this is it at walmart

No one can deny that Walmart has created a lot of American jobs (click for a mesmerizing FlowingData animation of Walmart's growth across the U.S.), and the largest retail chain in the world weathered the recession well, recently announcing plans to . f

But for Allen, who hasn't had a steady job for three years, a Walmart job was -- finally -- a job. "People like to bash Walmart, but I think there's a lesson here on who really cares for the working class in this country," Desteenie Simmons, who also won a cashier position, told Black Voices News. "A lot of big businesses make elaborate promises about creating jobs, but in reality they are steadily shipping jobs overseas, keeping wages low and boosting their own profits."

Most recently, Walmart investigators discovered that the retail machine had bribed officials all over Mexico to obtain the necessary permits to grow into the country's largest private-sector employer. Walmart then shut down the investigation, , and no one involved was disciplined.

Allen had just landed a cashier job at the new Walmart Neighborhood Market in San Bernardino, Calif. An may not seem like cause to praise the heavens. For corporate America's critics, Walmart is the Death Star: It's viciously anti-union; receives an endless stream of discrimination suits; and employs 1 percent of America, paying its sales associates, on average, a poverty-level wage.

"This is a good day the Lord has made," Meka Allen last week. "I'm rejoicing and leaping for joy."

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