Wal- Mart moved into Canada in 1995. They purchased 122 stores of the Woolco chain; all the stores they purchased were nonunion. In 1997, Wal Mart in Ontario was the first of the 2600 stores to become unionized. On April 14, 1996, United Steelworkers of America began an organization drive at Windsor store in Ontario. At first, it wasn’t successful, they have 205 votes that are against union, and 45 votes are in favour. However, the union filled out second application claimed the vote did not reflect the true wishes of the employees. On June 27th 2003, Manitoba had a successful campaign by Local 832 of the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada; it is the one of the country’s largest private sector unions with more than 230,000 members. 40% of store employees had sign up for the UFCW certification card to represent them. On December 21, 2003, Wal Mart in Quebec had chosen UFCW local 503 to represent them to improve their working conditions and to ensure a better future. “We are proud of the determination of the Wal- Mart workers in Jonquiere and are happy that they have chosen UFCW Local 503 to represent them,” says Marie-Josee Lemieux, president of UFCW Local 503. (3) On May 12, 2003, The British Columbia Relations Board has found that Wal- Mart has violated the rights of its workers employed at the Wal Mart store in Quesnel, in BC. They were charged Wal- Mart is violated the labour code which guarantee workers have the right to decide join or not to join a union. The Labour Relations Board had ordered Wal- Mart management to call meetings of all its employees in the Quesnel store and read aloud the summary of decision that found Wal Mart guilty of violating the labour Code. The board also told Wal Mart to use one hour of company time to address all employees about union and benefit of joining the union. The labour union in Canada is trying so hard to get Wal-Mart store in Canada to become unionized. They are trying to address employees about union and what kind of benefit they will get from joining.

In my conclusion, Wal mart is the largest corporation making 200 million dollars an year. “Guarantee low prices everyday” However, did anyone thought of, employees at Wal- Mart who are working 12 or more hours a day, and they are pay less than the hours they are actually working? Did anyone consider many o

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