The Wal-Mart Effect: Grocery Unions Battle to Stop Invasion of the.... Nancy Cleeland and Abigail Goldman.
by Cleeland, Nancy; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 302Business. Publisher: Los Angeles Times, 2003ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): California | Competition, Unfair | Discount houses (Retail trade) | Grocery trade | International business enterprises | Labor unions | Wages | Wal-Mart StoresDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Inglewood seemed to offer the perfect home for a new Wal-Mart Supercenter, with low-income residents hungry for bargains and a mayor craving the sales-tax revenue that flows from big-box stores. But nearly two years after deciding to build on a 60-acre lot near the Hollywood Park racetrack, Wal-Mart is nowhere near pouring concrete. Instead, the world's biggest company is at war with a determined opposition, led by organized labor....Indeed, similar battles are breaking out across California, and both sides are digging in hard." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article discusses efforts by union and citizen groups to keep Wal-Mart from building in their communities.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Wal-Mart Effect: Grocery Unions Battle to Stop Invasion of the..., Nov. 25, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Inglewood seemed to offer the perfect home for a new Wal-Mart Supercenter, with low-income residents hungry for bargains and a mayor craving the sales-tax revenue that flows from big-box stores. But nearly two years after deciding to build on a 60-acre lot near the Hollywood Park racetrack, Wal-Mart is nowhere near pouring concrete. Instead, the world's biggest company is at war with a determined opposition, led by organized labor....Indeed, similar battles are breaking out across California, and both sides are digging in hard." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article discusses efforts by union and citizen groups to keep Wal-Mart from building in their communities.
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