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Wal-Mart Pulls Paper After Critical Column

HeadlineJul 27, 2005

And In Florida, Wal-Mart has ordered a local newspaper — Pensacola News Journal — to remove its racks from store property after a columnist at the paper criticized the store’s treatment of workers. The column pointed out that thousands of Wal-Mart employees are forced to be on Medicaid because their wages are so low.

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