{"id":921135,"date":"2025-04-10T11:11:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T05:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=921135"},"modified":"2025-04-10T11:11:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T05:41:16","slug":"walmart-boycott-worlds-largest-retailer-tells-protesters-we-are-americas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2025\/04\/10\/walmart-boycott-worlds-largest-retailer-tells-protesters-we-are-americas\/","title":{"rendered":"Walmart Boycott: World&#8217;s largest retailer tells protesters, &#8216;we are America&#8217;s &#8230;&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Walmart, the world\u2019s largest retailer, has issued a statement addressing the ongoing week-long boycott organised by the People\u2019s Union USA. The boycott, dubbed the &#8220;Walmart Blackout,&#8221; began on April 7 and targets the company\u2019s rollback of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, as well as broader concerns over corporate influence and tax policies.<\/p>\n<p>The People\u2019s Union USA, a grassroots campaign group, has accused Walmart of failing to pay its fair share of taxes and undermining workplace diversity. The group\u2019s founder, John Schwarz, urged consumers to avoid shopping at Walmart stores, using its online services, or purchasing from its subsidiaries like Sam\u2019s Club. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walmart, the world\u2019s largest retailer, has issued a statement addressing the ongoing week-long boycott organised by the People\u2019s Union USA. The boycott, dubbed the &#8220;Walmart Blackout,&#8221; began on April 7 and targets the company\u2019s rollback of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, as well as broader concerns over corporate influence and tax policies. The People\u2019s Union USA, a grassroots campaign group, has accused Walmart of failing to pay its fair share of taxes and undermining workplace diversity. The group\u2019s founder, John Schwarz, urged consumers to avoid shopping at Walmart stores, using its online services, or purchasing from its subsidiaries like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-921135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-times-of-india","category-newspapers","category-the-times-of-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=921135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=921135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=921135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=921135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}