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Wal-Mart loses court battle, has to accept union in Canada Wal-Mart has lost an appeal against a labour board decision, in the Quebec Court of Appeal, and must now accept a UFCW presence in its Canadian store in Gatineau. The board had decided that the store's workers have the right to be represented by their UFCW Local, as the required between 35 and 50 per cent of them have signed union cards. Wal-Mart had tried to keep UFCW out on the pretext that a Local had withdrawn its recognition request, and been replaced by another UFCW Local. Thus, the company tried to force a vote at the workplace, quite apparently counting on its good chances to win it through its normal union-busting tactics. In a statement published by Canadian Press, UFCW spokesman Louis Bolduc called the decision a victory and said the labour board can now deal with the accreditation effort of the second local.
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