Archive for June, 2009
Monday, June 29th, 2009
WMW ‘Wilderness’ Video Picking Up Steam
After a great story ran yesterday on the front page of the the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star (to your right), a few local D.C. news stations have run our ‘Wilderness Wal-Mart’ video on air.
If you haven’t read about it here before, Wal-Mart is forging ahead with its plan to build a 148,000 square foot supercenter [...]
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Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
Makin’ news: Wal-Mart’s second FMLA lawsuit in a month
A Wal-Mart employee in Oregon has accused Wal-Mart of demoting her because - of all things - she took time off during the Christmas shopping season to undergo an emergency hysterectomy.
According to her complaint, which was filed last week in Oregon’s federal district court, Lynda deBarros had worked for Wal-Mart since mid-2000 and over the [...]
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Saturday, June 6th, 2009
Wal-Mart Watch Statement Regarding Wal-Mart Worker Tragedy On Long Island
In response to the tragic death of New York Wal-Mart worker Jdimytai Damour on Black Friday, Wal-Mart Watch Executive Director David Nassar released the following statement:
“Wal-Mart Watch extends our sincere condolences to the family of Mr. Jdimytai Damour, who was killed last Friday while working at a Wal-Mart on Long Island.
“While Mr. Damour’s death was [...]
