Citizens Chain Themselves To Wal-Mart Backhoes.
June 27, 2003
ABC News in Chattanooga reports that construction workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee found more than they bargained for when they showed up for work this week.
June 2003
Wal-Mart Can’t Build Supercenter Until Fred Foster Shows Up to Vote.
June 25, 2003
In the small town of Front Royal, Virginia, the world’s largest retailer can’t build a supercenter until Town Councilor Fred Foster shows up. One man
Wal-Mart Given Special Deal to Try for Second Time.
June 24, 2003
Wal-Mart was given a second chance yesterday in Gainsville, Florida. After being rejected May 27th. by the City Commission on a 4-3 vote for a
Wal-Mart Hires Professional Signature Gatherers To Get On Ballot
June 24, 2003
It looks like citizen Wal-Mart is going to put itself on the ballot again — this time in Contra Costa, California. The world’s biggest retailer
Federal Judge orders Wal-Mart to Reopen A Unionized Meat Department.
June 23, 2003
In February of 2000, we told you about the success of a group of meatcutters in Jacksonville, Texas who voted to unionize their Wal-Mart. In
Supreme Court Rejects Wal-Mart A Second Time.
June 21, 2003
Would your town accept a Wal-Mart on the condition that it be torn down 25 years later? In April of 2003, we reported that Wal-Mart’s
“Pop” Johnson’s Hardware Shuts After 79 Years. Wal-Mart Blamed.
June 21, 2003
The front page of the Daily Times Chronicle in Reading, Massachusetts has a picture of the Johnson True Value Hardware store with a caption over
Home Depot to Pay $14.7 Million Fine for Ruining A Vendor
June 21, 2003
An Associated Press story this week from Santa Fe, New Mexico indicates that a state judge, Carol Vigil, has slapped Home Depot with a $2.76
Home Depot Avoids Criminal Charges in Boy’s Death
June 21, 2003
There’s been another in a series of customer deaths at Home Depot from falling merchandise, but the death of 6 year old Ivan SanMiguel at
State Supreme Court Upholds Wal-Mart Guilt for Customer’s Drug Death
June 21, 2003
The Arkansas Supreme Court this week unanimously upheld a $1.27 million jury decision against Wal-Mart in a case in which the company gave a pharmacy
Wal-Mart Decides To Take A Permanent Holiday Here.
June 17, 2003
Local residents of Holiday, Florida were more than pleasantly suprised on June 11th. when they learned that the 207,500 s.f. Wal-Mart supercenter planned for 31
Town Competes with Home Depot to Buy Land the Retailer Wants.
June 15, 2003
When in doubt, buy them out. Home Depot knows what competition is all about. As a “category killer”, they have played a role in the
Residents Win Round One Against Wal-Mart Rezoning
June 11, 2003
“Miracles happen,” according to San Marcos, California resident Steve Bennett. “We beat the biggest corporation in the world.” On June 11th, after six grueling hours
Wal-Mart Promises a “Mediterranean” appearance.
June 10, 2003
Do good berms make good neighbors? More than 100 angry residents in Estero, Florida gave Wal-Mart officals an earful for more than 2 hours on
WALMART WHISTLE-BLOWER SAYS SHE WAS EXPOSED TO TOXIC CHEMICALS
June 7, 2003
???I want people to understand the magnitude of power that Walmart has,??? says 68 year old Sherian Palmer. As a result of the four years
Mayor Sleeps Well After His Decision to Reject Wal-Mart.
June 7, 2003
Newsflash reported May 15, 2003 that the Blue Springs, Missouri Planning Commission had voted down a Wal-Mart supercenter. The city already has a current Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart pays $200,000 in Court settlement over toy guns.
June 7, 2003
Don’t point that thing at me! Wal-Mart was shot down this week by New York state’s Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer. The AG took aim at
Residents Win Initial Victory in 5 Year Struggle with Safeway
June 6, 2003
Residents in Burlingame, California have filed the following report of a recent victory in a long-standing battle in their hometown: “Safeway is proposing to build
Wal-Mart Described As Major Contributor to Rising Crime Rate
June 4, 2003
Mayor Morris Vance is in a tight spot. On the one hand, his community of Vista, California, is faced with what the San Diego Union-Tribune
Government Officials Float Idea of Taking the Cap Off Store Size.
June 1, 2003
If you drive through the countryside along Ireland’s narrow, winding roads, you won’t pass by Wal-Marts or Home Depots or any huge hypermarkets. This is