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Labor/Employment

Jun. 23, 2012

Wal-Mart faces claims it spied on union effort

A simmering feud between Wal-Mart and an influential labor coalition has kicked up unprecedented legal questions - and a public relations firm is caught in the middle.


By Brian Sumers


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - A simmering feud between Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and an influential labor coalition has kicked up unprecedented legal questions - and a public relations firm is caught in the middle.


Earlier this month, union officials say a junior employee of a communications firm hired by the retail giant infiltrated an anti-Wal-Mart press conference by posing as a student journalist. In an unusual move,...

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