Walmart closed a number of stores in 2014-2016, many for as short a time as 6 months, some for over a year. Officially, they claimed that they were being remode

Walmart closed a number of stores in 2014-2016, many for as short a time as 6 months, some for over a year. Officially, they claimed that they were being remodeled or that they had plumbing issues that needed fixing (it was only 5 at the time of this article[0]). Employees claimed that they were closed to block unionization moves. Conspiracy theory minded people claimed that they were being turned into prison camps for Jade Helm [1]. Previously, Walmart had stopped cutting meat in stores because meat cutters had unionized in a couple of locations[2][3]. 0 - https://www.businessinsider.com/wal-mart-and-jade-helm-conspiracy-theory-2015-4 https://www.businessinsider.com/wal-mart-and-jade-helm-consp... 1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_Helm_15_conspiracy_theories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_Helm_15_conspiracy_theori... 2 - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2000/03/04/wal-mart-ends-meat-cutting-jobs/acdb8f7c-d7c2-4e31-aad7-8f690ba3b35b/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2000/03/04/w... 3 - https://www.ufcw.org/press-releases/wal-mart-ordered-to-recognize-the-union/ https://www.ufcw.org/press-releases/wal-mart-ordered-to-reco...