Colorado Wal-Mart Workers Vote Against Unionization
From The Wall Street Journal Online, February 25, 2005 1:22 p.m. EST (subscription may be necessary)
Associated Press, February 25, 2005 1:22 p.m.
LOVELAND, Colo. — Nearly 20 workers at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. voted
against union representation Friday, rejecting a proposal that would
have established the first union inside any of the retailer’s stores in
the country. …
Earlier this month, the company said it would close a store in Quebec
because of what company officials called “unreasonable demands” by
workers trying to negotiate the first-ever union contract with the
retailer.
In 2000, 11 workers at the meatpacking department in a Wal-Mart in
Jacksonville, Texas, voted to be represented by the UFCW. Shortly
afterward, Wal-Mart eliminated the position companywide, insisting the
move wasn’t related to the election. The Bentonville, Ark.-based chain,
has more than 5,100 locations world-wide.