Tag: Walmart
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Essential workers step up during pandemic
By Christian Villegas Pulse Staff Reporter I quit working fast food after I never got a raise, and I’ve been working for Walmart for going on a year. I am a cart pusher, and my job is to collect all shopping carts from the cart corral. Before the virus hit, my hours were 20 to 25…
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Balancing school and work remains a challenge
By Bianca Leija Pulse Staff Reporter Eighty percent of Palo Alto College’s students attend school part-time, meaning they take three classes or fewer each fall and spring semesters. Crystal Noguez, a freshman at Palo Alto College studying Pre-Nursing, said, “I set aside certain hours for work and school, and I don’t get the feeling of…
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Child Labor today, Clothes in America tomorrow
By Lauren Cortez Pulse Staff Reporter 1865 was the year America ratified the Emancipation Proclamation that ended slavery, but more than 150 years later, Americans still support slavery. Over 200 million children in the world are child laborers, most of whom work in dangerous conditions for little to no pay. Twenty-eight companies that we…
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