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Wal-Mart's intimidation and alleged vote rigging lead to hearing in Colorado Wal-Mart's aggressive campaign to keep its Tire and Lube Express workers in Loveland, Colorado has lead the National Labor Relations Board to order a formal hearing. This legal procedure comes as a result of a complaint by UNI Commerce affiliate UFCW. The UFCW complaint states that no worker representative was allowed to observe the election and that Wal-Mart added workers to the tire and lube shop in order to secure a majority of no-votes. "After a preliminary investigation I have concluded that the (union's) objections raise substantial and material issues of fact, including credibility resolutions, which can best be resolved at a hearing," NLRB regional director Allan Benson said, according to an AP dispatch published by Kansas City Star. The Loveland vote where 17 of 18 workers declined union representation was taken shortly after Wal-Mart had announced that it was closing down its unionised store in De Jonquiere, Canada. This decision was strongly criticised by media, politicians and the public as it was clearly aiming at discouraging Wal-Mart workers in other stores from unionising.
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