Wal-Mart unionized branch closure judgment [Canada SC]

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Wal-Mart unionized branch closure judgment [Canada SC]

November 27, 2009 01:56:00 pm

Plourde v. Wal-Mart Canada Corp., Supreme Court of Canada, November 27, 2009 [upholding the right of Wal-Mart, Inc. to close its operations in Jonquiere, Quebec, shortly after a union attempted to organize employees in 2005].

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