Tag: Wal-mart
Wal-Mart customer threatened Columbine-style shooting, employees’ concerns ignored
Rhonda Sherman works the nightshift at the Wal-Mart on Tower Road in Aurora. Friday, she and a handful of other employees stood facing the road...
Walton Foundation releases 2010 education donations, a third for ‘shaping public...
Charter school champion The Walton Foundation has released its 2010 giving breakdown for the group’s education donations. Seven geographic areas received money: Albany, Denver, East and South Los Angeles, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Newark and Washington, D.C. Though the city of New Orleans received roughly $5 million of the Wal-Mart-related organization’s $157 million in education philanthropy for the past year, many non-profits that have a hand in the city’s school landscape were also recipients of Walton largesse.
Supreme Court sides with Wal-Mart in massive gender discrimination suit
The U.S. Supreme Court has delivered a decision in a massive gender discrimination suit, and the beneficiary is Wal-Mart.
Focus on the Family to downsize
Looks like the economic doldrums have hit just about everybody, including Colorado Springs mega-ministry Focus on the Family. According to the Colorado Springs Gazette, Focus announced plans to layoff or reassign 46 workers in its distribution department. The latest cuts are the most recent in a string of similar reductions in recent years.
Wal-Mart Inches Forward on Health Coverage
Wal-Mart announced new health care plans for workers Tuesday that could help its 25,000 Colorado employees get better coverage. Health care reform advocates are...
Republicans Against Wal-Mart
Corporate behemoth Wal-Mart will have to think of another way to build a 187,000-square-foot "Supercenter" in Littleton.
The Denver suburban city has given"Wally World"...
An Unlikely Healthcare Alliance
It's not often that labor unions and businesses find issues they agree on, but apparently there is at least one.
It was announced today...
Free Speech Question In Littleton
Community members against a proposed Wal-Mart "super center" in their neighborhood were not allowed to wear buttons or T-shirts during a city hall meeting...
Wal-Mart Vs. Nature
It's not a good day to be a prairie dog.
Retail giant Wal-Mart, usually criticized for its labor practices, is now getting flak for...
Wal-Mart Critics Travel To Denver
A group speaking out against Wal-Mart gathered at a downtown bus depot this morning, along with politicians and other organizations. It was just one...