Detroit Schools' Offering Classes in How to Work at Walmart Attacked as 'Subservient Worker' Training

The announcement of the program has caused some outrage on behalf of students. "This is not why parents send them to school," says one watchdog.

February 12, 2010 | Walmart has been widely condemned for offering its employees only low-paying, dead end jobs. Even President Obama criticized Hillary Clinton during the 2008 presidential campaign for having served on Walmart's board and stated that the firm ought to pay "a living wage."

In inner-city Detroit, however, where the unemployment rate is estimated at an astonishing 50%, the prospect of a Walmart job may appear far more attractive.