Tag: collective agreement

Another Strike Against Wal-Mart in Quebec: Arbitrator Imposes Collective Agreement

By Dominique Launay Jun 23, 2009 Northern Exposure

Updated: Jun 23, 2009

For the last five years, two Wal-Mart big-box stores in Quebec have been the subject of certification applications filed by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW). The first store to be unionized was located in the town of Jonquière. Wal-Mart decided to close down that operation in 2005 immediately after the union applied […]

Wal-Mart gets its first union contract

By Brian Smeenk, Fasken Aug 26, 2008 Northern Exposure

Updated: Aug 26, 2008

by Brian P. Smeenk Wal-Mart, which has until now apparently been union-free, has had a union contract imposed on it in Quebec. The contract covers an auto center, Tire & Lube Express, which is part of a store in Gatineau, near the Ontario border. The small group of about eight employees apparently received union certification […]