Dive Summary:
- Wal-Mart’s annual shareholder meeting in Bentonville, Ark. this week will attract protesters seeking to draw attention to striking employees.
- The Benton County Circuit Court in Arkansas has granted a Wal-Mart request, effectively banning members of the group OUR Walmart and United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) from coming into stores to do anything other than shop.
- The restraining order issued will still allow striking employees to picket.
From the article:
... Even if every group in the anti-Walmart campaign fully complies with the restraining order, they company’s shareholders’ meeting is unlikely to pass by without any disruption. The main event will occur this Friday at the University of Arkansas, which is not covered by the ruling. Johansson confirmed that ARAW executive director Sarita Gupta was in Arkansas for the event, and that the group was “going to proceed with something, some kind of public demonstration.” ...