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Canadian Wal-Mart Seeking Union to Close
AP ^ | 2/9/5 | ADAM GELLER

Posted on 02/09/2005 1:24:57 PM PST by SmithL

NEW YORK, (AP) --

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Wednesday it will close a Canadian store whose workers are on the verge of becoming the first ever to win a union contract from the world's biggest retailer.

Wal-Mart said it was shuttering the store in Jonquiere, Quebec, in response to unreasonable demands from union negotiators, that would make it impossible for the store to sustain its business. The United Food and Commercial Workers of Canada last week asked Quebec labor officials to appoint a mediator, saying that negotiations had reached an impasse.

"We were hoping it wouldn't come to this," said Andrew Pelletier, a spokesman for Wal-Mart Canada. "Despite nine days of meetings over three months, we've been unable to reach an agreement with the union that in our view will allow the store to operate efficiently and profitably."

Pelletier said the store will close in May. The retailer had first discussed closing the Jonquiere store last October, saying that the store was losing money.

The store in Jonquiere, about 100 miles north of Quebec City, became the first unionized Wal-Mart store in North America last September, after the bargaining unit was certified by provincial labor officials.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Canada; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blackmail; organizedlabor; palsolidarity; unions; unionthugs; walmart
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1 posted on 02/09/2005 1:24:57 PM PST by SmithL
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To: SmithL

Yay, Wal-Mart!


2 posted on 02/09/2005 1:26:33 PM PST by aynrandfreak (If 9/11 didn't change you, you're a bad human being)
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To: SmithL

Union: We demand more pay!
Store Owner: I can't afford to pay you more!
Union: We'll go on strike!
Store Owner: I quit!
Union: Hey...you can't do that...we'll all be out of a job.
Store Owner: Seeya!


3 posted on 02/09/2005 1:27:38 PM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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To: SmithL

LOL. The socialist scum got exactly what they deserved.


4 posted on 02/09/2005 1:28:08 PM PST by FormerACLUmember (Honoring Saint Jude's assistance every day.)
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To: SmithL
I like the way Wal-Mart negotiates. Hey Union Kiss my......
5 posted on 02/09/2005 1:28:12 PM PST by WilliamWallace1999
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To: SmithL
Is Atlas Shrugging?
6 posted on 02/09/2005 1:29:07 PM PST by wolfpat (Dum vivimus, vivamus)
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To: SmithL
Now they can all go shop at Crappy Tire.


7 posted on 02/09/2005 1:29:21 PM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: SmithL

A lesson of the free market.


8 posted on 02/09/2005 1:29:36 PM PST by mlc9852
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To: MineralMan

Who is John Galt?


9 posted on 02/09/2005 1:29:46 PM PST by FormerACLUmember (Honoring Saint Jude's assistance every day.)
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To: SmithL

Join the union and lose your job......... simple........


10 posted on 02/09/2005 1:30:28 PM PST by Red Badger (ANONYMOUS IRAQI VOTER: "I dipped it deep as if I was poking the eyes of all the world's tyrants.)
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To: SmithL

"Never Negotiate with Blackmailers," eh?


11 posted on 02/09/2005 1:31:01 PM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (ATTN. MARXIST RED MSM: I RESENT your "RED STATE" switcheroo using our ELECTORAL MAP as PROPAGANDA!)
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To: SmithL; nuconvert

ping


12 posted on 02/09/2005 1:31:16 PM PST by F14 Pilot (Democracy is a process not a product)
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To: Blurblogger

make that "extortionists"


13 posted on 02/09/2005 1:31:29 PM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (ATTN. MARXIST RED MSM: I RESENT your "RED STATE" switcheroo using our ELECTORAL MAP as PROPAGANDA!)
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To: FormerACLUmember

You're right. One less store for the Communist Chinese to be making money from through Wal-Mart.


14 posted on 02/09/2005 1:31:38 PM PST by em2vn
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To: SmithL

Beautiful. I love happy endings. Always look for the union label -- "Unemployed."


15 posted on 02/09/2005 1:32:11 PM PST by speedy
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To: SmithL
Now there's a model for others to follow. I think Walmart has done this before. Good for Walmart.

BTW as nearly as I can tell, the steel workers in Pueblo CO are still on strike. They went on strike in the early 90's, 50 cents apart at negotiations. Steel company hired scabs, a year later went non-union (not sure how that all happend) hired the scabs permanantly and offerd to hire the strikers too. A lot insisted thy'd win in court against the comapny and refused to work. On strike now for at least 10 years.

THOSE GUYS are darwin award prospects.

16 posted on 02/09/2005 1:33:57 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (God has blessed Republicans with really stupid enemies.)
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To: SmithL

Way to go Wal-Mart!!!

Don't let the unions get in the door! It would be the death nail for Wal-Mart.

Stand up to them. I'm going shopping at Wal-Mart right now and buy something I don't even need.


17 posted on 02/09/2005 1:35:02 PM PST by Calif4Bush
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To: Calif4Bush

Teamster here. You sound a lot like someone who inherited a whole lot of stocks and bonds from mommy and daddy and still live at home. Some of us out here work for a living. Some of us even make a living wage because we are Union. You may kiss my union a--.


18 posted on 02/09/2005 1:38:36 PM PST by Sterco
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To: SmithL

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! Another case of the stinking socialists screwing their own!


19 posted on 02/09/2005 1:38:44 PM PST by EUPHORIC (Right? Left? Read Ecclesiastes 10:2 for a definition. The Bible knows all about it!)
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To: MineralMan

LMAO! That hit the nail on the head!


20 posted on 02/09/2005 1:38:55 PM PST by New Orleans Slim
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