My aunt recounts her more memorable Black Fridays at the Walmart in Harlan, Kentucky
Tag: Walmart
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Charm turns to tedium
Chay Yew debuts at Victory Gardens Theater with Ameriville
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Hooray for abysmal labor conditions—we’re getting Walmarted
People who are so excited about Walmart’s growth in Chicago aren’t thinking about what it really means for workers.
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Make way for ducklings
Firefighters and Good Samaritans staged “a daring rescue” of a mother duck and five ducklings attempting to cross Lake Shore Drive last night. (Tribune) Ugh. A south suburban women allegedly killed her baby, then took it shopping. (Sun-Times) A second Lakeview Walmart? (Curbed Chicago)
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Alderman Stone: My Reelection Would Be a Savings to Taxpayers
Alderman Bernard Stone (50th) reckons his chances.
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Chatham Walmart Heads to Full City Council
The finance committee pushes the city’s third Walmart through with one dissenting vote.
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Max Brooks Talks Wal-Mart on WCPT
Max Brooks, author of the Reader‘s recent cover story on Walmart, will be on WCPT Radio (820 AM) at 2pm today with Dick Kay to further discuss the subject.
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What Else You Should Know About Walmart
It’s not just the low wages or the near-scientific union busting. It’s the preference for poverty, the business model built on turnover, the manipulative PR. Is this really the best way to bring jobs and food to the south and west sides?
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Wheelers, Dealers, and Walmart
Walmart and union leaders have cut a deal that will allow the retailer to open a new store in the far south side Pullman neighborhood. But not everyone in the area is happy about it.
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Is the Third Time a Charm for Walmart?
Once again, the City Council’s zoning committee appears poised to consider plans for a new Walmart store on the far south side, and the project’s sponsor, Alderman Anthony Beale, says he thinks it will advance this time.
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Beale Says He Won’t Bypass Zoning Committee on Walmart
The City Council sponsor of a plan to bring another Walmart to Chicago says he’s not going to use a parliamentary maneuver to push it along, even though Mayor Daley has suggested otherwise.
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Walmart Vote Delayed … Again
There won’t be a vote on another Chicago Walmart this week—a key alderman pulled it off the agenda for tomorrow’s meeting of the City Council zoning committee.