A Walmart in Saguenay, Quebec had unionized back in 2004. It was closed shortly thereafter.
At the Saint-Hyacinthe Walmart, 200 employees had organized successfully in January 2005. Contract negotiations stalled and an arbitrator was called in, reaching a two-year deal on April 9, 2009. In 2011, the Saint-Hyacinthe Walmart employees voted (147 out of 250) to decertify UFCW as their representative union; employees believed that the 2009 contract was tilted strongly in favour of their employer.
Walmart employees in Gatineau joined the UFCW in 2008. This was followed by two years of stalled negotiations before an arbitrator imposed a collective agreement. In November 2011, after one year with their collective agreement, the 150 Wal-Mart employees voted to decertify.
I was living in Saint-Hyacinthe at that time and as it was one of their most profitable store, we were waiting to see what other excuse they would use. But they didn’t say anything. They quietly fought the union in the background, and it was dissolved after a few months anyway. We’ll see if this one lasts more than 24 months.
That’s sad to hear.
Aaand then the Waltons pull out of Canada under executive order of the president for the trade war.
Sound mentally’eded*? That’s par the course bud.
And no fucks were given. The billionaire class can take their ball and go home and the rest of us will survive.
Just like the imaginary scenario where “if we tax billionaires they’ll move away”.
Cool. So now we’re just making up imaginary scenarios as an excuse to subtly say slurs.
As if. The waltons are more powerful then the president.
Not really he could make their life hell. Plus Canada is a small market if they had to they would pull out to protect their cash cow.
If they were, they would get gas costs drop and tradewar stop, both to save money on transport and maxinize profits.
I said they are more powerful than the president…not the oil barons.
As a US citizen I’m starting to wonder who really is the land of the free and brave now
Hint: It isn’t the US.
Source: Live in the US.
I really hope this one sticks and more wallie worlds, not just distrobution centres, follow suit. I wont be shopping at Wallie world regardless but if their labour becomes unionized all the better.
