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Article

20 Jan 2009

Author:
Janice Tibbetts, Canwest News Service

SCOC [Supreme Court of Canada] to hear Wal-Mart union case

The right of the world's largest retailer to close shop after employees unionized goes on trial Wednesday when the Supreme Court of Canada hears an appeal from laid-off workers at a former Wal-Mart store in Jonquiere...The closure, which followed one of the first unionizations of Wal-Mart employees in North America, drew continent wide attention and the high-stakes appeal is being closely watched by labour and business.