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Wal-Mart Is Having a Very Bad Week
Yelling at Wal-Mart won't fix Wal-Mart's low wages.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is not having a good week.
On Monday, the National Labor Relations Board announced it was backing a complaint against Wal-Mart that alleges it retaliated against employees for organizing activities. Meanwhile, word spread that a Wal-Mart in Canton, Ohio, was holding a food drive for its own workforce. I'm picturing the head of public relations at Wal-Mart draped across a fainting couch with an ice pack pressed to the weary brow, smelling salts clutched between bloodless fingers.