07-11-2013, 02:46 AM
This morning's news, while not "Puna", was 110% on-topic.
Washington DC passed a law requiring "big box" retailers to pay a "living wage" of $12.50/hour.
Walmart then announced that they would immediately cease construction on three stores in Washington DC.
This strategy "works" on the mainland, because people can just "drive to another State", it would be very interesting to see how it applied here -- I suspect Walmart would just "suck it up" rather than lose sales to Amazon...
Washington DC passed a law requiring "big box" retailers to pay a "living wage" of $12.50/hour.
Walmart then announced that they would immediately cease construction on three stores in Washington DC.
This strategy "works" on the mainland, because people can just "drive to another State", it would be very interesting to see how it applied here -- I suspect Walmart would just "suck it up" rather than lose sales to Amazon...