[lbo-talk] We spend years driving American manufacturing to China, and +this+ is how you pay us back?

[Doug Henwood]

Jonathan Lassen wrote:


>Also, this is only for the 18,000+ retail workers, not the 10 
>million + workers in Wal-Mart's subcontracting factories. Still, a 
>joyful piece of news.

Is the FT right?


>Independent unions are banned in China, and the federation unions 
>have traditionally been an instrument for the communist party to 
>control workers, not a vehicle for agitation and strikes, which are 
>almost never allowed.

If so, how joyful a piece of news is this?

Doug