claim: "since passage of the tax cuts and jobs act, walmart 'increased their starting wage to $11/hr & has given about $400 million in bonuses.'"
author: ann wagner
evidence_1: jan 11, 2018 ... walmart announced it will be increasing its starting wage rate for hourly ...  walmart to raise its starting wage to $11, give some employees bonuses ...  starting wage rate for hourly employees in the u.s. to $11, after passage of the  tax law. ... the payouts, which should total roughly $400 million, will result in a ...
evidence_2: "since passage of the tax cuts and jobs act, walmart 'increased their starting  wage to $11/hr & has given about $400 million in bonuses.'" — politifact missouri  ...
evidence_3: jan 12, 2018 ... the new tax law, reducing walmart's rate to 21 percent, will save the ... clearly a  competitive gambit—in a job market that's getting tougher ... first, walmart raised  starting pay to $11 an hour for front-line employees. ... giving out $400 million in  one-time bonuses to its hourly staff—a first in its 56-year history.
evidence_4: jan 11, 2018 ... walmart is boosting the minimum hourly wage for its u.s. employees ... which  has more than 1 million u.s. hourly employees, will reap a ... more: less than  meets eye: bonuses, not raises, from u.s. tax cut windfall ... the company said  the one-time bonuses would cost the company $400 million and will be ...
evidence_5: mar 7, 2018 ... from boeing to wal-mart, here's a roundup of bonuses and extra ... of the tax  benefits that have reached over 3 million americans so far. ... in rewarding  workers after the passage of a gop-backed tax reform package. ... (nyse:cvs)  will see their wages increase to $11 per hour from $9, effective april 2018.