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U.S. labour board orders Walmart to reinstate striking workers
The United States National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled that Walmart unlawfully retaliated against 16 workers who participated in strikes in 2013 and ordered the company to reinstate the workers and make good on their lost wages.
Walmart to close over 200 stores, lay off 10,000 workers
The world's largest retailer is pulling the plug on its smallest store format and closing 269 stores globally, in a restructuring that will affect 16,000 workers.
Walmart's imports from China have cost 400,000 jobs in the last decade
A new report released by the U.S. based Economic Policy Institute suggests that Walmart's imports of consumer goods from China has led to the loss of over 400,000 jobs in the United States between 2001 and 2013.
