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Than a £1,000 a year extra. the chief secretary to the treasury, simon clarke, has been talking about the rise in the national living wage. let�*s have a listen. we are delighted today to be announcing an increase of the national living wage which will rise from £8.81 an hour to £9.50 an hour which is worth £1000 for an average worker on a full—time national living wage. worker on a full-time national living wage-— living wage. will that go far enough? — living wage. will that go far enough? obviously - living wage. will that go far enough? obviously it - living wage. will that go ...

But the good news is that our walmart folks which is organizing and helping people who work at walmart come together is increasingly active and they have actually had some victories recently around the pregnancy issue of women working at walmart, around scheduling. obviously there are bigger fights ahead and the key question is can we put pressure on them so that they will pay a fair wage to people who are working there. the average cashier is getting $8.81 an hour. while the walton family who did not work for this have inherited hundreds of millions of dollars. >> so as we move forward here, ...

Enough that no one was eligible for food stamps. the average person living near the poverty line can receive around $130 a month in food stamps. say you're a single mom with one child and you work for walmart, you'd be eligible for food samples if you make less than $20,449 a year. walmart says the average wage for hourly store associates is $11.83 an hour. industrial analyst research puts the average cashier at about $8.81 an hour. based on data from one state, ohio, as many as 15% of walmart employees use food stamps. that is about 40 employ qulees per store who earn so little they qualify f...

Employees well. i will get your reaction. >> we have of the largest percentages of full time workforce and pay in the top half of retail. we provide opportunities and we are proud of that and we have seen hundreds of thens of people who choose to stay with us for ten years and beyond and build a wonderful life for themselves and families. >> he said they are providing a lot of jobs and a lot of them pay decently. >> let's look at it this way. wal-mart workers on average make $8.81 an hour. do you think you can afford to support your family on $8.81 an hour? frankly most workers are not finding...

Why is this so important? well, walmart is the single-largest private employer in america. so as the walmart worker goes, so goes america. unfortunately, things ain't going so hot for the walmart worker. in fact, the average walmart employee makes only $8.81 per hour. and walmart pays its employees so little that taxpayers must subsidize walmart wages by about $1 million per super center. taxpayers foot the bill, so walmart can can underpay its work force. and walmart's massive size has huge ripple effects across our economy. one study found that walmart's presidents meant low wages for all re...