Walmart extends rent relief to in-store shops and will pay suppliers faster

March 26, 2020

Walmart has announced that the 10,000 businesses that operate shops inside its namesake stores and Sam’s Club will have their rent waived for the month of April. “We’ll continue to monitor the need for additional support past April. We’re also working with many of our partners to encourage their impacted employees to apply for the 150,000 temporary jobs we plan to fill in the coming months,” the retailer said in a statement. The retailer also said it would make changes to its supply chain financing program to help qualified suppliers get their payments more quickly.

Recent News

Waffle House Workers Strike for Fair Pay and Better Working Conditions

Waffle House workers in Conyers, Georgia, are now on their third day of striking over what they call the company’s unfair policies. Led by the Union of Southern Service Workers (USSW), Waffle House employees are demanding an end to the mandatory “meal credit” deductions from their paychecks, along with better wages and improved working conditions.