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quotes[1] = "An average 'full-time' employee at Wal-Mart would have to work roughly 1646 years in order to accumulate what the Wal-Mart CEO receives for one year. <span style='font-size:11px;font-weight:normal'>[Women's Wear Daily, 7/24/08]</span>"
quotes[9] = "A Wal-Mart associate would have to work 3114 years to meet the annual compensation of the three highest paid Wal-Mart executives. <span style='font-size:11px;font-weight:normal'>[Women's Wear Daily, 7/24/08]</span>"
quotes[0] = "An 'average' 'full-time' employee works 34 hours per week, makes the $10.86 per hour, and earns $19,200.48 per year -- below the $21,200 poverty line defined by the federal governmentfor a family of four. <span style='font-size:11px;font-weight:normal'>[2008 Wal-Mart Employee Handbook; 2008 HHS Poverty Guidelines]</span>"
quotes[2] = "Using Wal-Mart's figures, a 'full-time' employee at 34 hours per week, making the Wal-Mart average wage of $10.86 per hour, will earn $19,200.48 per year. The federal government's definition of poverty for a family of four in the contiguous United States is $21,200.  <span style='font-size:11px;font-weight:normal'>[2008 Wal-Mart Employee Handbook; 2008 HHS Poverty Guidelines]</span>"
quotes[3] = "In addition to a low turnover rate, Costco average wage is around $17 an hour while Wal-Mart's average was hovers below $11. Coincidently, Wal-Mart's number represents the average pay of the lowest paid employee at Costco. <span style='font-size:11px;font-weight:normal'>[Washington Post, 1/30/07]</span>"
quotes[4] = "After a year of touting health plan improvements, Wal-Mart still has the same percentage of employees using Medicaid as the year before. <span style='font-size:11px;font-weight:normal'>[Wal-Mart Press Release, 1/11/07, 1/22/08]</span>"
quotes[5] = "Wal-Mart's health plan options are unaffordable for its employees. To get a plan with a $700 deductible and $4000 out-of-pocket medical expenses still costs $7000 a year and the average Wal-Mart employee makes approximately $20,000 a year. <span style='font-size:11px;font-weight:normal'>[Wal-Mart 2008 Associate Benefits Book]</span>"
quotes[6] = "Wal-Mart employees still wait twice as long for health care coverage than workers at other retailers. <span style='font-size:11px;font-weight:normal'>[Wal-Mart 2008 Associate Benefits Book, Pages 10 and 13; Employer Health Benefits 2007 Annual Survey, The Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research and Educational Trust]</span>"
quotes[7] = "Under Wal-Mart's health plan, employees with pre-existing conditions must wait at least one year for treatment. <span style='font-size:11px;font-weight:normal'>[Wal-Mart 2008 Associate Benefits Book, Page 53]</span>"
quotes[8] = "Nationally, 64% of workers in very large firms (5,000 employees or more) receive their benefits from their employer. Wal-Mart covers around 50% of its employees. <span style='font-size:11px;font-weight:normal'>[Employer Health Benefits 2007 Annual Survey, The Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research and Educational Trust; Wal-Mart press release, 1/22/08]</span>"

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