Quebec unionized Wal-Mart workers win Supreme Court victory

I may not be a huge fan of unions, but this is a good ruling IMHO and returns some balance to marketplace.

The my experience with the UFCW is specifically why I hate unions, but yea. Walmart's move in closing this store was an obvious move to squash unions, and people have the right to free association.

It may surprise you to hear this, but I am a fan of unions when they actually protect the workers and not just the pension fund managers.

In the case of Wal Mart unionization is important to protect their workers from the legions of abuses those people have to put up with in the name of 'Low Prices, Always!' ...a policy that comes on the backs of workers who often get forced to work unpaid overtime and who get fired for asserting their rights.

It may surprise you to hear this, but I am a fan of unions when they actually protect the workers and not just the pension fund managers.

That's one of the biggest reasons I'm not a fan of unions.

The other is that union leadership often gets so set in their demands - often unrealistic ones - that negotiations are impossible and the company either winds up moving or going bankrupt. I've seen that happen half a dozen times here in Edmonton - fortunately I've never been employed by any of them at the time, but have had friends who were.





I'll be the first to admit that I like low prices, but you are totally correct, they shouldn't come off the backs of the workers - they should come from improved efficiencies (like just-in-time delivery), better management policies and so on.

Wal-Mart slays me sometimes. Saw a commercial the other day where Wal-Mart was patting itself on the back over some program they have that feeds 135,000 kids breakfast everyday.

I'm betting if they paid their employees better, a helluva lot more than just 135,000 kids would be able to have breakfast every day.

Nah, no worries, that's what foodbanks are for.

That raises a fine question: How many of those 135,000 kids are the children of Wal Mart workers????

That raises a fine question: How many of those 135,000 kids are the children of Wal Mart workers????
That is exactly the same question my wife asked immediately after seeing the ad.

If Volkswagen the World's largest Automaker can invite Unions to make it's case to the employees giving them the option if they want to join Walmart should be able to do the same.

That raises a fine question: How many of those 135,000 kids are the children of Wal Mart workers????
Actually quite a few. Wal-Mart can be a real bitch of a place to work for and while I'm not a big fan of unions but Wal-Mart Corporation gives a lot people good reason to want to vote to certify a union.

In my position I am fairly immune to a lot of the gouging chicken shit that goes on, but they rake the average Associate over the coals on a constant basis, for those folks it isn't a fun place to work and I'm suprised there isn't more union organizing activity unless the Wal-Mart Corp has paid off the unions.

They don't feed those kids, their customers do. Everytime you go to the till they harang you into giving $2 to some charity or other and then, when they get enough money from the public to make it look good, they come out with the fed these kids bullshit.

Free advertising and good public relations that cost nothing except maybe a little abuse for the tellers who piss people off by having to incessantly ask the same fucking loaded question a thousand times a day.