Canadian workers achieve first-ever contract at Wal-Mart

Some 180 workers at the Wal-Mart store in Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec, became the first North American employees of the monster anti-union retailer to achieve a union contract.
On April 8, the firm legally had to accept a contract with UFCW Canada Local 501, implemented by a neutral arbitrator. Wal-Mart – the world’s largest retailer – has fought unionization at its stores throughout North America through a variety of tactics. Full Story »

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Topics: Canada, Labor, Wal-Mart
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Apr 23, 2009 - 11:56 AM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Apr 23, 2009 - 11:56 AM PDT

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by Dwight Rousu - Apr. 23, 2009

The short story embodies a major community effort to reign in the anti-social greed of a corporation that has been stridently anti-union.

Kudos to the tanacity of the UFCW.

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