QUEBEC WALMART UNIONS
January 1st, 2005
BY MONICA DOBIEWAL-MART Canada Corp is consulting its lawyers after the retail chain was told to accept union recognition at a Quebec store, only the second time this has happened in the whole of north America. The Quebec Labour Relations Commission has certified workers at the Saint-Hyacinthe store, 60 km east of Montreal, as belonging to and represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada (UFCW).Andrew Pelletier, a spokesman for Wal-Mart, told the Toronto Globe and Mail that the company was reviewing its options, including challenging the decision ...
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