Scylla and Charybdis?

Submitted by t_co on Mon, 2006-07-31 19:55. ::
 

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/story.aspx?guid=%7B56E67E7D-B6D5-4...

I don't know what's more disappointing: the fact that China still doesn't allow independent trade unions, or the fact that the first union Wal-Mart has ever allowed is a state-run rubber stamp.

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ACB
Scylla and Charybdis?
Submitted by ACB on Thu, 2006-08-03 17:00.

Hey, how many Wal-mart store in the US actually have unions?

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t_co
Scylla and Charybdis?
Submitted by t_co on Thu, 2006-08-03 19:52.

0.

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ACB
Scylla and Charybdis?
Submitted by ACB on Thu, 2006-08-03 20:08.

I thought as much. I heard that they close stores down if the succeed in Unionizing.

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t_co
Scylla and Charybdis?
Submitted by t_co on Fri, 2006-08-04 05:22.

But isn't this just a sick irony? That the first union in a Wal-Mart is a corporatist stooge? Not that I have anything against corporatist stooges; I myself am one. But then why does the union exist? It's horribly inefficient then.

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