Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders will attend Walmart's annual...
ROGERS, Ark - Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders will attend Walmart’s annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday to advocate for workers’ rights as the retailer battles mounting pressure to hike its minimum wage for hourly employees.
The retailer, which employs nearly 1.5 million Americans and is the largest private-sector employer in the country, now holds its business meeting, which Sen. Sanders’ will attend, a few days before its big shareholder event, which draws thousands of employees. “Americans should not be subsidizing the richest family in America and @Walmart workers should not be living in poverty. Walmart’s greed has got to end.”
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