“Ua loaʻa iaʻu he $10.45 i hoʻokahi hola ma ke ʻano he mea mālama i ka pō, no ka ʻokoʻa o ka pō. ʻAʻole lawa kaʻu kālā, no laila ua lawe au i kahi hana ʻē aʻe. Ua makemake ka hana o ka lā e hana au i nā hola 34, no laila ua loaʻa iaʻu ʻelua mau hana hapa manawa ʻaʻole aʻu e loaʻa kālā mai. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke uku no koʻu wahi noho ponoʻī, a ʻaʻohe oʻu kaʻa ponoʻī.
No Pam Davis, he kupuna wahine o ʻekolu, ʻo Walmart ka manaʻo ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hopu, me ka hopohopo mau i nā lilo e hiki mai ana.
No Rob Walton, ka hiapo o nā hoʻoilina ʻelima i ka waiwai ʻohana a me ka noho o ka hui i kēia manawa, ʻo Walmart ʻaʻole ia e mālama i kona ola.
Me ka waiwai nui he $34.2 biliona, loaʻa iā S. Robson Walton kahi huakaʻi no nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole—hoʻokahi ma Aspen, Colo., kekahi ma kahi i kapa ʻia ʻo Paradise Valley, ʻo Ariz. nona nā kaʻa ma kahi o ka hapalua kakini, me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia, he Ferrari gula maʻamau.
I ka makahiki 2012, ua huli ʻo Walton me ka mālama ʻole i ke ala ma kāna Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe–hoʻokahi o ʻelima wale nō i hana ʻia–a ua luku i ke kaʻa he $15 miliona. ʻO ke kumukūʻai o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana he ʻelua miliona mau kālā—he nui ia, e like me Ua kuhikuhi ʻo Raymond Bravo o kā mākou Walmart, "e lawe ana i 194 makahiki no kahi limahana Walmart e hana ana a puni ka uaki e loaa."
ʻO Davis, he mea hana Walmart ma Richmond, Kaleponi, a he mea hoʻoikaika pū me Organization United for Respect (OUR) Walmart, i hana ikaika no kāna uku liʻiliʻi. ʻO Walton, ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, loaʻa kāna kālā ma ke ʻano kahiko: hāʻawi kona makuakāne iā ia.
ʻO ka makuakāne o Rob, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu iā Walmart, ʻo Sam Walton, i kūkulu i kona aupuni ma ke kumu o ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka uku a me ka mālama ʻana i nā uniona. A ʻo Rob, ka mea i noho noho ma ka ʻoihana i ka wā i make ai kona makuakāne, e hoʻomau nei i nā mea e like me ka hana ʻana o kona makuakāne-ma ke kaomi ʻana i nā limahana Walmart. Me kāna mau "hui" e loaʻa ana i ka uku awelika o $8.81 i ka hola, ʻo ka ʻōlelo a Walmart "ʻO nā kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa" pono ʻo ia ʻo "Uku Haʻahaʻa, i kēlā me kēia lā."
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MA waho aʻe o ka uku o ka ʻilihune, nā ala liʻiliʻi no ka holomua a me nā helu huli kiʻekiʻe, nā lula hana ma nā ʻoihana e like me Walmart e pale i ka laina lalo ma ka uku o nā limahana. Ua wehewehe ʻo Davis he liʻiliʻi nā kumu no ka noho ʻana o ka poʻe ma ka hui "no ka mea, ʻo ka hoʻonui uku e hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i kēia manawa he 0, 20, 40 a i ʻole 70 keneta—a ʻaʻohe mea e loaʻa i 70 keneta."
Mālama ʻia nā hola he nui i hiki i nā limahana Walmart ke loaʻa i nā pono i kākoʻo ʻia e ke aupuni e like me nā peʻa meaʻai. Ma kahi hoʻohenehene ʻino, hoʻi pinepine kēlā kōkua aupuni i loko o nā ʻeke o ka hui. Wahi a Davis:
E hoʻolilo au i kaʻu kālā kūʻai i loko o Walmart. I koʻu wā ma nā peʻa meaʻai, kūʻai au mai Walmart no ka mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o Safeway. I koʻu hihia, hoʻāʻo wau e kōkua me kaʻu mau moʻopuna ʻekolu e like me kaʻu…Ua hana au i ka makemakika—ke kumu kūʻai o ka halihali, a pēlā aku—a me he mea lā ke uku nei au i ka hana, a i ʻole ke uku ʻana i nā pōmaikaʻi," wahi āna, "a ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā pōmaikaʻi ma mua o ka wā ma mua, no ka ʻoki ʻana i nā hola a me ka hana hapa manawa.
Ke hana nā limahana i nā manawa keu, he mea maʻamau no Walmart ʻaʻole e uku iā lākou no ia. I ka makahiki 2008, ua koi ʻia ka hui e uku i $640 miliona no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā hana federal a me ka mokuʻāina ʻo 63 i hoʻopiʻi i ka hui me ka hōʻole ʻana i ka uku o ka manawa, a me nā ʻano ʻaihue uku. ʻo kēia ʻo kekahi o nā hoʻopiʻi kūʻē i ka hui i nā makahikiʻO ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i ka hoʻokele i koi iā lākou e hana me ka uku ʻole, me nā limahana o nā hale kūʻai e hōʻike ana ua paʻa lākou.
Hoʻopiʻi hou ʻia nā hewa i nā limahana e like me kēia ma nā wahi hana haʻahaʻa ma ka ʻāina. ʻO kahi haʻawina 2008, "Nā Kānāwai Haʻihaʻi ʻia, Nā Hana Palekana ʻole," i nīnauele i nā tausani o nā limahana uku haʻahaʻa ma Chicago, New York a me Los Angeles i hōʻike ʻia he 26 ka nui o ka poʻe i noiʻi ʻia i uku ʻia ma mua o ka uku haʻahaʻa kānāwai i ka pule hana mua. He kanaono pakeneka i hoopokoleia e $1 i ka hora a oi.
Ma luna o ka hapahā o ka poʻe pane i hana ma mua o 40 mau hola i ka pule i hala. ʻO ia mau mea, ʻaʻole i uku ʻia ka 76 pakeneka i ka uku o ka manawa i koi ʻia e ka poʻe hana. I ka nīnau ʻia ʻana e pili ana i nā hana ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi, ua hoʻokomo ka mea hana maʻamau i nā hola he 11 o ka manawa keu, a ʻaʻole lākou i uku ʻia.
Loaʻa paha iā Rob Walton ka manawa e leʻaleʻa ai i ka heihei, akā ʻaʻole maopopo kāna poʻe limahana i ka wā e hana ai lākou ma hope a i ʻole pehea ka lōʻihi-e paʻakikī ai ka mālama ʻana i kekahi ʻano paʻa. "Makemake ka nui o ka poʻe e hele i ke kula a i ʻole e loaʻa kahi hana ʻē aʻe," wahi a Davis. "I ka hapanui o nā hihia, ʻaʻole ʻoe e loaʻa i kahi papa hana maʻamau. Hiki iā lākou ke hana i ke kanaka a hiki i ke aumoe, a laila hoʻonohonoho i kēlā kanaka i ka hola 6 o ke kakahiaka.
Wehe kēia i ka puka i nā ʻeha ma ka hana, ʻōlelo ʻo Davis:
Ke koi nei lākou i ka poʻe e hana i nā hola 12 o ka hana ma kahi hoʻololi ʻewalu hola. Ke koi nei lākou i nā kānaka e hoʻopau i ka hana, a ke hōʻeha nei lākou iā lākou iho. E ʻōlelo ʻo Walmart inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e hōʻike i kekahi ʻeha no 90 mau lā, e uku mākou iā ʻoe me ka hau ʻaila. Hoʻomanaʻo wau i kekahi manawa he barbeque kā mākou uku. Aia nā hae nui ma ka pā e ʻōlelo ana ʻaʻole mākou i ʻeha i nā lā he 300. Akā kēlā no ka mea, ʻaʻohe mea i haʻi aku iā lākou. ʻAʻole no ka loaʻa ʻole o nā ʻeha.
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ʻAʻole hiki ke ana ʻia ka hoʻonui like ʻole ma waena o ka poʻe nona Walmarts a me ka poʻe e hana nei i loko o nā hale kūʻai, ʻaʻole wale ma nā uku uku, akā ma nā ʻano āpau o ke ola o nā limahana. Mai ka hale a hiki i ka halihali, i ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana a me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka meaʻai olakino, i ka mālama olakino a me ka manawa leʻaleʻa, ʻo ka hui ʻAmelika ka poʻe i loaʻa ʻole-a me nā mea i loaʻa ma mua o kā lākou mau moemoeā.
A ʻoiaʻiʻo, ke hoʻomau nei kēia māhele nui ma hope o ka hiki ʻole i nā limahana ke hana hou aku - ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka nui o nā poʻe e hoʻomaha nei me ka ʻole o ka pōmaikaʻi o kahi hoʻolālā penikala i kākoʻo ʻia e ka hui.
Ua hōʻike ka Economic Policy Institute (EPI) i kahi noiʻi i ka makahiki i hala ʻO nā hoʻolālā 401k-i ʻike ʻia ʻo nā hoʻolālā hāʻawi i wehewehe ʻia, ma mua o ke kumu hoʻohālike i wehewehe ʻia o nā penihana kuʻuna-ke hana nei i kahi ʻokoʻa nui ma waena o ka waiwai a me ka ʻilihune. I ka makahiki 2010, he awelika o $20 ka nui o na hale i loko o ka 308,674 pakeneka o ka waihona kālā hoʻomaha, ʻo ia ka 72 pakeneka o ka huina hoahu ma kēia mau moʻokāki.
He $160,000 ka waihona hoʻomaha hoʻomaha ma waena o nā ʻohana ma ka hapalima o ka ʻohana—no ka poʻe ma lalo o kēia kuinile kiʻekiʻe, ʻo ka awelika mālama kālā mai $8,000 a i $36,000. A, e like me ka EPI e kuhikuhi nei, he mau helu kēia no kēlā mau ʻohana i loaʻa maoli nā waihona hoʻomaha. ʻO ka median no nā ʻohana a pau, me ka poʻe ʻaʻohe waihona hoʻomaha hoʻomaha, kokoke i ka ʻole, ʻoiai ʻaneʻane ka hapalua o nā ʻohana ʻaʻohe waihona.
Ma muli o ka emi ʻana o nā penihana kuʻuna, wahi a ka EPI, ua emi mau ke kākau inoa ʻana i nā ʻano hoʻolālā mālama mālama hoʻomaha i nā makahiki he 30 i hala.
No kāna ʻāpana, hāʻawi ʻo Walmart i kahi hoʻolālā hoʻomaha 401k i nā limahana. Akā i ka wā i hoʻoholo ai ka hui i ka hoʻolālā, ua hōʻoia ʻo ia i ka maikaʻi o kā lākou hoʻonohonoho ʻana no kā lākou mau hoa Wall Street, ma ka uku o nā limahana.
I ka makahiki 2011, ua uku ʻo Walmart lāua ʻo Merrill Lynch i $13.5 miliona ma hope o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i ka papa. ua hōʻike ʻia ua hala ka hoʻolālā 401k o ka hui "nā uku kiʻekiʻe a me nā lilo" i nā limahana Walmart. ʻO ka ʻoihana, ma ke ala, ʻaʻole ia e hōʻoiaʻiʻo e pili ana i nā haʻawina limahana.
As Forbes kuhikuhi mai ka makasina:
Ke kūʻai aku nei nā hale kūʻai Walmart i 140 mau noho kaʻa kamaliʻi like ʻole, 110 mau hiʻohiʻona TV a me 220 mau ʻano bras nui-nui, nā mea āpau ma nā "kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa i kēlā me kēia lā" i lilo ia i colossus kūʻai. No laila, he mea kupanaha, i loko o ka honua o 8,000 mau kālā hui, no ka 1.2 miliona i komo i ka papahana 401k nui loa o ka honua, ua hōʻuluʻulu ʻo Wal-Mart i kahi koho liʻiliʻi o nā kālā 10-ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou i nā kumukūʻai kūʻai kiʻekiʻe o kēlā me kēia lā.
Loaʻa ia i ʻelua mau kālā helu haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a me hoʻokahi waihona kālā paʻa. Ma waena o nā makana ʻewalu i hoʻokele ikaika ʻia, ua hoʻemi ʻia nā uku i hoʻokahi keneta mai ka mea e uku ai ke kanaka hoʻokahi me ka mana kūʻai ʻole. Me he mea lā ua hāʻawi ka hale kūʻai nui loa i ka mōʻaukala i kāna mau limahana e kūʻai i nā lawelawe hoʻomaha ma kahi hale kūʻai Soviet.
A pehea ka mahele ana o na mea ma kela aoao o ka waiwai? I ka wā i haʻalele ai ʻo Walmart CEO Mike Duke mai kāna "hana" ma 2013, ua haʻalele ʻo ia me $140 miliona, ma hope o kāna helu hoʻomaha i hoʻonui ʻia ma mua o 23 pakeneka i kāna makahiki hope ma ka hui.
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Ma waena o ka papa, ua lilo ka uku hoʻokō nui i mea maʻamau hou, ʻoiai ʻo ka maʻamau o ka uku o nā limahana. Wahi a kahi haʻawina EPI i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma Iune ʻO ka nui o ka uku o ka CEO i ka makahiki 2013, me ka waiwai o nā koho waiwai i hoʻohana ʻia i ka makahiki i hāʻawi ʻia, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka uku o ka CEO no nā aliʻi he 2.8 pakeneka mai ka makahiki 2012-a he 21.7 pakeneka mai ka makahiki 2010.
Hōʻike ka haʻawina i kahi ʻano lōʻihi, e like me ka wehewehe ʻana o ka poʻe noiʻi EPI i kā lākou noiʻi ʻana, "ʻO ka lākiō uku o ka CEO-to-worker he 20-a-1 ma 1965 a me 29.9-to-1 ma 1978, ua ulu a 122.6-a- 1 i ka makahiki 1995, ua kiʻekiʻe ma 383.4-a-1 i ka makahiki 2000, a he 295.9-a-1 i ka makahiki 2013, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe ma mua o nā makahiki 1960, 1970, 1980 a i ʻole 1990s.
ʻAe, pololei kēlā, 295.9-to-1. No laila, ʻoiai ua paʻa ka uku hoʻokō ma hope o ka pilikia kālā o ka makahiki 2008, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana, a laila kekahi. ʻAʻole naʻe i pōmaikaʻi nā limahana. Mai ka makahiki 2010, ua hāʻule maoli ka uku no nā limahana hana pilikino i ka 1.3 pakeneka, e like me ka hōʻike EPI, ke kū nei i nā pae 2009.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ma mua, "ʻo ka piʻi ʻana o ke kai e hāpai i nā moku āpau." Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ma luna o ka manaʻo ʻo ka pōmaikaʻi waiwai no ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e alakaʻi i ka pōmaikaʻi no nā mea a pau. ʻAʻole ʻoiaʻiʻo kēia ʻōlelo kūʻai kūʻai kūʻai kūʻokoʻa-akā, ʻaʻole ia i pili i nā manawa a mākou e noho nei i kēia lā, kahi e holo kiʻekiʻe ai kekahi mau yachts maikaʻi, a nui nā limahana e kau ana ma luna o ka lāʻau drift, inā ʻaʻole lākou e hāʻule i ka pōhaku ma kahakai.
ʻOiai ke hoʻomau nei ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka hana o nā limahana, ʻaʻole lākou i ʻike i kekahi o nā pōmaikaʻi. Wahi a kekahi haʻawina EPI i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma Iune, ua ulu ka huahana ma ka 64.9 pakeneka ma waena o 1979 a me 2013, akā ʻo ka uku o ka hola o ka hana a me nā limahana nonsupervisory, ʻo ia ka 80 pakeneka o ka poʻe hana pilikino, ua ulu ʻia e 8.2 pakeneka.
"No laila ua ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki o ka huahana ma mua o ka uku hana maʻamau," i hoʻopau ai nā mea kākau o ka hōʻike. "ʻO ka hapa nui o kēia ulu ʻana o ka huahana i loaʻa i ka poʻe me ka uku kiʻekiʻe loa. ʻO ka 1 pakeneka kiʻekiʻe o ka poʻe loaʻa i ʻike i ka loaʻa kālā o ka uku makahiki he 153.6 pākēneka ma waena o 1979 a me 2012-ʻoi aku ka nui o ka huahana holoʻokoʻa.
Ke hōʻike ʻia nei kēia ʻano like ʻole e ka hakakā ʻana o nā limahana haʻahaʻa e like me OUR Walmart, nā hoʻolaha no nā ʻoihana uku ola a me nā referendum, a me ka hele wāwae ʻana o ka ʻāina e nā limahana meaʻai wikiwiki. ʻOiai ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana e nā hui e like me Walmart, e hoʻolilo i nā miliona ma nā loio a me nā kauoha e hoʻāʻo e hoʻōki i nā kūʻē a me nā hana i kahi hana, ke hoʻomaka nei kekahi mau limahana haʻahaʻa e kū kūʻē i ka manaʻo. ʻO kēia mau limahana he ʻāpana o ke kōkua ʻana i ke kūkulu hou ʻana i nā ʻupena o ka poʻe e hiki i kekahi lā ke hoʻokau i kahi luʻi ʻoi aku ka nui i nā ʻoihana pilikua.
"Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au ʻo kaʻu mea e hana nei ʻo ia ka mea kūpono i koʻu poʻo," wahi a Davis, ka mea i komo i loko o ʻekolu mau hana hoʻolohe ʻole kīwila a me ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa i ka makahiki i hala, a ma hope o kona hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana. "Hoʻohana ʻia nā limahana uku haʻahaʻa a hiki i ke degere nth."
"ʻO Walmart ka hale kūʻai nui loa ma ka honua - pono lākou e hoʻonohonoho i ka maʻamau no nā hui ʻē aʻe," wahi a Davis. "ʻO nā uku hoʻokō he ala ʻē aʻe. Pono lākou e hoʻihoʻi iā lākou i ka laina. " Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia, me ka ʻakaʻaka, "Aia ʻo Walmart ma ka papa inoa o nā Luna Nui o ka uku kiʻekiʻe - makemake mākou iā lākou e noho pū me mākou a noʻonoʻo pehea e hiki ai iā lākou ke komo i ka papa inoa o nā 'wahi makemake loa e hana.'"
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