Wednesday, August 23, 2006

The great Wall of Mart bows low!

The retail giant, Wal-Mart that was labeled as union-unfriendly by the All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) witnessed thirty of its employees (belonging to their branch in Quanzhou) set up their first union in China. Wal-Mart, which set foot on Chinese territory in 1996, currently runs 60 stores there and has always shown willingness to work in confirmation with Chinese laws. However, until some time back, the ACFTU had been pressing upon Wal-Mart to form a trade union. The behemoth has plans of employing a work force of around 150,000 people over the next five years.

For complete IIPM article IIPM Editorial, 2006

Editor:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri

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