Article 6B6TB Oregon grocery store worker, 91, retires after raising more than $80,000 online

Oregon grocery store worker, 91, retires after raising more than $80,000 online

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Ramon Antonio Vargas
from US news | The Guardian on (#6B6TB)

Betty Glover spent seven decades in the American workforce and unable to save, was still working as a cashier at a WinCo store

A 91-year-old grocery store cashier from Oregon can finally retire thanks to an online fundraiser that was made necessary by the economic forces which compel some Americans to work virtually their entire lives.

Betty Glover has spent seven decades in the US workforce and occasionally even held down two jobs at a time but nonetheless was unable to save enough to retire and still pay off her monthly bills, medicines, groceries and the camping trailer in which she lives, according to the Rogue Valley Times, which recently profiled her.

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