One Ohio Walmart is asking employees to donate food for other workers who are experiencing "unforeseen hardships" during the holiday season and can not afford to buy a Thanksgiving meal for their families.

In a photo distributed by Our Walmart, a labor group that receives funding from United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, shows purple and orange bins placed in an employees only area of the retailer's Atlantic Boulevard location in Canton. 

"Please donate food items here so associates in need can enjoy Thanksgiving dinner," a sign posted to the bins reads.

According to The Plan Dealer, the world's largest retailer said the collection bins are an example of how employees look out for each other. Walmart, said the store of about 300 employees have been hosting a holiday food drive for a few years.

"It is for associates who have had some hardships come up," Walmart spokesman, Kory Lundberg, said. "Maybe their spouse lost a job. This is part of the company's culture to rally around associates and take care of them when they face extreme hardships."

Most Walmart store employees make less than $25,000 per year, according to a calculation by The Huffington Post earlier this year. 

"Quite frankly, a lot of people in that store are frustrated and offended that this is reported in a way besides other folks rallying around each other," Lundberg said.

Lundberg defended the company's treatment of workers, and said it takes extra steps to help those that have financial problems.

"They set the tub up for associates and managers to donate items for associates for things beyond their control," Lundberg said. "It shows these associates care for each other. This isn't every day run of the mill stuff maybe a spouse has lost a job or lost a loved one, or maybe a natural disaster has hit."

Lundberg said that no one in the store knows who the food donations will go to because the store management delivers the items to their homes.

Earlier this month, workers organized by OUR Walmart have gone on strike in various cities across the country, demanding higher pay and better working conditions. One protests lead to more than 50 arrests.