Canadian Wal-Mart Seeking Union to Close
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In the latest salvo in a long-running battle between Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and organized labor, the company said Wednesday it will close a Canadian store where about 200 workers are near winning the first-ever union contract from the world's largest retailer.
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Barring a miracle (which isn't coming), the National Hockey League owners will officially shut down operations Wednesday when the collective bargaining agreement expires. Jobs will be lost, arenas will be dark, and fans will be left waiting. Both sides, entrenched in their positions, deserve equal blame for not hammering out a deal. There are no bargaining sessions scheduled, and why ...
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Hospital workers in New Brunswick are ready to walk off the job after the premier&#39;s latest offer failed to meet union demands.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is scaling back the health-care plans available to new employees, sparking fresh criticism over whether the giant retailer is providing adequate coverage to its workers.
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Although Wal-Mart prefers to handle labor negotiations directly with individual employees, the world's largest retailer does not have a global anti-union policy, a company spokeswoman said Friday.
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Employees of retail giant  Wal-Mart have set up their first trade union in China, a move  analysts said on Monday could lead to more unionization in the  sector.
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Union efforts to organize Wal-Mart workers in Canada continued Monday in the auto-service departments of seven British Columbia outlets of the world&#39;s largest retailer.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has closed an online movie download service it launched less than a year ago.
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Wal-Mart Canada will close one of its  two Quebec stores that won union certification last year after  failing to reach a labor agreement, the retailer said on  Wednesday.
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Wal-Mart closes its video downloading service less than a year after it started selling films online.
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Kwik Save staff are to find out if they will lose their jobs as the chain prepares to close a third of its shops.
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A pro-Maoist trade union in Nepal vowed to force the closure of 35 companies after shutting down 12 last month, the latest pressure tactic in the rebels' attempts to topple the constitutional monarchy.
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Employees of retail giant Wal-Mart   have set up their second trade union in China, pushing  toward the Chinese labor federation's goal of unionizing every  Wal-Mart store in the country.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, said Thursday it has agreed to cooperate with China's state-sanctioned labor group in creating unions at its 60 Chinese outlets.
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SHANGHAI, CHINA - Under pressure from the Chinese labor federation, the world&#39;s biggest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores, said Tuesday it would permit branches of the official Communist Party-controlled union in its Chinese stores if employees requested it.
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(CP) - More than 20,000 Revenue Canada employees were poised to begin rotating strikes Wednesday after wage talks with the government collapsed.
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In a major revamping of its sluggish clothing business, Wal-Mart Stores will shut two divisions at its headquarters in Arkansas.