Canadian workers achieve first-ever contract at Wal-Mart

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4004

15 April 2009
ST. HYACINTHE, Quebec - 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.

The pact ended a four-year struggle by workers at the store for their rights. It includes “seniority rights, wage increases and a wage ladder free from favouritism, and, for the first time ever, a legally binding grievance procedure that provides more stability, fairness, and dignity in the workplace,” the union said.

FULL story at link.

[barbtries]

1. great news

we'll see if walmart folds under the weight - they would certainly want people to believe that if the unions get in, the business will collapse. supposedly to the point of telling their employees during the election that if they wanted to keep their jobs they should vote for mccain.

[pleah]

2. K&R

[sabbat hunter]

3. How long will it take

Wal-Mart to close that store?

[applegrove]

4. Go Quebec Go!