Chicago Tribune - 11/29/13, Reuters, Staff, WGN-TV
Protester Myron Byrd is arrested and led into a police vehicle after he and others blocked North Broadway Street during a demonstration at a Wal-Mart store on the North Side on Black Friday. (Alex Garcia / Chicago Tribune)
OUR Walmart, an organization backed by the United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) union, said it counted 1,000 protests in 46 U.S. states, including strikes in 100 cities — figures that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said were "grossly exaggerated."
There was no evidence that such activity disrupted what appeared to be a strong start for Wal-Mart Stores to the crucial holiday shopping season.
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