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Tuesday, August 3, 2004

walmart gets a union, almost

a crack in the walmart empire?

Wal-Mart employees in Quebec win union approval [the globe and mail, august 3, 2004]

A Wal-Mart outlet in Quebec has moved closer to becoming the retailing giant’s only unionized store in North America after the provincial labour board granted employees a union certification yesterday.

there’s still at least one more layer of appeals, and you can bet walmart will take advantage of every hook they can find to keep a union out of their store. those crazy canadians tried this once before in 1997, but the union certification didn’t stick long enough to actually turn into a bargaining unit.

Wal-Mart employees in Quebec win union approval [the globe and mail, august 3, 2004]

Some Wal-Mart employees in Saguenay have previously suggested the retail giant would shut down the local store rather than allow it to operate with unionized employees. Mr. Pelletier dismissed the notion.

“We would not close the store because of a union,” he said. “The only reason we would close a store would be due to economic reasons.”

when there is a strange, localized economic downturn in the immediate vicinity, you heard it here…

posted by roj at 5:49 am