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:: Saturday, May 15, 2004 ::
Wal-Mart discounts the truth in latest pronouncement UFCW Canada
TORONTO, ON – The leader of the union spearheading the effort to organize Wal-Mart workers in Canada has described the latest statements from a Wal-Mart Canada spokesperson as "a page out of George Orwell's novel 1984 and more proof that Wal-Mart is as dedicated to everyday, low ethics as they are to low prices," according to Michael J. Fraser, the national director of UFCW Canada (United Food and Commercial Workers Canada).
Fraser was reacting to a newspaper report published earlier this week in which Wal-Mart Canada spokesperson Andrew Pelletier was quoted as saying "Wal-Mart is an exemplary company with respect to working conditions."
"What a pack of lies. It's nothing but Orwellian doublespeak. They take the truth and turn it inside out," charged Fraser.
"What's exemplary about Wal-Mart managers making employees work overtime without pay? What's so commendable about Wal-Mart being charged and found guilty of unfair labour practices by the labour board in British Columbia, and the National Labor Relations Board in the United States over their union busting tactics like firing pro-union employees and threatening to close stores if a union was ever elected?"------------------------------------------- posted 8:49 AM :: reference link ::
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