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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGAP INC. - Announces a wage increase!
http://bananarepublic.gap.com/Asset_Archive/BRWeb/content/0007/702/228/cn7702228.htmlCEO Glen Murphy:
Early this morning, we notified all our employees that starting here in the U.S., Gap Inc. will make a strategic investment to do more for our employees by increasing the minimum hourly rate for our employees to $9 in 2014 and $10 in 2015. This will ultimately benefit about 65,000 store employees.
To us, this is not a political issue. Our decision to invest in frontline employees will directly support our business, and is one that we expect to deliver a return many times over.
Pisces
(5,602 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)DireStrike
(6,452 posts)who have been pushing this for the past few years.
Not to be entirely pessimistic. There is a clear message from the fact that on-the-ground activists yet again find certain groups laying claim to their struggles - a hopeful one.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)Making a big deal of raising wages to $9 an hour...and eventually $10?
What do they pay now? $3?
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)Armstead
(47,803 posts)....It just seems like making a big deal out of not much from a big company that has not always been an exemplar of support for the American workforce.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)If this is a new trend I am onboard!
ohheckyeah
(9,314 posts)be a joke to you? How about the $40 a week raise in 2015? It wouldn't be a joke for most people.
Pisces
(5,602 posts)Took Obamas lead and did the right thing. I hope other companies decide to joke around in the the same manor.
Warpy
(111,417 posts)People who get those jobs are going to work hard enough at them that they'll be able to keep them.