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Union to fight Wal-Mart closing
Via Lucianne: Cut them a check and goWal-Mart Canada Corp.'s decision to close its first unionized store could spark a protracted legal battle, a possible national boycott, and the retailer could be forced to re-open the store, the high-powered lawyer for the union says. Paul Cavalluzzo declined to confirm what direction the United Food and Commercial Workers were likely to take at a press conference scheduled for today. But he said the union has three options in front of it: legal action, an economic boycott and political pressure. UFCW national director Michael Fraser has already said the union will file an unfair labour practice charge against Wal-Mart with the Quebec Labour Relations Board. And more actions are coming, a source close to the union said yesterday. A labour board challenge, if successful, could force Wal-Mart to re-open the store or expose it to significant fines, "in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, even millions ,"--- the kids could write checks out of their personal accounts and never miss it.) said Cavalluzzo, who was lead counsel in the Walkerton water inquiry. **SNIP** Some observers said the Jonquiere store closing was intended to send a chilling message to other Wal-Mart employees. But the battle to unionize the world's largest retailer and Canada's biggest private-sector employer also has wider implications, observers said yesterday. The retail sector is notoriously difficult to organize because workers are part-time and often short-term, said Richard Chaykowski, a labour policy specialist at Queen's University. **SNIP** Posted by: anonymous2u 2005-02-11 |
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