Labor groups upset over likely Wal-Mart
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A proposal to build a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Laveen, the area&#39;s first south of the Rio Salado, has drawn the ire of labor groups, but local leaders call the project needed and the cornerstone to good growth in the area.
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Wal-Mart Canada Corp. declared victory Wednesday in its defense against unionization at a store in British Columbia. The Canadian branch of the world&#39;s largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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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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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, and its chief executive, Lee Scott, went on the offensive Thursday against critics of its employment policies and the impact its stores have on communities where they are located.
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A Middlesex Superior Court judge in Cambridge has certified a class-action lawsuit filed against Wal-Mart Corp. by workers at its North Attleborough store. The order by Judge Ernest B. Murphy allows more than 55,000 workers nationwide to seek redress as a group, according to San Francisco lawyer Carolyn Beasley Burton, who represents the plaintiffs. The lawsuit alleges that Wal-Mart managers ...
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No, tell us how you really feel. This Labor Day, workers are saying their biggest work problems are mostly economic. Their pay is not keeping up with increasing health-care costs or other increases in living expenses. They are disgruntled enough to look for work on the job. Retirement "security"...
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SHANGHAI : Global retail powerhouse Wal-Mart says it will allow unions in its stores in China but insisted this has always been the case and that the company is in compliance with the law on the issue.
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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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Although Wal-Mart prefers to handle labor negotiations directly with individual employees, the world&#39;s largest retailer does not have a global anti-union policy, a company spokeswoman said Friday.
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Supermarkets may be hit by strike action from a major food supplier embroiled in a pay dispute.
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In the latest salvo in a long-running battle between Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and organized labor, the company said yesterday it will close a Canadian store where about 200 workers were close to winning the first-ever union contract from the world's largest retailer.
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This isn't South Korea or Germany. Wal-Mart goes all in, facing new challenges.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and a labor union with which the retailer often clashes joined forces on Wednesday to call for universal health care coverage for all Americans by 2012, but offered no specific proposals.
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MUMBAI/NEW DELHI  - Executives from U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  took a first look at Indian stores on Thursday as they discuss a tie-up with Bharti Entreprises that could revolutionize the country's $300 billion retail industry. Over 100 protesters waving banners and shouting slogans marched on government buildings in New Delhi. Some broke through police barricades and burned an effigy representing Wal-Mart.
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With the countdown for compliance with radio-frequency identification mandates from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and others&#39; closing in, concern is growing that supplies of the necessary
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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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JUNCTION CITY, Kan. - Paula Alvarez and Dale Thompson knew their friends and fellow employees at Wal-Mart might not be able to attend their wedding because of work. "We decided to bring the wedding to them," Alvarez said.  So Wednesday night, the Wal-Mart Stores Inc.