Bernie Sanders to demand Walmart raise ‘poverty wages’
US Democratic candidate will speak at the retailer’s annual meeting in Arkansas in June
Bernie Sanders, a leading Democratic presidential candidate, is preparing to gatecrash Walmart’s annual meeting to demand the world’s biggest retailer increase its 2.2 million workers “poverty wages”.
Sanders is expected to attack the multi-billionaire Walton family, who own Walmart, for paying its full-time workers an average of just $14.26 per hour (£11.25) while handing the chief executive, Doug McMillon, a $23.6m pay package.