Union at Chinese Walmart
Ah, the winds of change — I love them.
A second union has been formed at a Chinese Walmart, and the government seems like its poised to push for more, as a means to control the growing giant, which now employs over 30,000 Chinese.
The fact that Walmart is allowing this in China is interesting because it has resisted unions everywhere else, including the US and all over Europe.
Can this development in China mean something similar will eventually happen for Walmart workers elsewhere? I'm not sure.
Much to my dismay, unions are moribund here in the US. Not only do they lack the power they used to have, but much of the population views them as negative. That perception is the result of perhaps the most insidious PR campaign of all time.
Unions, after all, gave us the 40 hour week, paid vacation, workers comp, and fringe benefits. How could any of us in our right mind fault them? Especially when the largest corporation in the world has an average worker compensation of less than $10 per hour?
The link: http://finance.myway.com/ht/nw/bus/20060805/hlm_bus-pek331394.html
A second union has been formed at a Chinese Walmart, and the government seems like its poised to push for more, as a means to control the growing giant, which now employs over 30,000 Chinese.
The fact that Walmart is allowing this in China is interesting because it has resisted unions everywhere else, including the US and all over Europe.
Can this development in China mean something similar will eventually happen for Walmart workers elsewhere? I'm not sure.
Much to my dismay, unions are moribund here in the US. Not only do they lack the power they used to have, but much of the population views them as negative. That perception is the result of perhaps the most insidious PR campaign of all time.
Unions, after all, gave us the 40 hour week, paid vacation, workers comp, and fringe benefits. How could any of us in our right mind fault them? Especially when the largest corporation in the world has an average worker compensation of less than $10 per hour?
The link: http://finance.myway.com/ht/nw/bus/20060805/hlm_bus-pek331394.html
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