GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP
THE FLINT JOURNAL FIRST EDITION
Friday, April 15, 2005
By Todd Seibt
tseibt@flintjournal.com • 810.766.6315
GRAND BLANC TWP. - Local union members and their supporters have a message for a new Wal-Mart going up here: They'll drop before they shop there.
As dirt devils swirled about the huge store construction site - directly behind the stage set up for an anti-Wal-Mart rally in UAW Local 1292's parking lot - about 200 people shouted their displeasure with the way Wal-Mart does business. <snip>
Several speakers said Wal-Mart's low wages and poor benefits are undermining the standard of living for all Americans.
"Give me a break - how many of these kids go to college on a Wal-Mart paycheck?" asked Mark Johnson, business manager for Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 370, and president of the Flint Area Building Trades Council. <snip>
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