The big box chain will open hiring centers for the stores at 99 H Street NW and 5968 Georgia Avenue NW on Monday at 900 2nd Street NE and 7818 Eastern Avenue NW.

Anita Bonds (D-At Large) was the only Councilmember to change her vote, joining the side who opposed the bill.

After Mayor Gray announced he’s vetoing the living wage bill this morning, reactions from other Councilmembers and other organizations have been decidedly mixed.

Because the living wage bill is basically dead, all D.C. Walmarts are back on.

“While the intentions of its supporters were good, this bill is simply a woefully inadequate and flawed vehicle for achieving the goal we all share,” Gray said of the veto.

The Post’s Jonathan O’Connell reports that a deal between land owners Andrew, Dave and Jerry Schaeffer and developer Rick Walker “to build a shopping center anchored by Wal-Mart” isn’t happening anymore for unspecified reasons.

The mayor received the bill just after 3:15 p.m., according to his spokesperson Pedro Ribeiro. The ten-day count to either sign or veto the bill begins Tuesday due to the Labor Day holiday, he said.

That means this will all be over by mid-September at the latest.

More than a hundred people gathered in front of D.C.’s Wal-Mart office to protest the company’s treatment of its employees. Many were arrested.

When it comes to D.C.’s hourly workers and a “living wage,” Tommy Wells has said that he’s generally supportive of the idea, just not the attempt to mandate one that was passed last week by the D.C. Council.