In a hotel meeting room not far from Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s headquarters, company executives told a gathering of 70 reporters Tuesday that Wal-Mart was working hard for working families. Nearby, union organizers and other foes trotted out statistics, current and former Wal-Mart employees, and community leaders to try to prove that the company is a bane to those same families.
See "Wal-Mart Works to Polish Image, but Detractors Gear Up Too", Abigail Goldman, Los Angeles Times, April 18, 2006