Wal-Mart's Next Battle: In The Big Apple

A proposal for a store in Queens could produce the biggest showdown yet with the megastore's opponents.

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February 28, 2005, 5:00 AM PST

"The battle for the Big Apple will also prove to be a test case for one of several new tactics that opponents are employing from here to Montana to hold big-box employers like Wal-Mart accountable to the community. They include requiring companies to provide health insurance, as in a proposal in New York; establishing so-called living wage laws, which is under consideration in Chicago; and limiting the size of such stores, which some communities are attempting to do in Vermont."

Thanks to Chris Steins

FULL STORY: Wal-Mart's next battle: in the Big Apple

Sunday, February 27, 2005 in The Christian Science Monitor

Community / Economic Development New York

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