The Waltons and Walmart.

• Author: Trumka, Richard
• Position: Brief article

Two brothers and a sister of the Walton family--Alice, Jim, and Rob--are the controlling shareholders of Walmart, the largest private employer in the United States. Together with the remaining heirs to the Walmart fortune, they are worth more than $150 billion, making them the richest family on Earth. If Sam Walton's dependents actually worked for their Walmart dividend checks this year, they would make $1.5 million every hour. Actual Walmart workers get an average of $8.81 per hour. Tens of thousands of Walmart employees get Medicaid and food stamps--each Walmart store costs taxpayers an estimated $1 million per...