Elected officials, clergy and residents came together to call on Walmart to reverse its decision to shut down half of their locations across Chicago. “If Walmart doesn’t invest in the people here, we will disinvest across the entire nation.”
Elected officials, clergy and residents came together Thursday morning, calling on Walmart to reverse its decision and urging shoppers to boycott all the store’s locations if it goes through with the shutdowns.State Sen. Elgie Sims said his office has been inundated with calls since Tuesday’s announcement of the shutdowns.
“It seems like the ones they’re closing are in the Black and Brown community,” said activist and Chatham Walmart customer Pam Bosley. “This one is busy, so I don’t know what the issue is.” When Walmart announced the reopening of its Chicago stores in 2020, it came with major investments — including a workforce training academy and a primary care health center.
It wasn’t just shoppers caught off guard. Aziz Rupshi ran the Subway inside the Chatham Walmart for almost five years and said the news came as a shock.
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