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Friday, May 04, 2007

World Business Briefing: Canada: Court Rejects Wal-Mart

World Business Briefing: Canada: Court Rejects Wal-Mart
The Supreme Court of Canada rejected an appeal from Wal-Mart Canada over efforts to unionize another store in Quebec. As is always the case, the high court offered no reasons for its decision. The court’s move appears to open the way for the automatic certification of a store in Gatineau, a city across a river from Ottawa. “We’re disappointed but not surprised, because the Supreme Court rarely hears cases like this,” said Yanik Deschênes, a spokesman for Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart wanted a court order requiring that Quebec’s labor board conduct a secret ballot of employees. The United Food and Commercial Workers has asked for automatic certification under Quebec law based on the number of union membership cards it signed at the outlet.

 



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