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

[Zachary C. Miller]

What is this meeting tonight? Does the city council really meet on a
Tuesday night this week? Or is this some comittee of the council?

Lisa Chason wrote:
> 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).
> >
> 
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