Measure would counter Wal-Mart’s union-busting tactics

If Wal-Mart really wants to arm its employees with the facts, why not try this: “If you certify a union, we’ll simply find a way to close the related operations, just as we’ve done…
-- Tucson Citizen (Ariz.)

Union Members Get the Word out About Free Choice Out

Union members are getting their message out to political candidates. They want to gather more than a million signatures to get the new President and congress to support the Free Choice Act.
-- WFMJ-TV (Ohio)

Opinion: Workers need choice to stop intimidation

In the meetings, company higher-ups attempted to scare the employees by claiming that Obama’s support of the Employee Free Choice Act would harm workers by causing an uptick in union representation.…
-- Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette (Ind.)

Political Parties Prepare Their Parties

U.S. labor groups filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday calling for an investigation into allegations that Wal-Mart violated election laws by warning employees to vote against…
-- Women's Wear Daily

The Wal-Mart Weekly: Wal-Mart needs more profits from the magazine aisle

This week, I’ll be delving into Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s decision earlier this year to jettison many hundreds of magazines from its shelves in order to thin out its reading offerings inside…
-- BloggingStocks

Organic food sales feel the bite from sluggish economy

Organics are also seeing increased competition from “locally grown” products, whether they’re organic or not, Demeritt says. Organic companies, meanwhile, face more rivals as retailers…
-- USA Today

Convenience Stores Score in Japan

While food retail is dominated in many developed economies by supermarket companies such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of the U.S. and Carrefour SA of France, Japan’s 43,000-strong network of small,…
-- Wall Street Journal

Coughlin Drops One Of Three Claims

Tom Coughlin, former vice chairman for Wal-Mart Stores Inc., is voluntarily dismissing one of three claims in his countersuit against the retail giant.
-- NW Arkansas Morning News

Dogs of War: Blackwater as Wal-Mart

While most attention is focused on Blackwater Security Consulting, the unit that provides contractors for work in Iraq and elsewhere, there is far more to it than that. Blackwater has long sought to…
-- Middle East Times

Axl Rose may be Wal-Mart’s newest greeter

First came the news that Australian heavy metal legends AC/DC were planning on selling their new album exclusively at Wal-Mart. Now Billboard is reporting that Axl Rose is contemplating following the…
-- National Post (Canada)

Guns N’ Roses may vote to release ‘Chinese Democracy’ after all

Once upon a time there was a great rock band named Guns N’ Roses, which made records and played concerts. Then the singer got control of the group, made the other guys go away and promised the…
-- Inside Bay Area

Rumour: G’n’R’s Chinese Democracy to be Wal-Mart exclusive

Sit down for this news: Guns’n’Roses might actually be preparing to release their “Chinese Democracy” album. No, really, Reports even suggest the band is at the stage of discussing…
-- Music Ally Blog

RMH Foods lands Wal-Mart contract

RMH Foods, a division of Smithfield Foods and the company operated by Jon Rocke, recently signed an agreement to put its newest line of refrigerated entrees in Wal-Mart stores across the country, Rocke…
-- Peoria Journal Star (Ill.)

Careless talk costs business

Businesses are now opting to use Web 2.0 applications such as social networking sites, instant messaging and corporate blogs. But should companies really integrate such technologies into the workplace,…
-- What PC (U.K.)

Rising costs and store wars put farms at risk, warns NFU

Farmers’ Union of Wales milk committee chairman Eifion Huws said Asda and Tesco slashing the price of milk could spell disaster for the industry. “With the plight of British dairy farmers already…
-- WalesOnline (U.K.)