When you're standing in a store aisle, trying to decide between brands of shampoo or kinds of soda, you probably don't think about how whatever you're buying arrived there in front of you. But getting it there was a process, and not one just done by machines. People worked to get you that product, and a lot of those people are warehouse workers.
I never considered how a store came to have the items on its shelf. That is, until I talked to Tory Moore, a former warehouse worker and now an organizer for a group called Warehouse Workers for Justice.
"Walmart makes billions of dollars. And those warehouse workers are getting treated like slaves. Some are getting less than minimum wage because they're getting paid by the truck," said Moore.
Moore worked in a warehouse for six years as a temp. That's right — six years as a "temporary" worker. A lot of warehouse worker are temps, even though there's nothing short term about their employment. And as temps, they get paid very low wages, sometimes…
http://uspoverty.change.org/blog/view/ware_and_tear_many_warehouse_workers_get_low_wages_no_benefits
The items stored in warehouses as well as in storage Tulsa OK facilities may vary in monetary value but their importance to the owners are pretty much the same. Many people decide to keep their products/personal items in storage or warehouse because they know that these will be secured there. Unfortunately, if the employees are not well compensated, they may not be happy with their work and this can affect their job performance.
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