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Wal-Mart confronts first union contract fight in Jonquiere
Wal-Mart Canada faces a union certification and contract drive at the Jonquiere store 214 kilometers north of Quebec City. Workers allege pay, scheduling and practice concerns as UFW and other unions threaten legal action. Wal-Mart warns of possible store closure if negotiations fail. The case unfolds amid broader Canadian union efforts and investor scrutiny of Wal-Mart’s labor model.
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Jonquiere
Quebec
Wal-Mart
Highway 70
Goliath
United States
Arkansas
Wal-Mart Stores Inc
Quebec City
Gaetan Plourde
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Andrew Pelletier
Wal- Mart Canada
Canada
Michael Forman
U.S
Emme Kozloff
Bernstein Research
New York
Robert Hebdon
McGill University
Montreal
Wal- Mart
Discount Woolco
Woolco
United Auto Workers
Windsor
Ontario
Weyburn
Saskatchewan
Thompson
Manitoba
Union
Louis Bolduc
Pierre Martineau
Patrice Bergeron
Bergeron