Wal-Mart PR Guy Sent Packing
As a footnote to yesterday’s story about the citizen’s victory in Newport News, Virginia, over Wal-Mart, here’s a story sent to Sprawl-Busters about how the
As a footnote to yesterday’s story about the citizen’s victory in Newport News, Virginia, over Wal-Mart, here’s a story sent to Sprawl-Busters about how the
It didn’t take long for the news in Newport News, Virginia to spread: Wal-Mart withdrew its plans today to build a superstore in this community
So far, so good in Newport News, Virginia. Local officials have handed Wal-Mart a major setback this week, but local residents are not celebrating yet.
It’s a common theme: Wal-Mart saturates an area with stores, and proceeds to propose more stores in more inappropriate locations. Here’s a first hand account
The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in Norfolk, Virginia has filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the company that says it is one of
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Read MoreThe strategies written here were produced by Sprawl-Busters in 2006 at the request of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), mainly for citizen groups that were fighting Walmart. But the tips for fighting unwanted development apply to any project—whether its fighting Dollar General, an Amazon warehouse, or a Home Depot.
Big projects, or small, these BATTLEMART TIPS will help you better understand what you are up against, and how to win your battle.