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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39007. | eddierwb (eddierwb) | 38.72 | 90% | 2011-06-01 |
39008. | Mr.Speed (mr_speed) | 38.72 | 89% | 2014-12-21 |
39009. | Bharath (bharath0915) | 38.72 | 95% | 2021-10-05 |
39010. | Harnoor Kaur Saggu (faker2987) | 38.72 | 98% | 2024-03-12 |
39011. | Artery (artery) | 38.71 | — | 2010-02-17 |
39012. | tanu (racertanu) | 38.71 | 95% | 2023-07-11 |
39013. | hemant (palhemant) | 38.67 | 98% | 2024-03-08 |
39014. | sandeep (tenali) | 38.66 | 91% | 2013-09-11 |
39015. | |-♥- (phoebe_chen) | 38.65 | 94% | 2011-10-19 |
39016. | Branches (branches) | 38.64 | 83% | 2015-04-13 |
39017. | Ammy (ammygirl) | 38.64 | 89% | 2012-11-20 |
39018. | Max (mhastings) | 38.64 | 89% | 2015-08-31 |
39019. | Ardi (ardisujaya) | 38.63 | 98% | 2024-01-20 |
39020. | Benjamin (b3nj4m1n_dvorak) | 38.62 | 92% | 2020-06-11 |
39021. | Lloyd (lloyd_k) | 38.61 | 94% | 2021-05-09 |
39022. | abdesettar dz (rtjhll) | 38.61 | 96% | 2024-04-14 |
39023. | klee (kleewithhato) | 38.59 | — | 2010-07-29 |
39024. | kit (kitminh) | 38.59 | — | 2009-09-15 |
39025. | ajit (ajit211) | 38.56 | 91% | 2014-10-01 |
39026. | Tien (hatien) | 38.56 | 94% | 2013-02-19 |
39027. | Yulia (yuliafjrnt) | 38.56 | 97% | 2015-11-18 |
39028. | gamesgant313 (gamesgant313) | 38.55 | 98% | 2020-05-19 |
39029. | Destiny Speaks (syedsuhail001) | 38.55 | 98% | 2024-03-23 |
39030. | Lil (lil_wymn20) | 38.54 | 95% | 2024-02-16 |
39031. | Matthew (cheetah330) | 38.54 | 96% | 2023-11-25 |
39032. | Kame (kamey) | 38.53 | 98% | 2014-02-20 |
39033. | Linda (lsnyder) | 38.52 | — | 2010-07-01 |
39034. | Batata (bataya) | 38.50 | 95% | 2024-02-14 |
39035. | kasiar (ikai) | 38.50 | 92% | 2022-03-31 |
39036. | Abstract (abstractionfraction) | 38.49 | 94% | 2023-12-17 |
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 |