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Walmart Losing Streak Continues, Anti-Union Store Closing Illegal in Canada
New Orleans There can’t be much joy these days in Bentonville, Arkansas, home of Walmart and its buddies. The litany of woes just keeps piling up. Five consecutive quarters of reduced financial returns has to lead the list. In the land of the 1% you can just about get away with murder if you’re making …
The Open Door to Accelerating “Majority” Unionization in Canada
Edinburgh When we’re not practicing “raps,” and strategizing about the best way forward in the Leith neighborhood of Edinburgh for ACORN Scotland, I’ve been thinking about the interesting features of the labor law in the United Kingdom that allow workers to build unions and win consultation rights with employers prior to achieving majorities that would …