Wal-Mart Will Allow Unions in China
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's  biggest retailer, gave ground to Chinese pressure Tuesday and  said it would allow its workers to set up a trade union.
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Wal-Mart plans to open 18 new stores in China by the end of next year, as new rules permit foreign retailers to expand into smaller inland cities.
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Wal-Mart is to expand its presence in China by buying a 35% stake in discount store chain Trust-Mart.
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Brushing aside warnings from Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the City Council approved an ordinance Wednesday that makes Chicago the biggest city in the nation to require big-box retailers to pay a "living wage."
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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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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's   biggest retailer, is ready for some football.
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China&#39;s Communist Party-controlled union is ready to help Wal-Mart Stores Inc. set up union branches at its Chinese stores &quot;as soon as possible,&quot; the official Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday.
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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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Southeast Asia&#39;s largest property developer CapitaLand Ltd. said Thursday it is teaming up with a Chinese state-linked group to buy and manage a slew of mainland shopping malls whose tenants include Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will elect future members of its board of directors by majority vote, a change requested by shareholders for the past two years, the world's largest retailer said Monday.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , the world's largest retailer, said on Tuesday that it has seen strong results from its service that allows customers to order products on its Web site and have them shipped to a local Wal-Mart store for free.
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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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General Motors Corp., the world's largest auto maker, said on Monday that China's WTO entry has benefited both foreign and domestic auto makers, but that China should fully embrace the organization's spirit of free trade.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world&#39;s largest retailer, plans to open as many as 15 new stores in China next year, competing for a foothold with Carrefour SA and Metro Group as the government lifts curbs on foreign retailers.
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The Chinese government has ordered a Chinese supplier of Apple's iPod to let its more than 200,000 workers set up a trade union, reports said Friday.
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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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The US retail giant Wal-Mart investedone million US dollars to establish China&#39;s first retail research center at Beijing&#39;s prestigious Tsinghua University.