When union leaders revealed the details of a so-called deal that would allow Walmart to open a store in the far south side neighborhood of Pullman, they warned the big-box retailer that they would keep an eye on them.
“There’s going to be 21 more stores,” said Dennis Gannon, who was the president of the Chicago Federation of Labor at the time. “We’re going to hold Walmart accountable at every zoning and every TIF hearing on every step of the road to make sure that they’re living up to their side of our agreement.”
Well, they’d better be ready to move, because Mayor Daley is ramming through a plan that would allow Walmart to open its third store in the city.