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Canada Gatineau Wal-Mart workers get contract [Vancouver Sun] 19-Aug-2008

USA Unions seek probe of Wal-Mart over election law [Wall Street Journal] 19-Aug-2008

Canada Wal-Mart pålagt å undertegne tariffavtale [Fri fagbevegelse] (in Norwegian) 18-Aug-2008

USA Union groups demand feds act vs. Wal-Mart anti-Obama voting order [Press Associates Inc.] 15-Aug-2008

Canada Wal-Mart case to go to top court [The Gazette] 08-Aug-2008

Canada Court to hear appeal against Wal-Mart [Globe and Mail] 07-Aug-2008

Canada Wal-Mart accused of meddling in U.S. presidential campaign [NUPGE] 06-Aug-2008

USA Wal-Mart advarer mot Obama [LO-Aktuelt] (in Norwegian) 04-Aug-2008

USA Wal-Mart warns its staff that if Democrats win, it will become easier for workers to unionize [WSJ] 01-Aug-2008

Global / Canada Wal-Mart warns managers against Democrats [Globe and Mail] 01-Aug-2008

China Wal-Mart krijgt zijn CAO's in China [Vakbondsvernieuwing] (in Dutch) 30-Jul-2008

China Wal-Mart gets its collective agreements in China [Union Renewal] 30-Jul-2008

Global / China Wal-Mart signs pay deals with official Chinese unions [AP] 25-Jul-2008

China Wal-Mart signs 8% pay deals with unionised workers [The Financial Times] 25-Jul-2008

UK / China Wal-Mart signs pay deals with unions in China [FT] 25-Jul-2008

China / USA Wal-Mart signs collective labor contract with employees [Xinhua] 15-Jul-2008

USA Wal-Mart violated worker rights more than 2 million times, Minnesota judge rules [Workday Minnesota] (More info) 03-Jul-2008

USA / UK The US presidential candidate is playing politics by singling out Tesco for its union policy Why doesn't Obama take on Wal-Mart? [The Times] 30-Jun-2008

USA Another disabled Wal-Mart victim gets justice [ABAJournal] (More info) 10-Jun-2008

USA Wal-Mart’s Detractors Come In From the Cold [NYT] 06-Jun-2008

USA After waging an aggressive public relations campaign against Wal-Mart for three years, the company’s union-backed critics are lowering their pitchforks [NY Times] 05-Jun-2008

USA The moral responsibilities of Wal-Mart: Sign the "Handshake Agreement" [Wal-Mart Watch] 04-Jun-2008

USA Shareholders rap Wal-Mart on labour policy [Fresh Plaza] 02-Jun-2008

USA / UK Shareholders rap Wal-Mart on labour policy [The Observer] 01-Jun-2008


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