Thursday, January 14, 2010

Wal-Mart items

First a debate between Ald. Emma Mitts who hosts the city's only Wal-Mart in her ward (37th Ward) and UIC Economics Department Chairman David Merrimam on Chicago Tonight from Jan. 4th, 2010. Duration of this vid is about 9 minutes.
Also from Clout St. Mayor Daley makes his comments about getting more Wal-Marts into the city:
Chicago should open its arms to Wal-Mart just as the suburbs do, Mayor Richard Daley said today.

“These questions are not debated in the suburban area,” he said. “They are never even talked about.”

The mayor was responding to a failed attempt by Ald. Edward Burke, 14th, the influential Finance Committee chairman, to force the mega-retailer and other smaller operators to pay a higher minimum wage in the city if they receive any type of city subsidy.

Most retailers receive such subsidies, either directly or indirectly, when they open stores in new developments.

Daley was addressing for the second time in recent weeks a long-standing stalemate in Wal-Mart’s effort to build more stores in Chicago and added that he was making plans to resolve the issue. “We will mention it when we finish it,” he said, declining to reveal details.
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Although the mayor has the authority to simply sign off on Wal-Mart stores in areas appropriately zoned for them, like the one in Brookins’ ward, he has refused to do so, saying he wants a majority of aldermen to reach agreement on the issue.
Honestly I'm with the mayor on this. The suburbs aren't debating whether or not Wal-Mart is offering enough pay and benefits to their employees. They accept them with open arms. Why can't Chicago?

1 comment:

  1. this is the list of super walmart center like the one they want to bring to chatham
    Wal-Mart Supercenter Carbondale
    Wal-Mart Supercenter in Carmi
    Wal-Mart Supercenter in Champaign
    Wal-Mart Supercenter Danville
    Wal-Mart Supercenter in Decatur
    Wal-Mart Supercenter in Dekalb
    Wal-Mart Supercenter in Du Quoin
    Wal-Mart Supercenter Peoria
    Wal-Mart Supercenter Effingham
    Wal-Mart Supercenter Fairfield
    Wal-Mart Supercenter Highland
    Wal-Mart Supercenter Jerseyville
    Wal-Mart Supercenter Kewanee
    Wal-Mart Supercenter Litchfield
    Wal-Mart Supercenter Macomb
    Wal-Mart Supercenter Mattoon
    Wal-Mart Supercenter Moline 3930
    Wal-Mart Supercenter Morris
    Wal-Mart Supercenter Mount Vernon 110
    Wal-Mart Supercenter Normal
    Wal-Mart Supercenter in O`Fallon
    Wal-Mart Supercenter Pekin
    Wal-Mart Supercenter Plano
    Wal-Mart Supercenter Princeton
    Wal-Mart Supercenter Quincy
    Wal-Mart Supercenter Rockford
    Wal-Mart Supercenter Salem
    Wal-Mart Supercenter Sparta
    Wal-Mart Supercenter Sterling
    Wal-Mart Supercenter Taylorville
    Wal-Mart Supercenter Vandalia
    Wal-Mart Supercenter Washington
    Wal-Mart Supercenter Waterloo

    NOW, which one of these suburbs is not little west or east of lala land and what they got to loose if they let wallmart in?

    LOOK AT THIS PAGE- walmart Illinois- http://walmartstores.com/factsnews/statebystate/State.aspx?st=IL

    what do you see?
    As of January 2010, the average wage for regular, full-time hourly associates in Illinois is $12.02 per hour?

    REALLY? ALL WHAT THE LABOR UNION ASKING FOR IS $11.03 an hour. Honestly, F walmart Arrogant and greedy

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