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Walmart wants to be a part of it—New York, NY and, despite a handful of failed efforts in recent years—see its thwarted attempts to infiltrate Queens and Staten Island—the superstore is once again scouting locations within city limits, this time in Brooklyn, reports our sister site Racked NY. "Local unions and activists are already incensed, planning a protest in nine days. Local City Councilman Charles Barron (D-Brooklyn) goes on the record saying, 'we don't like how they treat workers as it relates to salaries and benefits, and we're not going to have them in our community. They will have the fight of their lives.'" [RNY]
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