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June 9, 2006
US workers lose faith in the dogma that overwork is good for the soul
...93m) to 116,000 Wal-Mart employees for violation...working at least a six-hour shift - the first of some 70 Wal-Mart wage and hour suits to go to trial...scarce - are being hit in the post-dotcom bubble...and is causing many to re-examine not just how...are driving the rise in litigation, because they can earn...Ruckelshaus of the National Employment Law Project, an advocacy...change employer fair-wage practices over time. But until then... By Patti Waldmeir in Washington
June 8, 2006
US workers challenge value of being overworked
...93m) to 116,000 Wal-Mart employees for violation...working at least a six-hour shift – the first of some 70 Wal-Mart wage and hour suits to go to trial. Last...scarce – are being hit in the dot-bust era by...and is causing many to re-examine not just how employees...are driving the rise in litigation, because they can earn large...Ruckelshaus of the National Employment Law Project, an advocacy...change employer fair-wage practices over time. But until then... by Patti Waldmeir in Washington
August 16, 2006
Wal-Mart takes the fight to its critics
...This is the world of Wal-Mart, the political...the company has in the past year expanded...corporate lobbying to wage a fully-fledged campaign in the mainstream of American...as ours, we’re certainly going to have...to its employees in Iowa, pointing...other states. But Wal-Mart’s embrace of some of...raise the minimum wage for retail workers...Mart’s business practices in China, which he... By Jonathan Birchall and Holly Yeager
March 10, 2006
Christopher Caldwell: Cheap theory about Wal-Mart
...The main gripe against Wal-Mart is that these legions...are treated badly. Wal-Mart does not like unions. It closed a store in Canada rather than allow...employees to set one up. Wal-Mart can charge low prices...just under $10 an hour, which is well above the minimum wage but far from a living...Mart but its labour practices are not chief among them... By Christopher Caldwell
August 7, 2009
Story of Wal-Mart is the history and future of America
...world need another book about Wal-Mart? The biggest re-tailer on the planet has...charting its rise to dominance in the US and beyond since Sam...prices; foes bewail its low-wage model and see it as the apotheosis...on the ever-topical great Wal-Mart debate. The question of whether...given up trying to organise Wal-Mart stores in the US, and was pursuing...public debate on the low-wage business model. Now, after... By Jonathan Birchall
March 11, 2006
Cheap theories about Wal-Mart
...The main gripe against Wal-Mart is that these legions...are treated badly. Wal-Mart does not like unions. It closed a store in Canada rather than allow...employees to set one up. Wal-Mart can charge low prices...just under $10 an hour, which is well above the minimum wage but far from a living...Mart but its labour practices are not chief among... By Christopher Caldwell
May 25, 2007
Wal-Mart prescribes an 'own brand' cure for drugs price concerns
...given us. What we're doing now is trying...market - just as Wal-Mart contributed to last year's fall in the price of flat...may pay only $5 in the drugstore, the...Standard industry practices had led to a place...health insurers, Wal-Mart's programme is...drugs prescribed in the US. It is talking...its largely low-wage workforce. Its strategies...upside down. "We're trying to encourage... By Jonathan Birchall and Christopher Bowe in New York
July 24, 2008
Wal-Mart in pay deals with Chinese unions
...comparison the average hourly wage in Wal-Mart’s US stores, which are...While a comparative figure for Wal-Mart’s China employees is not available, the minimum wage in Shenyang is Rmb700 ($102...Quanzhou, who formed the first Wal-Mart union in August 2006, secured... By Tom Mitchell in Hong Kong
October 12, 2007
Techs hit in volatile trading but Wal-Mart reassures
...Earlier, positive news from Wal-Mart had helped soothe concerns about...Composite fell 1.9 per cent in less than an hour to trade 0.8 per cent lower...Average also hit a new high but in mid-afternoon it was 0.1...record high of $641.41. Wal-Mart surprised analysts by raising...expectations. Target , the discount re-tailer, fell 0.9 per cent... By Chris Bryant in New York
July 1, 2009
Wal-Mart endorses Obamacare
...rush of blood to the head in America’s corporate...companies agreed to chip in a cool $80bn to reduce...provided health insurance. Wal-Mart, long targeted by labour...coverage of its mainly low-wage employees, reversed...advertised for their gesture, Wal-Mart might gain at the expense...for pricier mandates. In spite of its hardhearted...