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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Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
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13663. | Dustin (jebeidiah) | 80.60 | 99% | 2015-10-09 |
13664. | Matthew (mbradber) | 80.60 | 85% | 2016-06-03 |
13665. | Jenesh (jenesh) | 80.60 | 97% | 2022-10-25 |
13666. | Rocherfarrala (rocherfarrala) | 80.60 | 97% | 2020-01-09 |
13667. | Andy Nguyen (micro____) | 80.60 | 96% | 2024-04-12 |
13668. | Robert (robert1339) | 80.60 | 97% | 2017-07-17 |
13669. | Kyunghwan (mallardk0h) | 80.59 | 97% | 2021-05-29 |
13670. | Maxwell (ultimatemaxwell) | 80.59 | 98% | 2023-01-03 |
13671. | Vince (vdawg333) | 80.59 | 99% | 2019-07-23 |
13672. | Solo (itssolo) | 80.59 | 95.5% | 2023-11-17 |
13673. | Jake (jd648077) | 80.59 | 96% | 2024-02-23 |
13674. | Adam (lofe) | 80.58 | 97% | 2012-11-23 |
13675. | Robert (robnekaj) | 80.58 | 96% | 2023-08-20 |
13676. | lana (lanalynn) | 80.58 | 91% | 2014-05-29 |
13677. | Bidou (bidou) | 80.58 | 97% | 2021-01-21 |
13678. | Fatnot (fatnot) | 80.58 | 98% | 2022-05-13 |
13679. | Juan (breadaf) | 80.57 | 96% | 2020-09-10 |
13680. | Zak (zajawe) | 80.57 | 98% | 2023-05-19 |
13681. | Just a potato (quocbinhgt3007) | 80.57 | 95.2% | 2024-01-14 |
13682. | HernĂ¡n (hernii55338) | 80.57 | 94% | 2016-01-10 |
13683. | Taylor (tsquared) | 80.57 | 91% | 2013-01-11 |
13684. | iubyont (iubyont) | 80.57 | 96% | 2011-08-18 |
13685. | Duy (finalluv) | 80.56 | 96% | 2013-08-20 |
13686. | Denny (shizkr) | 80.56 | 98% | 2020-11-16 |
13687. | Kai (ckai) | 80.56 | 96.9% | 2024-01-14 |
13688. | Ceda (cedazmaj) | 80.56 | 96% | 2021-04-04 |
13689. | AznDibs (azndibs) | 80.56 | 91% | 2016-10-24 |
13690. | ted (sayonara999) | 80.56 | 97% | 2018-06-26 |
13691. | Justin (jwtalbott) | 80.55 | 93% | 2016-02-11 |
13692. | Sorin (zarzare) | 80.55 | 96% | 2013-09-04 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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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 |