Landmark Wal-Mart ruling released by Quebec arbitrator

Landmark Wal-Mart ruling released by Quebec arbitrator
Last Updated: Friday, August 15, 2008 | 11:44 AM ET Comments30Recommend32
CBC News
A Quebec arbitrator has imposed a collective agreement on Wal-Mart for the first time in the history of the world’s largest retailer.
The arbitrator released the decision Friday on the contract for [...]

Wal-Mart Is Telling Employees How to Vote | Sign the Petition

Today marks a new low for Wal-Mart. No, not low prices; low and dirty anti-worker tactics. We’ve known for years that Wal-Mart has violated labor and anti-discrimination laws and ruthlessly fought efforts by its workers to form unions. And now, according to The Wall Street Journal, Wal-Mart is so intimidated by the very [...]

Wal-Mart warns managers against Democrats

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Everyday Low Wages: The Hidden Price We All Pay For Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart’s Labor Record
CONGRESSMAN GEORGE MILLER
Democratic Staff of the Committee on Education and the Workforce
U.S. House of Representatives
16feb04
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
INTRODUCTION
WAL-MART’S LABOR PRACTICES
  •  WORKERS’ ORGANIZING RIGHTS
  •  LOW WAGES
  •  UNEQUAL PAY AND TREATMENT
  •  OFF-THE-CLOCK WORK
  •  CHILD LABOR AND WORK BREAKS VIOLATIONS
  •  UNAFFORDABLE OR UNAVAILABLE HEALTH [...]

Loblaws cutting wages due to Walmart

Loblaws rebrands and cuts wages
Wed, July 30, 2008

By NORMAN DE BONO

London’s three remaining Loblaws stores will undergo major changes that include new names and lower wages for workers.
The company is slashing wages and hours and rebranding its London stores as it struggles to compete [...]

Green-collar jobs can help grow a sustainable economy

By Erin Boeke Burke
Monday, July 21, 2008
The tradition of apprenticeship — a craft master teaching trade skills to craft entrants — is one of the oldest and most effective methods of learning. That tradition continues in Minnesota today, and may be the key to growing a sustainable green-collar economy.
The state of Minnesota formalized the [...]