practices for the fourth year in a row, calling for a $15 hour wage and fairer scheduling practices. thanks to a blockbuster new story from bloomberg business week, we know the lengths walmart goes to to monitor the protesters and block unionization efforts. according to the story, managers reported union-related conversations to walmart headquarters. stores were ranked by labor activity. and the company would dispatch a team of security, labor relations and media relations personnel to combat the protests. walmart responded to the store write a statement to bloomberg that read, in part, "unfortunately there are occasions when an outside group attempting to deliberately disrupt our business and on behalf of our customers and associates, we take action accordingly." we all understand shopping is the reason for the season, thanksgiving has a whole other moral and social dimension which