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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26649. | Jeena (jeena) | 61.54 | 97% | 2012-10-01 |
26650. | Tashfiqul Alam (tashfiqul) | 61.54 | 95% | 2023-12-30 |
26651. | OZ (babygirl420) | 61.54 | 91% | 2015-03-27 |
26652. | Luke (lukecunningham) | 61.54 | 96% | 2014-04-16 |
26653. | Gecko (gecko125) | 61.53 | 97% | 2024-03-18 |
26654. | Max (max_colemak_enjoyer) | 61.53 | 92.3% | 2023-11-27 |
26655. | Shoujikis (sh0ujiki5) | 61.53 | 97% | 2014-08-22 |
26656. | Ethiopia (edmaanihc@gmail.c... | 61.53 | 95% | 2018-08-14 |
26657. | Prithwin (prithwin) | 61.52 | 96% | 2019-08-03 |
26658. | Nukman (fenderzo) | 61.52 | 94% | 2024-01-12 |
26659. | BuslimSMD (silvercrow0) | 61.52 | 98% | 2022-05-04 |
26660. | Chase (userofnames) | 61.52 | 96% | 2022-05-21 |
26661. | Jeff (litboi101) | 61.52 | 95% | 2020-01-24 |
26662. | a1ways (pi___) | 61.52 | 91% | 2016-07-13 |
26663. | Matthias (sylence) | 61.52 | — | 2009-08-27 |
26664. | Nattapon (seryozero) | 61.52 | 92% | 2012-09-09 |
26665. | cl0wee (cl0wee) | 61.51 | 97% | 2023-12-23 |
26666. | Bishal (ses1111) | 61.51 | 97% | 2023-11-10 |
26667. | Parker (_parker) | 61.51 | 95.4% | 2023-11-13 |
26668. | Felix (metr_x) | 61.51 | 96% | 2023-12-30 |
26669. | Ronnel (ronnel012188) | 61.51 | 95% | 2013-04-21 |
26670. | Brian (patsby) | 61.51 | 93% | 2014-05-13 |
26671. | Sourish (sourish1997) | 61.50 | 96% | 2023-04-19 |
26672. | Terad (terad) | 61.50 | 93% | 2022-07-30 |
26673. | Mike (miym) | 61.50 | 97.1% | 2021-02-16 |
26674. | Nicholas (nick68) | 61.50 | 91% | 2016-07-05 |
26675. | Marius (m4ryu5) | 61.49 | 96% | 2023-05-10 |
26676. | Mugiwara (sungodnika69) | 61.49 | 96% | 2023-09-02 |
26677. | Guest (train9013c) | 61.49 | 94% | 2021-09-24 |
26678. | Randy (papigrande_) | 61.49 | 96% | 2018-05-08 |
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 |