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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14015. | imbad (imbad789) | 80.04 | 95% | 2021-04-29 |
14016. | Jibin (jibinthomas89) | 80.04 | 95% | 2011-06-03 |
14017. | Patrick (patrickstar13) | 80.04 | 96% | 2015-03-02 |
14018. | copter28 (copter28) | 80.04 | 98% | 2020-12-30 |
14019. | 0rav_gallium (0rav_gallium) | 80.04 | 95.3% | 2024-01-11 |
14020. | RG (rgqt) | 80.04 | 97% | 2024-01-19 |
14021. | jim (jim7) | 80.03 | 95% | 2024-03-14 |
14022. | Claudia (heartbreakinglyawk... | 80.03 | 98% | 2012-01-09 |
14023. | Effort0208 (effort0208) | 80.03 | 94% | 2016-06-05 |
14024. | Victor (hueylouisnonews) | 80.03 | 98% | 2022-12-17 |
14025. | Kylee (cheyna) | 80.02 | 93% | 2015-08-27 |
14026. | Hekri (hekri) | 80.02 | 99% | 2016-07-01 |
14027. | stephanos (ponazyo) | 80.02 | 94% | 2015-03-03 |
14028. | Matthew (mathias69) | 80.02 | 98% | 2024-04-03 |
14029. | Lava (lavaweiner) | 80.02 | 93% | 2016-02-23 |
14030. | Leo (gnowoel) | 80.02 | 95% | 2015-09-19 |
14031. | Mark (markidak) | 80.01 | 97% | 2018-01-08 |
14032. | FreePalestine (read_palesti... | 80.01 | 97% | 2024-02-11 |
14033. | Charlie (charlie_vfx) | 80.01 | 95% | 2024-01-30 |
14034. | Kaizoku (kaikai14) | 80.01 | 97% | 2013-12-31 |
14035. | Stacey (slisac) | 80.01 | 97% | 2012-07-29 |
14036. | Christian (christian9182) | 80.01 | 97% | 2024-04-12 |
14037. | tstats[xander360] (xander360) | 80.01 | 97.7% | 2024-02-05 |
14038. | Viet (viettp) | 80.01 | 97% | 2023-03-16 |
14039. | Akiro (akiroooo) | 80.01 | 96% | 2022-02-14 |
14040. | Andreas (uliko) | 80.00 | — | 2010-11-28 |
14041. | tstats[beedi] (beedi) | 80.00 | 96.9% | 2024-04-29 |
14042. | cuppajoeman.com (cuppajoeman) | 80.00 | 98% | 2018-07-16 |
14043. | Someone (_some_one_) | 80.00 | 97% | 2021-11-19 |
14044. | Prof Abi (abita) | 80.00 | 97% | 2017-12-30 |
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 |