Walmart To Activist Workers: 'Door Open' For $15 Wage

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Walmart To Activist Workers: 'Door Open' For $15 Wage In the wake of CEO Doug McMillon’s big announcement last week about a large-scale wage hike, Walmart is reassuring its union-backed protesters that $15 hourly pay is within the realm of possibility. Read More > SHARE: Walmart To Give 40% Of Workers Pay Rise To $9 Per Hour Walmart's CEO has been talking about a possible pay raise for the company’s workers for months now. Last week, as the Bentonville, Ark.-based retail giant released its earnings, he made it official, boosting 500,000 associates to $9 hourly pay. Read More > SHARE: SEE PHOTOS  Inside A Walmart Low-Wage Worker Protest On Thursday October 16th, 42 retail workers and their allies were arrested in New York and Washington, D.C. for civil disobedience while protesting Walmart’s low wages. SHARE: Walmart Says Wage Hike Will Pressure Earnings In Short Term, Bring Growth In Long Term Wal-Mart Stores is giving its employees a raise. The retailer is arguing this will be a long term positive for the company but is forecasting a hit to earnings in the short term. Read More > SHARE: The 10 Biggest Retail Stories Of 2014 It's been a banner year for retail news, with big-name CEOs ousted, the Supreme Court weighing in on workers' birth control rights and unprecedented backlash to the notorious Black Friday shopping holiday. Read More > SHARE: Inside The World Of Walmart Billionaire Alice Walton, America's Richest Art Collector The misfit of the four Wal-Mart heirs, Alice Walton has finally found her purpose: bringing an unprecedented $1.2 billion art museum to the Ozarks -- and ticking off the East Coast elite. Read More > SHARE: SEE PHOTOS  Inside Alice Walton's $1.2 Billion Masterpiece Walmart heiress Alice Walton gave FORBES a tour of her $1.2 billion Arkansas fine art museum, Crystal Bridges. SHARE: