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Wal-Mart Shelves Latest Pro-Union Effort

By Adam Hochberg
Published November 22, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Wal-Mart's employment practices are under fire from labor unions. Demonsrations were held Thursday in 40 states. The discount leviathan shrugs at union criticism. Company officials note that previous union bids to organize Wal-Mart have failed. NPR's Adam Hochberg reports.

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Adam Hochberg
Based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Adam Hochberg reports on a broad range of issues in the Southeast. Since he joined NPR in 1995, Hochberg has traveled the region extensively, reporting on its changing economy, demographics, culture and politics. He also currently focuses on transportation. Hochberg covered the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, followed candidates in three Presidential elections and reported on more than a dozen hurricanes.