Walmart Out Of DC, Buying Congress And Shopping Union

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

Several new stories have been posted on UFCW Local 400's website. In Coalition Demands Walmart Change Or Stay Out Of D.C., Local 400 reports on how there's a concerted effort to raise the standard of living and keep small businesses alive in Washington, D.C. by a broad coalition of workers, community activists and small business owners joining forces to block plans by Walmart to locate four stores in the city unless the company changes its practices. Plus, see and hear UFCW Local 400 Organizing Director Wendy Weiner on WAMU's Politics Hour talk about the concerns surrounding the planned DC Walmarts. And in Big Business Buys Control of U.S. House, Local 400 President Tom McNutt says that "What we saw on November 2nd was a hostile corporate takeover of the U.S. House. Big business exploited voter anger over high unemployment, despite the fact that it was caused by Wall Street's greed and recklessness, in order to elect candidates who will do what it wants and defeat candidates who fight for working families. Corporate America got the 'best' Congress money can buy." Holiday Time Is Union Time says that the holiday season is a time for giving, and also "a time to support the causes closest to our hearts," explaining that "By shopping union, you can do both at the same time." Local 400 represents employees at a wide variety of retailers capable of fulfilling your holiday needs with the highest quality service and at affordable prices, and the story provides a handy list. – photo: this Safeway in Landover, Md. closed after a Walmart opened next door; photo courtesy UFCW 400