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Article: All Wal-Mart outlets must have trade unions: Chinese official
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 2, 2006
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All Wal-Mart outlets must have trade unions: Chinese official
BEIJING, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- All Wal-Mart outlets in China must
eventually allow trade unions, a senior official with the All-China
Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) has said.
The remark by Guo Wencai, director of ACFTU's department of
grassroots organizations, came less than a week after a Wal-Mart
store in Jinjiang, Fujian Province in East China became the first Wal-
Mart outlet with a trade union.
"This is only the beginning. Our goal is to spread trade unions to
each and every Wal-Mart outlet," Guo was quoted as saying by
Wednesday's Beijing Daily.
Wal-Mart, the world's leading retailer with 1.6 million employees
in 16 ...