Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the winter and then laying them off when the work slowed down, Jay had instituted a system of paying workers a steady wage year-round. A 1937 Fortune magazine article about this and other progressive labor policies at Hormel might well shock those familiar only with the company's labor relations in the 1980s.
—from SPAM: A Biography: The Amazing True Story of America's "Miracle Meat!", a book by Carolyn Wyman
Active since August 20, 2009.
364 total characters in this text.
View Pit Stop page for this text
Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
13248. | Phong (hphong591992) | 81.28 | 91% | 2011-10-17 |
13249. | dredge (dredge) | 81.28 | 92% | 2013-07-12 |
13250. | tstats[neverwen] (neverwen) | 81.28 | 96.2% | 2023-10-25 |
13251. | Clint (clintopher) | 81.28 | 98% | 2012-09-21 |
13252. | Ja-kobe (jrutz26) | 81.28 | 95% | 2022-05-20 |
13253. | Marek (mp4mero) | 81.27 | 96% | 2021-06-24 |
13254. | Anthony (anthnyb) | 81.27 | 97% | 2023-05-07 |
13255. | kavin (kmdkk) | 81.27 | 96% | 2014-01-09 |
13256. | Andrea (dredawg) | 81.27 | 99% | 2012-02-11 |
13257. | Mo (mo5451) | 81.27 | 91% | 2015-03-24 |
13258. | discbox_qwerty (discbox_qwe... | 81.26 | 94% | 2013-05-21 |
13259. | Kwek (kyjing) | 81.26 | 98% | 2022-05-04 |
13260. | D (daymo) | 81.26 | 94% | 2015-04-18 |
13261. | Flank (jtall4747) | 81.26 | 96% | 2023-02-02 |
13262. | kaatumanidhan (kattumanidhan) | 81.26 | 96% | 2021-12-19 |
13263. | Emilio (emiliokyp) | 81.26 | 97% | 2022-05-23 |
13264. | Grace Bernelli (grace_berne... | 81.25 | 96% | 2023-08-14 |
13265. | Garben (garben) | 81.25 | 97% | 2024-01-08 |
13266. | happleby (happleby) | 81.25 | 96% | 2012-04-09 |
13267. | Jack (detroitpistons16) | 81.25 | 97% | 2016-05-14 |
13268. | Sym (larsbacker) | 81.25 | 97% | 2014-01-08 |
13269. | Druid (amrdruid) | 81.25 | 95% | 2014-03-03 |
13270. | Ryan (clever986) | 81.25 | 96% | 2015-05-20 |
13271. | Harshal (bitbeast18) | 81.25 | 97% | 2021-12-31 |
13272. | Nehal (nehaldamania) | 81.24 | 99% | 2018-11-05 |
13273. | Eldergod of the Universe (l... | 81.24 | 97% | 2021-09-19 |
13274. | Ethan (bacenl) | 81.24 | 96.2% | 2024-01-12 |
13275. | marshal (sharpie0101) | 81.24 | 94% | 2015-05-21 |
13276. | Jack (lordshadow) | 81.23 | 97% | 2013-10-10 |
13277. | Vivek (vivekjoshi556) | 81.23 | 98% | 2022-03-04 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
---|---|---|---|
Default (English) | 87,957 | 76.95 | August 20, 2009 |
Long Texts | 108 | 73.53 | December 30, 2016 |
Instant Death Mode | 86 | 79.76 | April 2, 2010 |
Riverside Middle School | 3 | 72.81 | January 25, 2011 |
##typeracer | 2 | 55.97 | January 27, 2021 |