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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8654. | JC (jcfermin) | 90.60 | 97% | 2014-09-06 |
8655. | Rick (scorpius) | 90.59 | 84% | 2013-10-26 |
8656. | Shushker (shushker) | 90.59 | 94% | 2016-07-27 |
8657. | Tim (666999ibanez) | 90.59 | 96% | 2012-12-27 |
8658. | Ata (terrr) | 90.59 | 98% | 2019-06-14 |
8659. | MooD (xslel) | 90.59 | 96% | 2021-07-16 |
8660. | Martin (mpgo13) | 90.59 | — | 2010-06-28 |
8661. | Cyla (cylaerfiest) | 90.58 | 97% | 2022-04-18 |
8662. | Aron (aronbk) | 90.58 | 96% | 2016-11-08 |
8663. | butterfingers (butterfinger... | 90.57 | 97% | 2023-09-04 |
8664. | Ritesh (riteshchat) | 90.57 | — | 2010-06-07 |
8665. | Xan (justxan) | 90.57 | 98% | 2019-07-31 |
8666. | Deuce (edge) | 90.57 | — | 2010-04-13 |
8667. | Jonathan (jonkimchi) | 90.56 | 94% | 2011-10-14 |
8668. | Banana (banankake) | 90.56 | 96.8% | 2023-11-16 |
8669. | Eric (edluu) | 90.56 | 93% | 2012-12-09 |
8670. | David (mordecai1011) | 90.55 | 95% | 2014-02-12 |
8671. | Mic (thehashslingingslasher) | 90.55 | 93% | 2014-05-20 |
8672. | Ian (holeyness) | 90.55 | 98% | 2020-02-21 |
8673. | Mitchell (mrfreeze) | 90.55 | 96% | 2016-05-21 |
8674. | M (mattgarr) | 90.55 | 93% | 2017-05-15 |
8675. | Howard (howardpeckerman) | 90.55 | 99% | 2013-09-11 |
8676. | Gendo (gendo) | 90.55 | 94% | 2014-01-09 |
8677. | Poopy (linch8) | 90.54 | 98% | 2022-02-02 |
8678. | :) (coolkidswag) | 90.54 | 98% | 2021-04-16 |
8679. | Leon (kahelleon) | 90.54 | 97% | 2021-08-22 |
8680. | Arpeggio (arpeggio2033) | 90.54 | 98% | 2019-02-05 |
8681. | Fedupedu (fedupedu) | 90.54 | 97% | 2018-05-09 |
8682. | Typeracerplays main track O... | 90.54 | 90% | 2016-07-30 |
8683. | Phany (telugu_manishi) | 90.54 | — | 2010-12-07 |
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 |