>and <\/em><em>www.twitter.com\/ufcw<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(WASHINGTON, D.C.) \u2013\u00a0Marc Perrone, International President of the\u00a0United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW),\u00a0today released the following statement about Walmart\u2019s wage announcement: \u201cWalmart\u2019s announcement yesterday that it will raise wages for 500,000 hourly associates is an important step forward for Walmart workers and their families. This is not an act of corporate benevolence. 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