[Peace-discuss] Fw: public hearing tonite on WalMart, 7pm, Urbana

[Lisa Chason]

come tonight to show opposition to the THIRD Walmart decending on our area.
7:00pm, 400 S. Vine St, east of Lincoln Square Mall.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Goldman" <mgoldman at uiuc.edu>
Subject: public hearing tonite on WalMart, 7pm, Urbana


> Urbana city council tonite will vote (and hear public
> comments) on zoning a corn field for WalMart on the east side, a dastardly
> firm that has successfully re-defined wages (downwardly) and health
> benefits (less than zero) for the rest of the nation's retail industry.
You
> can kiss goodbye our dear "local" shops (even our dear Schnuck's) once the
> third WalMart comes to town, which it will unless we scream and yell!  at
> the city bldg, downtown Urbana...soon to be owned by WalMart! See the
> NYTimes magazine Sunday for a piece on WalMart's impoverishing of workers
> and websites galore (eg, www.ufcw.org) ... I asked one of our progressive
> council members why they werent making a stink in public, and she said her
> hands were tied by WalMart, as they are not allowed to mention that the
lot
> is for WalMart at the meeting...and WalMart lawyers will be on hand to be
> sure they don't.  Which means we have to untie their hands...bring nimble
> fingers and tongues, folks...and spread the word before tonite
>
> Did you know there is a law suit filed against WalMart every 15 minutes,
> one law firm in NY dedicated solely to suits. WalMart controls 25% of US
> retail, and are the first retailers in history to tell producers to lower
> wages or else they wont buy their products, reshaping labor conditions
> worldwide (except in our prisons, where walMart incentives already exist).
>