Yes--yes they do. My favorite grocery store does hire a lot of disabled folks, and everyone appreciates them and ignores their disabilities and accepts them for who they are and what they do.
No, unfortunately I can't. I own a construction company and it would be too dangerous for them in that environment. I would, if I could. . .
I've worked for stores that employed handicapped workers. A government program paid half their salary for six months only. No, we didn't fire them after the government quit pitching in.
None of them were as profoundly physically handicapped as Adam and all could perform the job they had.
You could hire Adam to sit in a truck at the site and smile and wave at passing motorists. He'd be out of harm's way and more or less doing what he did at Wal-Mart.
. . . If WalMart is such a fantastic employer when it comes to paying/treatment of their employees, then why are there constant rallies and protests (by employees) in front of their stores, and why are there so many WalMart employees receiving government assistance just to make ends meet? I've yet to see Macy's employees out front protesting, nor my local Giant Eagle grocery store--not even at McDonald's. And it's not necessarily all about the money. Expectations of performance and quality of life issues all have a great impact on employee dissatisfaction.
Not fantastic, just pretty typical for that industry. That includes working conditions and employees receiving government assistance. I guess they could cut down on that last number by not hiring unwed mothers, not that that'd help anybody.
You see this constantly in person? I'd say there must be a serious problem with the management in that particular store. I've never seen or heard of anything like that happening around here.
If you mean you've seen it on the news, remember that they have their own agenda.
As to why, I doubt Wal-Mart employees organized this on their or even came up with the idea on their own. The UFCW and others like them are nursing a huge hard-on for Wal-Mart. Unionizing Wal-Mart would equal a giant, never-ending payday, kind of like selling a million time-shares at once. So, for them at least, it is all about the money.
You notice these employees aren't just getting a different job at a competing chain because that store and their treatment at it would be about the same.
. . .You are just coming off as the sort of guy that thinks it's wrong to let the disabled "ball-boy" onto the field and score a touchdown in the final seconds of the last game of the season. . .
I don't mean to, but there's a difference between feeling bad for Adam and dictating how someone should run their business.