Chicago labor leader Dennis Gannon equated Wal-Mart’s decision to build five new “supercenters” in the South Side wards of alermen who supported the so-called big-box ordinance to a payoff in today’s Chicago Sun-Times. He also claimed that the supercenters, which sell groceries, would drive down wages for union workers at other stores. Is this still a net gain for Chicago neighborhoods? Is Wal-Mart, which initially said it would not build supercenters here, guilty of bait-and-switch or simply making a business decision? Give us your thoughts in our retail forum.
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