Sun 6 Aug 2006
Headline: “Employees unionize Chinese Wal-Mart”
Thought to self: “wow, who woulda thunk it? They don’t even allow that in the US, but they allow it in China?”
Third paragraph down:
A senior official of the state-controlled All-China Federation of Trade Unions has said the body will work toward establishing a union in every Wal-Mart outlet. (emphasis mine)
Thought to self: “Gee, that headline should’ve said ‘Chinese government unionizes Wal-Mart’. Or even more accurately ‘Chinese government adds false layer of lube to typical corporate-state ass-ramming’. This isn’t even news.”