Unions, residents, city councilor oppose Wal-Mart

The Boston Globe has a story on one of the best examples of restraing trade in America today:

as unions, politicians and residents learned yesterday about Wal-Mart's meeting with Boston officials, the possibility of the giant discounter opening in the middle of the struggling shopping district set off a firestorm of opposition.

''The Greater Boston Labor Council will do everything in its power to stop Wal-Mart from moving into Downtown Crossing," said Rich Rogers, the executive secretary-treasurer of the regional labor organization, which represents 90,000 workers. ''We will be calling on our community allies and elected officials to join us in opposing Wal-Mart."

As we've said before, why have anti-trust laws if the most flagrant violations aren't going to be dealt with? As you can see,the unions in Boston don't care about poor and middle income people paying higher prices.Not everyone can afford to shop at Brooks Brothers.