Wal-Mart Faces Another Union Vote in Canada

Labor relations are again boiling for Wal-Mart (WMT Quote) in Canada, as workers at a store in Windsor, Ontario, will vote on whether to unionize as early as next week.

The United Food and Commercial Workers Canada (UFCW) said Wednesday it filed an application for certification with the Ontario Labor Relations Board, and an employee vote on whether to be represented by the union is likely to follow soon.

Early last month, after a Canadian Wal-Mart store unionized in Jonquiere, Quebec, the company closed the store, claiming the union negotiators were making unreasonable demands that threatened the store's business. Shortly after the closing, Wal-Mart Canada was ordered by the Quebec Labour Relations Commission to stop intimidating workers who want to form a union. ...