Walmart makes more workers full-time in effort to retain employees

Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 20:21:10
Walmart is moving more of its workers full time, with the goal of having two-thirds of its U.S. store hourly jobs be full time by early next year.
— CNBC

Walmart to make two-thirds of U.S. hourly store roles full-time

Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 20:05:30
https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/walmart-to-make-twothirds-of-us-hourly-store-roles-fulltime-2474661
— Investing.com

To retain workers, Walmart moves more of them full time

Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 19:00:14
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is moving more of its workers full time, with the goal of having two-thirds of its U.S. store hourly jobs be full time with more consistent work schedules by early next…
— Associated Press

Indian Merchants Protest Against Amazon's Alleged Preferential Treatment: Bloomberg

Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 17:40:31
Amazon.Com Inc’s (NASDAQ: AMZN ) alleged unfair practices has attracted a protest event from over half a million small Indian business merchants on Thursday, Bloomberg reports . The local traders have long blamed giant e-tailers like Amazon and Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT )-owned Flipkart for affecting the livelihoods of small online and offline sellers via preferential treatment . The trader groups’ protest event named “Asmbhav,” … Full story available on Benzinga.com
— Benzinga

Walmart, Delta, and Coca-Cola refused to join hundreds of other companies in opposing restrictive voting laws — here's why (DAL, WMT, JPM)

Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 16:52:32
Summary List Placement While hundreds of major companies signed a new letter Wednesday opposing restrictive voting rules in the wake of Georgia's election law , some notable ones — including Walmart, Coca-Cola, JPMorgan, and Delta Air Lines — declined to join the effort. The letter, which ran as a full-page ad in the Wednesday edition of The New York Times and Washington Post, opposed “any discriminatory legislation” that limited people's ability to vote. United Airlines, American Express, Facebook, Target, investor Warren Buffett, and others joined the effort. Last month, a smaller group of companies signed a letter with similar sentiment organized by Black business leaders. But, the Times reported , several companies declined to sign Wednesday's letter, including Georgia-based Coca-Cola, Delta, and Home Depot, as well as Walmart and JPMorgan Chase. “We publicly made our own strong statement last month about the critical importance of every citizen being able to exercise their fundamental right to vote,” a spokesperson for JPMorgan said.
— Business Insider