All-China Federation of Trade Unions Wednesday warned the world's largest retailer Wal-Mart not to take revengeful measures against some of their local employees who have set up four trade unions over the past 10 days.

The federation, led by the Communist Party of China (CPC) and backed by the government, will take measures to protect these workers if they are revenged by Wal-Mart, said Guo Wencai, director of the federation's grass-root building department.

It is not allowed to replace trade unions with any organization in other forms, the official said.

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Wal-Mart willing to talk to China's official union

Global retail giant Wal-Mart is willing to hold talks with the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) because five trade unions have been formed at its Chinese outlets in two weeks, sources with Wal-Mart China said in Beijing on Wednesday.

Li Chengjie, deputy president of Wal-Mart China, told Xinhua that his company sent a formal letter to the ACFTU last week, asking to hold talks with the union with "no media presence".

Guo Wencai, director of ACFTU's department of grassroots organizations, was quoted by media report as saying the two sides would meet to negotiate on Wednesday.

But Li said, "We haven't received a reply to our letter yet."

Wal-Mart aims to find a "win-win" solution with the ACFTU through this kind of "face-to-face" meeting and "active communication," according to Li. Full story <<<