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From: S. maltophilia12/23/2006 9:33:34 PM
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Sam spins in his grave:

New at Wal-Marts in China: A Communist Party branch
By Joe McDonald
The Associated Press
Monday, December 18, 2006

BEIJING

Employees at the Chinese headquarters of Wal-Mart have set up a Communist Party branch, the company and the party said Monday, as part of a campaign by the party to expand at foreign companies.

The state-sanctioned labor body in China set up unions this year at Wal- Marts in the country.

Wal-Mart is one of the biggest and most prominent foreign employers in China, with 36,000 employees and 68 stores.

The party branch was set up Friday at the Wal-Mart headquarters in Shenzhen, according to The People's Daily. A company spokesman, Jonathan Dong, confirmed the move.

"Quite a few of our associates are party members already, so they have a right to establish branch organizations," Dong said, referring to Wal-Mart employees in China.......
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