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Manila strikers seek support from anti-union Wal-Mart
Ms Comia and more than 200 of her colleagues at Chong Won Fashion, which makes T-shirts for the US retailer, went on strike last September to press the company's Korean owner to negotiate a labour agreement with the union...The Worker Rights Consortium, a group backed by leading US universities, this month accused Wal-Mart of failing to respond to anti-unionviolence at Chong Won and the intimidation of workers. But Chong Won workers such as Ms Comia take a different view of Wal-Mart...the workers say Wal-Mart may be doing more to solve the dispute than anyone else. "Wal-Mart has managed to bring Chong Won owners to a meeting with the union..." says...the union president...Chong Won has not responded to a request for an interview.