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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My dad was a union man and I have a story to tell later.
To think the railroads do not receive taxpayer funding is ludicrous!
The crossing improvement funding is know to everyone with a brain!
http://www.aslrra.org/whats_in_the_news/testimony_and_comments/
I hope this works if not cut and paste into your browser. Explains the difference between government subsidized short line railroads and Class I mainlines
Big surprise there are crooks in Union as well as business. It would appear that many are being caught and prosecuted. I do not have a problem with that at all. I hope they catch em all. In private business beholding to the stock-holders as well.
The Railroads are not required to provide crossings. Communities came to the RR not the other way around. I may be misinformed but the RR pays for half to upgrade a crossing from cross bucks to gates with lights. Probably because so many didn't look both ways when they crossed the tracks and well..... I really don't want to discuss that. RR is such a big subject that I could sit and answer your accusations day after day. I choose not too. There is a wealth of information on railroads out there. Study
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