On the 31st of May, several hundred people marched from 801 NJ Ave, one
of Wal-Marts proposed DC locations, to 701 8th st, where Wal-Mart has a
DC lobbyng office. The march included a float protraying Mayor Gray and
Wal-Mart in bed together, with a sign saying "someone's getting
screwed."


When the march arrived at Wal-Marts lobbying headquarters, speakers
included union organizers and Wal-Mart employees. After the speakers a
contingent marched on the door to deliver demands made on Wal-Mart and
was initially refused entry. After a flurry of negotiations, Wal-Mart's
lobbyists or their security team thought better of trying to hold the
doors against so many people and permitted one person to enter with the
demands and hand them off to a Wal-Mart staffer.



Union organizers emphasized that at this point, with Wal-Mart not making
any serious offers of better pay and benefits, their campaign is to
prevent Wal-Mart from opening in DC at all. They pointed out that normal retailers that allow unions create jobs that allow people to feed and house their families, but union-busting Wal-Mart does NOT!