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Eight Forty-Eight 7/28/2009
Wal-Mart Rallies Support for South Side Location




 
 
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On Wednesday, the full city council is expected to vote whether Wal-Mart can build a second store in Chicago. The discount store has taken some heat for what’s been perceived as unfair employment practices. In anticipation of this week’s vote on a Wal-Mart location at 83rd and Stewart on the South Side, the company pulled out all the stops this past weekend. South Side Bureau Reporter Natalie Moore was there and tells us more.

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