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‘Historic’: Canadian warehouse workers sign first-ever union deal with Walmart

The Guardian · Jun 6, 2026, 11:00 AM

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.

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