WALMART FREE NYC AND COMMUNITY LEADERS GO TO RELATED’S HEADQUARTERS, ASK THEM TO COME CLEAN ABOUT WALMART

Small Businesses, Community Leaders, Clergy Tell Related In Person To Say “No” To Walmart Coalition Also Kicks Off Virtual Campaign Urging New Yorkers to Email Related’s Stephen Ross To Keep East New York Walmart-Free NEW YORK- Small businesses, community leaders, … Continue reading

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NEW YORK GROUPS HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE TO DENOUNCE SUPREME COURT’S TERRIBLE WALMART DECISION

Call For End To Walmart’s Attack Against Access to Justice for Women New York— New York groups held a press conference today spoke out against the Supreme Court’s Dukes v. Walmart decision. This decision makes it harder for women employees … Continue reading

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Walmart Continues To Try and Buy New York’s Love

Rather Than Coming Before The City Council or Community Board, Walmart Resorts To The Only Strategy It Knows, Spend $$$$ NEW YORK – As Walmart continues to avoid answering hard questions to New Yorkers, the company has been spending significant … Continue reading

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AFRICAN AMERICAN ELECTED OFFICIALS SLAM WALMART FOR NOW WORKING WITH NOTORIOUS RACE-BAITING POLITICAL OPERATIVE’S FIRM…AFTER THEY FIRED HIM

Already Fired Once By Walmart for Massively Condemned “Harold, Call Me” Ad, Infamous Terry Nelson’s Firm Now Welcomed Back To Walmart Family At The Time, Walmart Said Firing Nelson Was: “..The right course of action”—What Has Changed? NEW YORK- African-American … Continue reading

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ANTI-WALMART FLASH MOB STRIKES AGAIN

A few weeks after focusing on Related Co., the flash mob disrupts Walmart CEO Mike Duke appearance in Bryant Park Activists promise to continue disrupting Walmart and its partners New York, NY—New York, NY—A hundred singing and dancing activists converged … Continue reading

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RELATED COMPANY’S MASSIVE GATEWAY II DEV’T DRAWS FIRE AT HPD PUBLIC HEARING – APPRAISAL OF LAND CALLED “INCOMPLETE”

Developer in the Hot Seat with Controversial Land Deal and Time Warner Center Flash Mob East New Yorkers Urge Related to Make the Right Choice New York–  At an HPD public hearing this morning regarding the city’s controversial land transfer … Continue reading

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National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Speaks Out Against Walmart’s Failed Record on LGBT Issues and Endorses Walmart Free NYC Campaign

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Speaks Out Against Walmart’s Failed Record on LGBT Issues and Endorses Walmart Free NYC Campaign New York, New York—The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, one of oldest and largest LGBT organizations in the … Continue reading

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WALMART WORKERS CONFRONT RETAILER AT NYC COUNCIL HEARING

Forced to Choose Between Necessities like Bathroom Breaks and Employment, Workers Join With Experts to Caution Against Walmart’s Exploitative and Discriminatory Business Model Hearing Shines Light on Why Walmart Doesn’t Share NY’s Values New York- Today, current and former Walmart … Continue reading

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TODAY IN DESPERATE TACTICS BY WALMART: TRYING TO SHUT DOWN A WEBSITE THAT ENCOURAGES QUESTIONS OF WALMART

Things That Walmart Has Been Sued For: Wage and Sex Discrimination, Lack of Bathroom Breaks, Overtime, Trampling Councilmember Melissa Mark-Viverito, on behalf of Walmart Free NYC, issued the following statement today upon receiving the news that Walmart is asking that … Continue reading

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NYC COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS BLAST WALMART FOR PARTNERING WITH PREDATORY LENDER JACKSON HEWITT

Citing history of targeting low-income families, city’s biggest community organizations join coalition to keep Walmart out of city NEW YORK, NY – On the last day for employers to send out 2010 W-2 notices, a group of New York City’s … Continue reading

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