March 24, 2005

Union applies to certify Wal-Mart store

HULL, Que.

A Canadian union is making another attempt to unionize workers at a Quebec store run by U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart, this time in Gatineau.

United Food and Commercial Workers Canada said Monday it has applied to certify workers at the Wal-Mart store in Gatineau, a suburb of Hull, in the National Capital Region.

The move comes a month after the world’s largest retail chain announced it will close in May a Wal-Mart location in Jonquiere, Que., where workers had been trying to negotiate their first contract.

The move in Gatineau continues the union’s ambitious drive to organize workers at Wal-Mart, which is almost entirely non-union across North America.

The Canadian Press

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