Nine months after the groundbreaking.

Protesters gather for Black Friday protests at D.C.-area Walmarts.

Of the more than 600 people hired to work at D.C.’s first Walmart stores, 68 percent are city residents, according to the company.

Mass protests planned at 1,500 Walmart stores across the country on Black Friday

Approximately 300 people were hired to work at each location, and more than 23,000 applications were received.

Those who were illegally fired, threatened, or had illegal disciplinary action taken against them could be awarded back pay, reinstated, and have a reversal of those disciplinary actions from the board’s decision.

Ralph Nader wants to make sure certain D.C. Councilmembers will make good on their promises to address the living wage bill, and would like to offer some advice, if they don’t mind.

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.

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.