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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5996. | MTT (mttlive) | 97.84 | 98% | 2021-05-20 |
5997. | Jedi Jamie J (exime) | 97.84 | 97% | 2016-02-05 |
5998. | Jeremy (jeremytx91) | 97.83 | 93% | 2017-01-13 |
5999. | Dan (wrightdp) | 97.83 | 99% | 2016-02-24 |
6000. | Theo (sharkhead2) | 97.83 | 96% | 2023-12-21 |
6001. | Konflicted (konflicted) | 97.82 | — | 2010-04-04 |
6002. | mattot.the.builder (hafizud... | 97.82 | 98% | 2021-04-04 |
6003. | Hopps (hoppstwo) | 97.81 | 95% | 2016-01-12 |
6004. | Liz (lizchu413) | 97.81 | 96% | 2021-03-04 |
6005. | Susan (bubblebubble) | 97.81 | — | 2009-09-19 |
6006. | Hansol (hansol) | 97.81 | 94% | 2013-12-17 |
6007. | Jeff (jay_vee21) | 97.79 | 93% | 2012-10-07 |
6008. | Toulouse (toulouse_lautrec) | 97.79 | — | 2010-06-09 |
6009. | Jens (pense007) | 97.78 | 99% | 2012-05-14 |
6010. | Charles (ch1pper) | 97.78 | 98% | 2013-04-22 |
6011. | repeatt (repeatt) | 97.78 | 97% | 2023-02-03 |
6012. | j (jjsiracha) | 97.77 | 98% | 2022-10-07 |
6013. | Charles (xx_white_racer_xx) | 97.77 | 99% | 2020-10-30 |
6014. | Joe (carrotdrill) | 97.77 | 97% | 2020-11-07 |
6015. | The Big Box (doctorsaywhat) | 97.77 | 98% | 2011-12-17 |
6016. | John (xjohnbx) | 97.75 | 99% | 2016-08-24 |
6017. | Wade (deebz) | 97.75 | 97% | 2013-01-29 |
6018. | phong (whatthephong) | 97.75 | 95% | 2014-08-07 |
6019. | Jake (aurelias) | 97.74 | 96% | 2015-05-09 |
6020. | Jack (thefreighttrain) | 97.74 | 98% | 2020-10-30 |
6021. | m0nsteR (m0nsta321) | 97.73 | 96% | 2022-06-03 |
6022. | Cecil (goodie1857) | 97.72 | 98% | 2020-07-21 |
6023. | DuckyFul (duckydatyper) | 97.72 | 98% | 2022-10-14 |
6024. | Suhas (suhasmaddali007) | 97.72 | 98% | 2022-10-04 |
6025. | Erik (frostbound) | 97.72 | 98% | 2018-08-05 |
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 |