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As Walmart Sales Soared During The Pandemic, Essential Workers Got Scant Protection

Associated Press

Sandra Kunz had been worried for her safety while working as a cashier at a Walmart in Aurora, Colorado, during the pandemic, said her sister, Paula Spellman.

In February, Justin Kelley was among the workers at about 1,000 Walmarts who learned that their jobs as people greeters would be eliminated. Like Kelley, many of them were workers with disabilities who found themselves in limbo.

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'My Whole Life Is On Hold': As Walmart Eliminates Greeters, A Dream In Limbo

Alina Selyukh

Justin Kelley was among workers who learned their jobs as greeters would be cut. As the Floridian waited 49 days to hear if he could stay with Walmart, he worried he would have to give up his dream.

John Combs is a "people greeter" at a Walmart in Vancouver, Wash. But he has been told that come April 25, his job is going away. And he is not alone.

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Walmart Is Eliminating Greeters. Workers With Disabilities Feel Targeted

Alina Selyukh

NPR has found that Walmart is changing the job requirements for front-door greeters in a way that appears to disproportionately affect workers with disabilities.

Guns & America

Judge Sentences Walmart Shooter To Life In Prison

Leigh Paterson

The man who shot and killed three people at a Thornton Walmart last year has been sentenced to three life terms in prison without parole, plus an鈥�