Los Angeles
The day before the Los Angeles City Council voted to ban Walmart from building "big box" stores in the city in March 2012, the company was granted approval for one final supermarket in Chinatown.
In June, thousands of people protested against the new store, noting Walmart's non-unionized workforce and low pay. "We believe small business will be hurt. Some will close down and there will be layoffs," said King Cheung, a member of the Chinatown Committee for Equitable Development, according to the Los Angeles Times. Different groups have sued the city in attempts to prevent the store from opening, but so far Walmart has no plans to shut down the Chinatown store. Its opening was scheduled for March 2013, but has been delayed.
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