‘You can’t pay bills on $12 an hour’: Walmart employees left out of raises

Company announced it would raise minimum wage at Sam's Club to $15, but Walmart workers were only bumped up to $12

Mendy Hughes, 46, has worked as a cashier for Walmart in Melbourne, Arkansas, for 11 years.

Her hourly wage, after a recent increase, is $12.85 an hour, a mere 85 cents more than the hourly starting wage for new hires despite her 11 years with the company.