Friday, October 13, 2006

Weekly News Clips

Wal-Mart Comes To New York
Forbes - NY,USA
After a number of false starts, Wal-Mart Stores is planning to launch in New York City--the five boroughs, and especially the juicy, consumer-driven world of ...

Made in China: Wal-Mart Unions
YaleGlobal Online - CT,USA
... the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), the trade union notorious throughout the world for being “useless,” has taken on Wal-Mart and set up ...

Wal-Mart loses suit over rest breaks
Boston Globe - United States

PHILADELPHIA -- Wal-Mart broke Pennsylvania labor laws by forcing employees to work through rest breaks and off the clock, a jury decided yesterday in a ...

Wal-Mart's Too Cool for School
MSNBC - USA
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz. It's another small step back for Wal-Mart(NYSE: WMT) and a giant leap back for its not-so-hip kind. The ...

Why Wal-Mart Wants to Invade New York
Think Wal-Mart is just going to pack up its box and go home? Think again.

The Evils of Wal-Mart
ProgressiveU.org - San Mateo,CA,USA
Today my dad sent me an article from "Shopping Centers Today" about Wal-Mart's newest plan to take over the world: having different stores target different ...

Official Union in China Says All Wal-Marts Are Organized
New York Times - United States
... Mr. Guo said the labor federation would now assist workers in their negotiations with Wal-Mart management for new contracts and would seek to improve ...


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