Wal-Mart has formed its FIRST labor unions!
Hmmm….the very first labor unions have been established in Wal-Mart, but that only happens in China. Well, if Wal-Mart really insists on its perspective, it can close down all the stores instead. I guess, perhaps it’s too irresistable not to have a market in a country of 1 billion population.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will hold talks with China’s trade union on Wednesday as the two sides grapple over a push to establish unions at the retailing giant’s spreading Chinese stores, state media reported.
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The U.S. retailer rejects unions in any of its worldwide operations, while China is determined to introduce trade unions in all local Wal-Mart stores, Guo said last week.
Two weeks ago, China’s official labor organization established a union at a Wal-Mart store in eastern China’s Fujian province.
Since then, unions have formed at two other Chinese Wal-Mart stores — in Shenzhen in far southern China, and in Nanjing, capital of eastern China’s Jiangsu province - the Federation said on its website (www.acftu.org).
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