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:: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 ::
A Rarity for Wal-Mart: Talking to a Union By IAN AUSTEN, New York Times
On Tuesday, a group of employees and managers from Wal-Mart's Canadian subsidiary will hold an unusual meeting, at least by the standards of the company. The gathering in Jonquière, Quebec, will be the start of talks that the retail workers' union hopes will produce the first collective agreement in North America covering Wal-Mart workers.
The opening of negotiations will be the latest step in a two-year effort by the union, the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada, to organize Wal-Mart's 241 stores in Canada. The Canadian arm of the international union has found more success with Wal-Mart than its United States counterpart, thanks in part to differences in labor laws. Six applications for union certification at Wal-Mart stores are pending or under appeal in three Canadian provinces.------------------------------------------- posted 5:17 PM :: reference link ::
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