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Walmart Plan Still Stuck in City Council
A proposal clearing the way to build a Walmart in Chicago’s South Side is still caught up in a city council committee.
Chicago’s Committee on Finance apparently won’t consider a proposal to build a new Walmart until certain agreements are reached. That’s according to a statement sent from Alderman Ed Burke’s office. He’s the chairman of the committee.
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Rhymefest Strikes at City Hall
Chicago rapper Rhymefest makes a well-reasoned plea to city leaders to support building a Walmart at 83rd and Stewart in Chicago’s South Side.
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FOX Chicago: Mayor Richard Daley Won’t Flex Walmart Muscles…Yet
Recently, Mayor Richard Daley began pushing alderman and unions to work together with Walmart in an attempt to bring the big box chain to the Southside of Chicago.
Watch the news report produced by FOX Chicago on December 17th, 2009.
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Rev. Michael Pfleger Speaks on “Good Jobs” vs “Any Jobs”
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Chicago coalition calls for “good jobs” in the face of Wal-Mart
As originally posted on Good Jobs Chicago
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Walmart Pushes for 2nd Chicago Location
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is mounting a new push to expand in Chicago, hoping that its promises of jobs and sales-tax dollars will prove more tempting in the recession than when city leaders first rebuffed the discount chain earlier this decade.
The world’s largest retailer, which so far has been able to build only one store in the nation’s third-largest city, hopes to open a half-dozen more...
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ABC 7 reports on Walmart, Jobs & Chicago
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July 22 FOX Chicago story on the Walmart debate
FOX Chicago reports on Alderman Brookins crusade to bring a Walmart– and hundreds of jobs– to his 21st Ward.
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