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Date of publication: December 8, 2006

Source: Associated Press

Author: Joe McDonald

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Several Chinese suppliers of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. fail to pay legally required wages or provide health insurance and allow poor working conditions, a New York-based labor group says.

A Wal-Mart spokesman said Friday it was looking into the claims in a  report issued this week by China Labor Watch. Managers at two  companies cited in the report denied the accusations.

China Labor Watch said a survey of 15 Wal-Mart suppliers found that some pay as little as half the minimum daily wage, require mandatory overtime or provide no health insurance. It said one company provides a single bathroom for 2,000 employees...