Weekly News Clips

WalMart Comes To New York
Forbes – NY,USA
After a number of false starts, WalMart Stores is planning to launch in New York City–the five boroughs, and especially the juicy, consumer-driven world of

Made in China: WalMart Unions
YaleGlobal Online – CT,USA
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nnBoard gets WalMart’s revised site plans
nFinger Lakes Times – Geneva,NY,USA
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WalMart loses suit over rest breaks
Boston Globe – United States

PHILADELPHIA — WalMart broke Pennsylvania labor laws by forcing employees to work through rest breaks and off the clock, a jury decided yesterday in a

WalMart’s Too Cool for School
MSNBC – USA
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz. It’s another small step back for WalMart(NYSE: WMT) and a giant leap back for its not-so-hip kind. The

Why Wal-Mart Wants to Invade New York
Think Wal-Mart is just going to pack up its box and go home? Think again.

The Evils of WalMart
ProgressiveU.org – San Mateo,CA,USA
Today my dad sent me an article from “Shopping Centers Today” about WalMart‘s newest plan to take over the world: having different stores target different

Official Union in China Says All Wal-Marts Are Organized
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Mr. Guo said the labor federation would now assist workers in their negotiations with WalMart management for new contracts and would seek to improve