Wal-Mart Vote Once Again Pushed Back

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Jun 3, 2010 5:40PM

Once again, a City Council zoning committee vote on the proposed Wal-Mart in Pullman has been delayed. The Reader's Hunter Clauss reports that Ald. Danny Solis (25th) explained it was to give the store and unions more time to hash out a living wage agreement: “I kept it off because I thought it was the best choice for the city of Chicago. If there’s an opportunity for negotiations, then I’ll take it. The economy is still bad.” Clauss adds, "Not coincidentally, it also appeared that the Pullman Walmart plan didn't have the votes to pass the committee this week." Chicago Federation of Labor President Dennis Gannon backed up this speculation, saying, “They still don’t have the votes. That’s what this [delay] is all about. It’s a stall tactic on behalf of Wal-Mart." The vote, which had originally been scheduled for April, has now been delayed three times.