Unionized Quebec Wal-Mart workers get 1st contract
It took nearly four years, but unionized workers at a Quebec Wal-Mart store now have their first collective agreement, a first in North America. The new agreement includes a $0.30 per hour wage increase on a yearly basis, for the next two years, for current employees. Wal-Mart shut down its store in Saguenay, Que., in April 2005 after workers unionized and were engaging in a binding arbitration process to settle a contract. Full Story : CBC.ca…..
