Despite the public language, there is no such thing as momentum in union certification battles:
In a Jan. 17 decision, the Quebec Labor Relations Commission accredited Local 501 of the UFCW to represent the roughly 200 workers at a Wal-Mart store in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, the union said.A "dark day in Arkansas" indeed.The decision came after a majority of the employees at the Saint-Hyacinthe store, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) east of Montreal, signed union cards.
The union said it will send a letter to Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, on Thursday to set dates for bargaining and expects to deliver contract proposals to the company within three weeks.
"The momentum is picking up," Local 501 president Yvon Bellemare said in a release. "Wal-Mart workers now realize that if they want a union in their store, Wal-Mart can't stop them."
But a spokesman for Wal-Mart Canada said the retailer is considering all options to block the decision, including legal action against the Labor Commission.
Posted by Kevin on January, 19 2005 at 08:38 PM
