Wal-Mart China employees set up second union – Reuters
From Reuters.com:
Employees of retail giant Wal-Mart (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) have set up their second trade union in China, pushing towards the Chinese labour federation’s goal of unionising every Wal-Mart store in the country.
The second union was established by 42 employees of a Wal-Mart outlet in the southern boomtown of Shenzhen, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.
The first was set up late last month in the southeastern province of Fujian. A senior official of the state-controlled All-China Federation of Trade Unions has said the body will work towards establishing a union in every Wal-Mart outlet. The U.S. retail chain, which employs more than 30,000 people at stores across China, has long resisted pressure to unionise its workers in the United States and elsewhere. [Full Text]
