Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced Tuesday that they would follow China's Trade Union Law and permit branches of the official Communist Party-controlled union in its Chinese stores. The announcement came in the wake of a threatened law suit by the All China Federation of Trade Unions.
See "Wal-Mart Allows Union in China - The retailer says it will permit branches of the government-controlled labor organization if store workers request it", Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, November 23, 2004