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August 5, 2006
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1st LD: Second trade union established at Wal-Mart store in China

BEIJING, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- World's leading retailer Wal-Mart saw its second trade union in China established on Friday morning in southern city of Shenzhen, just six days after its first trade union being formed in a store in Fujian Province.

Forty-two employees of Wal-Mart's Hujing store in Shenzhen, the first outlet set in China, braved the typhoons and elected their first trade union committee, and a 27-year-old employee named Zhou Liang was elected chairman, Saturday's Workers' Daily reported.

Zhou was quoted as saying that the committee will "safeguard the lawful rights and interests of the employees" and "cooperate ...

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