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
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11771. | ok (herbaltea) | 84.21 | 97% | 2023-01-10 |
11772. | Tristan (tristanhilton85) | 84.20 | 96% | 2016-03-09 |
11773. | Spencer (spenzaur) | 84.20 | 96% | 2024-03-22 |
11774. | Muko (muko) | 84.20 | — | 2009-08-26 |
11775. | Jonathan (jdawgnix) | 84.20 | 92% | 2013-03-02 |
11776. | Ivan (hehemon) | 84.20 | — | 2009-11-07 |
11777. | Matt (demigod2005yr) | 84.19 | 93% | 2016-06-14 |
11778. | hoangnam75 (hoagnnam75) | 84.19 | 97% | 2020-09-11 |
11779. | ¯\(ツ)/¯ (jeconner) | 84.19 | 99% | 2014-12-15 |
11780. | Kevzill (kevzilla) | 84.19 | 96% | 2014-01-15 |
11781. | Hessi (hessijames) | 84.19 | 98% | 2018-02-25 |
11782. | rafi (rafi1) | 84.18 | 97.7% | 2023-12-22 |
11783. | Nate (nateog) | 84.18 | 97% | 2021-09-23 |
11784. | i'm slow (pndspirit) | 84.18 | 96% | 2017-07-27 |
11785. | Akshar (aksharchrome) | 84.18 | 96% | 2016-07-25 |
11786. | Zee (kingofsin) | 84.18 | 97% | 2018-09-13 |
11787. | Maxini (maxinithegenie21) | 84.17 | 98% | 2018-09-19 |
11788. | Ben (mrjamminkearl) | 84.17 | 96% | 2020-02-13 |
11789. | Average (hellohithere) | 84.17 | 98% | 2021-08-05 |
11790. | Mathias (wizh) | 84.17 | 92% | 2015-11-01 |
11791. | JV (maxmalakas) | 84.17 | 99% | 2018-06-18 |
11792. | Steven (jarofhearts1993) | 84.16 | 98% | 2019-10-31 |
11793. | Alexander (torphon) | 84.16 | 99% | 2019-03-06 |
11794. | Exquisition (raimi) | 84.16 | 90% | 2015-10-13 |
11795. | darkestrevolt (darkestrevolt) | 84.15 | 97.5% | 2024-01-05 |
11796. | Pivius (pivius) | 84.15 | 97% | 2016-02-07 |
11797. | veljkoz (veljkoz) | 84.15 | 97% | 2012-10-02 |
11798. | scott (pmonkey) | 84.14 | 96% | 2013-06-03 |
11799. | gayman (vvvvvccvvvvv) | 84.13 | 96.8% | 2024-01-25 |
11800. | Pete (phoc41) | 84.13 | 95% | 2014-01-09 |
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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 |