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Article: UPDATE-2: Wal-Mart sets up 19 trade unions in Chinese outlets
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 18, 2006
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UPDATE-2: Wal-Mart sets up 19 trade unions in Chinese outlets
BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The world's retail giant Wal-Mart has
established 19 trade unions in its Chinese outlets since late July,
disclosed an official of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions
(ACFTU) on Friday.
"The negotiations between Wal-Mart and the ACFTU have proved
fruitful. The two sides have agreed to set up trade unions in Wal-
Mart Chinese outlets on a cooperative and harmonious basis and in
line with Chinese laws," an ACFTU official said Friday in an
interview with Xinhua.
The two sides agreed that the candidates for trade union posts in
a Wal-Mart Chinese outlet should be approved by a higher-level trade ...