Respect DC Campaign Keeps Up Pressure On Walmart

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

The Living Wages, Healthy Communities Coalition “continued to put pressure on Walmart this past week,” reports Michael Wilson, noting that “opposition is growing in Ward 5, where Walmart submitted their Large Tract Review a few weeks ago.” At a community meeting last week in ANC 5B, commissioners and residents “grilled the development team about the suburban mall, pedestrian unsafe design, and asked tough questions of Keith Morris from Walmart about the right to organize and living wages,” says Wilson. The next coalition meeting is tonight at 7p, at the AFL-CIO, where weekly phonebanks will be launched. “Come early and make some calls!” urges Wilson. This weekend’s canvass will be at ONE DC (614 S St NW) ; click here to sign up or contact Wilson at organizer@respectdc.org or 202-255-7974.