Sunday, February 27, 2005

Wal-Mart ordered to stop harassing in Canada

The Quebec labor relations board has ordered the Canadian unit of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to stop intimidating and harassing workers who tried to form a union at a Quebec store.

In a decision Thursday, board commissioner Louis Garant said he found that Wal-Mart Canada tried to hinder the formation of a union at a store in Sainte-Foy, a borough of the provincial capital, Quebec City.

In a statement, the United Food and Commercial Workers union said the decision showed Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, cannot violate workers' fundamental rights without paying the consequences.

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