There’s something off-putting about a multi-billion dollar company like Walmart doing away with jobs primarily filled by people with disabilities. More than two years ago, the world’s largest retailer began replacing its greeters with so-called “customer hosts on a trial basis, and now the company plans to take the new initiative nationwide. NPR reported that 1,000 stores would lose these greeter positions as of April 25. Disabled Walmart Employees Latest Casualty in Retail Wars Poignantly, the switch disproportionately affects employees who have cerebral palsy and other conditions that didn’t get in the way of Walmart hiring them. Now, the employer seems
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