Walmart Opens Second Supercenter in Chicago
Posted on January 27, 2012 in In the News
Wednesday’s opening of the second Walmart Supercenter in Chicago ends a heated seven-year battle with the city.
All of the proposed Walmart locations have faced huge opposition from local labor unions that fought against non-union jobs brought to the city at just above minimum wage.
But since the groundbreaking of the West Chatham store last summer, Ald. Howard Brookins (21st) has maintained that in this economy some jobs are better than no jobs.
“Walmart came to the table and made a concession that they’re paying at least 50 cents an hour higher than the minimum wage here in Illinois,” Brookings said last summer, “which is really comparable to many of the union shops, the Jewel and the Dominicks.”
