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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

By Fronnie Lewis Tuesday, September 20, 2011

City Buzz

No Wal-Mart forces take the fight to City Hall In the past few days, a number of media reports have come out about Wal-Mart finally fessing up to plans to move into the site once occupied by The Great Indoors, at the Empire Center over on North Victory Place. Wal-Mart owns the site now — but anti-Wal-Mart forces in B-town […]

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

By Fronnie Lewis Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Ex-Wal-Mart employee recounts Black Friday experience — Part 2

There is a lot of fallout from the Black Friday death of a temp employee at a New York Wal-Mart store. The worker, Jdimytai Damour, was 6-5 and tipped the scales at 270 pounds. Nevertheless, when a bargain hungry throng of two thousand or so shoppers rammed through the doors, Damour was trampled to death. A few days ago, […]

Monday, December 8, 2008

By Fronnie Lewis Monday, December 8, 2008

Ex-Wal-Mart employee recounts Black Friday experience — Part 1

Like many I was shocked by the Black Friday death of a Wal-Mart store employee last month. In a totally out of control scene, a crowd of about two thousand eager shoppers broke down doors and stormed into a Wal-Mart in New York the morning after Thanksgiving. A temporary employee, 34-year-old Jdimytai Damour, didn’t move fast enough and was trampled to […]