‘Historic’: Canadian warehouse workers sign first-ever union deal with Walmart
Key takeaways
- Members of Unifor rally outside a Walmart in Canada on 10 September 2024.
- Prefer the Guardian on Google Canadian warehouse workers have signed the first-ever collective agreement with Walmart, a breakthrough labour organizers are calling a “historic and powerful step”.
- But the union says the deal with a corporation long hostile to organized labour is only an opening salvo in a broader fight to unionize major employers across the country.
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Members of Unifor rally outside a Walmart in Canada on 10 September 2024. Photograph: Unifor Canada View image in fullscreen Members of Unifor rally outside a Walmart in Canada on 10 September 2024. Photograph: Unifor Canada Walmart‘Historic’: Canadian warehouse workers sign first-ever union deal with Walmart Union says collective agreement is just the start of a broader fight to unionize major employers across the country
Prefer the Guardian on Google Canadian warehouse workers have signed the first-ever collective agreement with Walmart, a breakthrough labour organizers are calling a “historic and powerful step”.
But the union says the deal with a corporation long hostile to organized labour is only an opening salvo in a broader fight to unionize major employers across the country.