Walmart is appealing to the Supreme Court the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling that the Dukes v. Walmart case can move forward as a class action lawsuit.

Walmart's second quarter earnings report this morning show that U.S. same store sales continue to slide. While profits were boosted by international sales, Walmart reported lower than expected sales growth.

Join us in calling on Walmart to demand a stop to attacks on garment worker leaders in Bangladesh.

UPDATE: Take our Online Action in support of Bengali garment workers.

The urban sprawl wars continue this week, as the Chicago, Illinois City Council approved the third Walmart for the windy city, and officials in Houston threw public welfare at a Walmart superstore in the Heights neighborhood of Houston.

Ever wonder how Walmart can sell jeans for $8 a pair? The National Labor Committee found out by going to the source: young women garment workers in Bangladesh.

On September 28, 2007, Sprawl-Busters reported that the town of Wellsville, New York was up against a Wal-Mart.

Almost three years later, all is not well in Wellsville for Wal-Mart. Even though Wal-Mart has reduced the store size by 24%---it's still not ready to go.

Wellsville promotes itself as a lovely small town in the heart of the Allegany Hills. This town, and Wellsville Village is nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, with the Genesee River flowing through it.

Walmart is starting to put RFID tags on items such as blue jeans and underwear. Walmart claims that these tags, which the company uses already to track shipments and pallets, will help with inventory control. But there are many privacy and security issues surrounding RFID which must be addressed.

As Walmart pursues expansion into major urban markets, Wake Up Walmart and the United Food and Commercial Workers have sought the opinion of local residents in DC, Philadelphia, and Baltimore to find out how they feel. The response to this poll, preformed by the respected polling firm Lake Research, was clear: Resident have clear standards and support a living wage for big box retailers.

On April 15, 2009, Sprawl-Busters reported that a proposed Wal-Mart supercenter in Massachusetts had been thrown into a deep freeze.

A rival grocery chain store, the Demoulas Super Markets Inc. of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, the parent company of Market Basket supermarkets, had taken Wal-Mart to court over a proposal superstore in Raynham, Massachusetts. Demoulas is the owner of the Market Basket Plaza on Route 138 in Raynham, Massachusetts. Demoulas filed their lawsuit in May of 2005, naming the Raynham Planning Board and Wal-Mart as defendants.