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[–] 42 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A Walmart in Saguenay, Quebec had unionized back in 2004. It was closed shortly thereafter.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    The Saint-Hyacinthe and Gatineau stores also got both unionized for a few months before quietly being decertified.

    At the Saint-Hyacinthe Walmart, 200 employees had organized successfully in January 2005. Contract negotiations stalled and an arbitrator was called in, reaching a two-year deal on April 9, 2009. In 2011, the Saint-Hyacinthe Walmart employees voted (147 out of 250) to decertify UFCW as their representative union; employees believed that the 2009 contract was tilted strongly in favour of their employer.

    Walmart employees in Gatineau joined the UFCW in 2008. This was followed by two years of stalled negotiations before an arbitrator imposed a collective agreement. In November 2011, after one year with their collective agreement, the 150 Wal-Mart employees voted to decertify.

    I was living in Saint-Hyacinthe at that time and as it was one of their most profitable store, we were waiting to see what other excuse they would use. But they didn't say anything. They quietly fought the union in the background, and it was dissolved after a few months anyway. We'll see if this one lasts more than 24 months.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I really hope this one sticks and more wallie worlds, not just distrobution centres, follow suit. I wont be shopping at Wallie world regardless but if their labour becomes unionized all the better.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Hopefully like how Uber unionized in Victoria and now other cities are unionizing too. We gotta bring back real union power in Canada.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    I used Uber eats once, because I got some free delivery, or something, and a friend got a credit for me using it and I never used it again. I went looking for some groceries that skip or instacart could not get me so I signed up for uber again did not find what I was looking for but man the spam just came tumbling in, the host I use has a wild card email so I was able to just create a new email account and for uber. And now all that email just gets bounced with a 550 error, or whatever error it is that emails send hopefully there system catches that and stops trying to send stuff.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    As a US citizen I'm starting to wonder who really is the land of the free and brave now

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    [+] -7 points 1 month ago* (11 children)

    Aaand then the Waltons pull out of Canada under executive order of the president for the trade war.

    Sound mentally'eded*? That's par the course bud.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    OK. Europe has worker's rights. They seem to be doing just fine.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    As if. The waltons are more powerful then the president.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    Not really he could make their life hell. Plus Canada is a small market if they had to they would pull out to protect their cash cow.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    I don't think Canada is too worried. We have a Prime Minister with a BA in Economics from Harvard, a Masters in Economics from Oxford, and a Doctorate in Economics from Oxford. USA has a barking mad sociopath that has temper tantrums whenever he doesn't get his way. We're moving on...

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    [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Suprrised they didn’t shut down the distribution center over “plumbing issues”

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