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Union Certified at Saskatchewan Wal-Mart Store

Weyburn, Sask., is now home to the only unionized Wal-Mart in Western Canada after a five-year battle between the company and union. The retail store in southeast Saskatchewan has been officially certified, according to a 71-page decision from the Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board. The company, though it plans to fight the decision, has been ordered to begin negotiating a contract with the United Food and Commercial Workers union (UFCW). Wal-Mart had disputed the union's April 2004 certification application before the labour board and the courts, including two bids before the Supreme Court of Canada. Wal-Mart Canada said it will appeal the ruling to unionize, pointing out that many of the employees who signed union cards no longer work at the Weyburn store. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2008/12/09/wal-mart.html?ref=rss Source: Canadian Grocer E-Newsletter, Dec. 12, 2008