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Wal-Mart walkouts are just the start

Source: Salon, Nov 23 2012, 9:52am CST

In the last few months, an unprecedented wave of labor unrest has shaken the retail giant Wal-Mart and its far-reaching supply chain. While the number of employees taking part in walkouts has been limited to the low hundreds, ...

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Lee A. Saunders: America's Class War: A Dispatch From the Front

Source: The Huffington Post | Jun 19 2013, 9:33am CDT

Once again, the facts speak for themselves: Unions are the first and last line of defense for America's workers. According to Bureau of Labor Statistics data, growth in union workers' average hourly pay and total benefits far outpaced thos ...

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Walmart is Suing the DFW Union Workers Who Have Been Protesting Their Stores

Source: Dallas Observer | Jun 19 2013, 9:03am CDT

Over the last year or so, Defendants have violated Texas law through coordinated statewide acts of trespass. Defendants enter onto Walmart's private property (and oftentimes inside Walmart stores), disrupt operations, ref ...

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"It’s gotta start somewhere. … Workers are having enough. You look at the sit-down strike, you look at the civil-rights movement, you look at the women’s rights movement, you look at anything, you look at Occupy, right? It started off with a few people sleeping in a park, and it grew ... So this is a process—people are building a movement inside of Wal-Mart, and they’re building a movement outside of Wal-Mart. What was in October was the beginning. What’s gonna happen on Black Friday will be a continuation of that … and this will just continue to build."

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Plan to sell stadium to Wal-Mart draws opposition

Source: Quad-Cities Online | Jun 19 2013, 8:45am CDT

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) Some residents of Peoria are upset about a plan to sell a high school football stadium and nearby softball fields to Wal-Mart. The Journal Star in Peoria reports about 100 people attended a meeting to oppose the pos ...

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The American Dream? Temporary Workers on the Rise

Source: Accuracy in Media | Jun 19 2013, 8:17am CDT

WASHINGTON — In signs of a changing corporate strategy, part-time and temporary workers are the new norm. Reuters reports that Wal-Mart is shifting to this strategy and seems to be focused on cutting costs. This temporary worker hiring spree is one of th ...

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Wal-Mart stumbles in online race with Amazon

Source: Seattle Business Journal | Jun 19 2013, 8:17am CDT

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has stumbled in its efforts to keep up in the online sales battle with retailing giant Amazon.com Inc. and now realizes it can't clone Amazon's huge and efficient logistics network. The Wall Street Journal reports ...

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Wal-Mart Plays Catch-Up With Amazon

Source: Wall Street Journal | Jun 19 2013, 1:34am CDT

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Wal-Mart, a Pioneer in Retail Logistics

Source: Wall Street Journal | Jun 18 2013, 6:53pm CDT

By Shelly Banjo Few have done better than Wal-Mart Stores Inc. when it comes to retail logistics—the art of ordering, transporting, stocking and tracking merchandise.Wal-Mart pioneered a sophisticated hub-an ...

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Wal-Mart Plans Catch-Up With Amazon

Source: Wall Street Journal | Jun 18 2013, 6:49pm CDT

By Shelly Banjo Amazon.com Inc. has become the runaway leader in online sales thanks to a network of more than 40 U.S. warehouses, some employing robotic assistants, which speeds orders to homes with ruthles ...

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Cicero closes deal to build Wal-Mart Super Store

Source: PR Newswire | Jun 18 2013, 6:07pm CDT

CICERO, Ill., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Town President Larry Dominick and officials of Arkansas-based Wal-Mart formally closed an agreement Tuesday to build a Wal-Mart Super Center on the eastern half of the former Sportsman' ...

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