WAL-MART Is Selling DONKEY Meat & Fox Meat In CHINA! They Also Refuse To Pay Employees Decent Wages!

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WAL-MART is Selling DONKEY MEAT & FOX MEAT in CHINA!!

OMG!! Is there a possibility some of that DONKEY & FOX MEAT could be in American Stores too??

This is more Negative Public Relations for the "King Of Processed Food & Low Wages".

Ironically the OBAMA Administration supports WAL-MART.

How can Pres OBAMA claim to support MINIMUM WAGE Increases, yet still be an Advocate for WAL-MART...."King Of Processed Food & Low Wages"??

"Wal-Mart Recalls Contaminated Donkey Meat In China"


Wal-Mart is recalling donkey meat in China after it was found to be contaminated with other animal products.

Wal-Mart (WMT, Fortune 500) said it was recalling the meat in Jinan, the provincial capital of Shandong.

The company apologized to customers and said it would provide refunds.

State media said the product -- Five Spice Donkey Meat -- had been contaminated with fox meat.

Wal-Mart spokespeople in the U.S. did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

But in a statement posted on Weibo -- China's popular Twitter (TWTR)-style micro blogging site -- the company said it had "zero-tolerance" for contamination problems. It said it was stepping up its food safety efforts by introducing routine DNA testing of easily adulterated meat products such as beef, mutton, donkey and venison.

Suppliers would be subject to inspections by a third party, and Wal-Mart will report companies suspected of fraud to the local police, it added.

Wal-Mart is the largest retailer in the world but has faced growing pains in China, where it is slated to close many under-performing stores in early 2014.

In its latest quarterly earnings report, the company said the Chinese closures would hit overall profitability.

Food safety and contamination problems have plagued other companies in China.

Earlier this year, a series of scares damaged confidence in local powdered infant formula, causing a surge in demand for baby milk from Western countries.

Global brands have built up a reputation among many Chinese consumers for safer products, but they've had their own share of problems.

Yum! Brands (YUM, Fortune 500), which owns the KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut brands, has faced an uphill battle in China as it grappled with the fallout from a food safety scandal that began in late 2012 and fears over a new strain of bird flu.


Sources: AP, CBS News, CNN, Reuters, Youtube

MINIMUM WAGE Fight: $15.00 An Hour In America = LIVING WAGES!

"$15 Minimum Wage Supporters Vow To Fight On"


Supporters of a local law in Washington state setting one of the nation's highest minimum wages said Tuesday they were appealing a judge's ruling overturning a big part of the law.

A Washington judge ruled last week that the ballot initiative passed by voters in SeaTac doesn't apply to most workers at the community's largest employer, the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

That means about 4,700 employees of airlines, contractors, shops and hotels won't see their minimum wage baseline increase on Wednesday as scheduled, according to Yes!ForSeaTac and Puget Sound Sage, both proponents of the measure.

The increase will still apply to about 1,600 workers outside of the airport, Yes!ForSeaTac estimated.

In November, city voters narrowly approved an increase in the minimum wage for hospitality and transportation workers to $15. It also includes provisions for sick pay and tipped employees.

Workers are currently paid at least the statewide minimum, which increases with inflation and will be $9.32 in 2014.

Judge Andrea Darvas did not strike down the law, but rather ruled on a technical issue. The Sea-Tac airport is under jurisdiction of the Port of Seattle, and the city of SeaTac has limited influence over it, she ruled.

On Tuesday, Yes!ForSeaTac filed an appeal in the state supreme court. It wasn't immediately clear when the high court would act on the appeal.

It's the next step in what could be a long battle between unions -- including the Teamsters and SEIU -- and companies at the airport.

Bill Sherman, a professor at the Seattle University School of Law who said he is not involved with either side, expects the state supreme court to take the case rather than send it back to a lower appeals court.

Alaska Airlines, one of the airport's largest carriers, and several catering companies initially brought the issue to court.

Airline spokesman Paul McElroy said Tuesday the company "believes in fair pay and benefits for all workers and we respect every worker and the job they do."

"This lawsuit is not about $15 an hour -- its about an initiative that violated state and federal law," he said.

But supporters of the higher wage argued it was an issue of equality.

"Alaska Airlines alone made $157 million in the last three months in part by outsourcing hundreds of good paying jobs" to cheaper contractors, said Sergio Salinas, president of local SEIU.

The airport and city officials haven't taken a position on the law, according to their spokesmen. Airport management is "currently reviewing the judge's decision" and the city is preparing to implement the law.

Several other minimum wage increases are taking effect in the new year. Many are minor -- about 15 cents -- but some workers will see a more sizable bump in their paychecks.

Source: CNN