Wal-Mart applauds B.C. ruling
Wal-Mart applauds B.C. ruling
Canadian Press
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Wal-Mart Canada said Tuesday that a B.C. Labour Relations Board ruling has thwarted a union's effort to organize the auto department of a Cranbrook, B.C. store as a separate unit from the rest of the outlet.
Brent Mullan, the chair of Labour Relations Board, ruled that the United Food and Commercial Workers Union's attempt to separate 10 workers in the store's Tire Lube Express department was not permissible under B.C. law.
Wal-Mart said it plans to use the ruling to stop a similar union drive in Surrey, B.C.
”Wal-Mart Canada believes that the carving out of a very small group of select workers from the total team of associates in a store for the purpose of unionization is unrepresentative and undemocratic,” the company said in a release.
The U.S.-based retailer, the world's largest company, has been embroiled in union conflicts across Canada in recent years.
A store in Saguenay, Que was the first Wal-Mart outlet in North America to organize a successful union drive.
The retailer closed the store, citing financial reasons, before a collective agreement with the union could be reached.
Wal-Mart is the world's biggest retailer with more than 4,000 stores. In Canada, the company operates about 268 stores and employs more than 70,000 people.
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Canadian Press
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Wal-Mart Canada said Tuesday that a B.C. Labour Relations Board ruling has thwarted a union's effort to organize the auto department of a Cranbrook, B.C. store as a separate unit from the rest of the outlet.
Brent Mullan, the chair of Labour Relations Board, ruled that the United Food and Commercial Workers Union's attempt to separate 10 workers in the store's Tire Lube Express department was not permissible under B.C. law.
Wal-Mart said it plans to use the ruling to stop a similar union drive in Surrey, B.C.
”Wal-Mart Canada believes that the carving out of a very small group of select workers from the total team of associates in a store for the purpose of unionization is unrepresentative and undemocratic,” the company said in a release.
The U.S.-based retailer, the world's largest company, has been embroiled in union conflicts across Canada in recent years.
A store in Saguenay, Que was the first Wal-Mart outlet in North America to organize a successful union drive.
The retailer closed the store, citing financial reasons, before a collective agreement with the union could be reached.
Wal-Mart is the world's biggest retailer with more than 4,000 stores. In Canada, the company operates about 268 stores and employs more than 70,000 people.
© Copyright 2006 Bell Globemedia Publishing Inc. All Rights Reserved.
globeandmail.com and The Globe and Mail are divisions of Bell Globemedia Publishing Inc., 444 Front St. W., Toronto, Canada M5V 2S9
Phillip Crawley, Publisher
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