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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18877. | Adridri (eidorian) | 72.78 | 89% | 2013-03-14 |
18878. | nosrej (nosrej) | 72.78 | 96% | 2012-03-24 |
18879. | yudax (yudax42) | 72.77 | 96% | 2023-11-29 |
18880. | Matthew (matthums) | 72.77 | 97% | 2022-06-05 |
18881. | Brian (pocket_ace) | 72.77 | 98% | 2022-04-08 |
18882. | Alex (laralex) | 72.76 | 97% | 2019-08-30 |
18883. | Rho (hackinghorn) | 72.76 | 98% | 2011-09-22 |
18884. | Nick (typing____) | 72.76 | 95.7% | 2023-11-27 |
18885. | GanmenSmasher (ganmensmasher) | 72.76 | 98% | 2022-10-26 |
18886. | Vincent (slybeans) | 72.76 | 98% | 2019-01-06 |
18887. | 3e4rt5g (rggfsdvr) | 72.76 | 96% | 2024-02-26 |
18888. | Matthew (matx23) | 72.76 | 93% | 2016-12-16 |
18889. | scott (glorfindel1977) | 72.75 | — | 2009-09-19 |
18890. | weeb (cv01) | 72.75 | 96.4% | 2024-01-26 |
18891. | Alex (alexklaus) | 72.75 | 97% | 2015-05-30 |
18892. | vbgvbg113 (vbgvbg113) | 72.75 | 96% | 2024-03-17 |
18893. | Angela (purplehalo3) | 72.74 | 96% | 2016-11-10 |
18894. | Ben (benpoopy) | 72.74 | 96% | 2023-09-12 |
18895. | Flipper (flipperpt) | 72.74 | 95% | 2022-02-12 |
18896. | Mary (wpj7321) | 72.74 | 95% | 2013-12-30 |
18897. | y (ytasf) | 72.74 | 96% | 2013-11-29 |
18898. | Gaby (gabygirl611) | 72.74 | — | 2010-03-24 |
18899. | Erik (strezz) | 72.74 | 99% | 2016-08-21 |
18900. | Ben (benjals9) | 72.74 | 95.8% | 2024-03-04 |
18901. | cody (codylame) | 72.73 | 95% | 2024-04-23 |
18902. | Kyori (kyori_sac) | 72.73 | 97% | 2023-11-23 |
18903. | Steven (smfoote) | 72.73 | 94% | 2015-03-30 |
18904. | Julian (itsnutra) | 72.73 | 97% | 2019-01-10 |
18905. | Dim (workahol1c) | 72.73 | 96% | 2023-06-22 |
18906. | Shashank (shanky92) | 72.73 | 97% | 2022-12-18 |
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 |