Canadian Wal-Mart store employees seek union certification

[JohnLocke]

Wal-Mart store employees in Terrace, B.C., seek union certification
Monday, June 14, 2004
The Canadian Press
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TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- Wal-Mart store employees in Terrace are seeking union representation in what would be a labour breakthrough at the world's largest retailer.
A majority of the employees recently signed membership cards and have applied to the Labour Relations Board of British Columbia for union representation with the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada, the union said in a release.
"We're delighted that Wal-Mart employees in Terrace have decided to join our union," said UFCW Canada Local 1518 president Brooke Sundin. "Given Wal-Mart's well-documented hostility towards unions, the Terrace employees have taken a very courageous step in their efforts to get better working conditions."
The union said it isn't yet known when the labour board will conduct a mandatory vote of Terrace Wal-Mart employees, as required by B.C. law.
Employees at a Wal-Mart in Thompson, Man., voted last week on whether to join the UFCW. The results of that vote have not yet been released pending labour board rulings. Wal-Mart employees in Weyburn and North Battleford, Sask., are also trying to join the UFCW, the union said.
UFCW Canada is one of Canada's largest private-sector unions, with more than 230,000 members.
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Read the rest here.

[TO Kid]

1. I'll believe it when I see the vote

They tried to unionize a store in Windsor. The first vote failed by a large margin, labour board certified them anyway. A decertification vote took place after a petition by employees and the union backed out after they were caught rigging the vote.

[Tommy_Douglas]

3. It's looking like a distinct possibility...

That the Walmart in North Battleford will achieve unionship.

Walmart just built one of those mega Wal-marts there and I would just love to see them pack up and piss off if a union got formed.

[Habibi]

7. Hard to know what to hope for, here.

Unionizing Wal-mart workers would be a good thing. So would the closing of Wal-marts (but of course, not for the workers).

[JohnLocke]

2. Kick

[Voltaire99]

4. Go, union!

Good luck to the employees of this corporate slave galley.

[JohnLocke]

5. Kick

:kick:

[JohnLocke]

6. Kick

[Heddi]

8. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x622542

[Screaming Lord Byron]

9. Terrace, eh? That's in a very winnable riding for the NDP or Liberals.

I wonder when it'll turn up as an election issue.

[Moderator]

10. duplicate thread

Please unite with your fellow proles in this earlier thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x622542