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Sign the petition: Hold Wal-Mart accountable.
Your help is urgently needed.
Wal-Mart announced Feb. 9 it will shut down the Canadian store where workers had formed a union six months earlier to have a voice on the job.
Workers at the Jonquiere, Quebec, store had been negotiating with Wal-Mart for several months, attempting to reach a fair agreement on wages and benefits. The company pulled the plug when workers appealed to the Quebec Labor Ministry to start a process to establish a wage and benefit settlement.
The world's largest retailer is choosing to destroy the livelihoods of nearly 200 working families rather than accept a fair and impartial agreement on workers' wages and benefits.
Take action by signing the petition telling Wal-Mart to do the right thing by reversing plans to close its store and negotiate in good faith with Wal-Mart workers.
| Sample Letter for Campaign |
Subject: Hold Wal-Mart Accountable
Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,
Fair-minded people who respect the rights of workers call on Wal-Mart to abandon plans to close its Jonqueiere, Quebec, store.
Workers have the right to unionize for a voice on the job, as well as the right to negotiate fair wages and benefits.
It is wrong for a company to close a business simply because it doesn't want to engage in a process that would bring a fair and impartial settlement between workers and the company.
We call on Wal-Mart to live up to the responsibilities that come with being the world's largest retailer. Those responsibilities begin with respecting workers, consumers and communities.
Wal-Mart spent hundreds of millions last month in an advertising campaign that asked people to find out the facts about your company.
The fact that you would eliminate jobs and displace an entire community because you want to deny workers their right to negotiate for a fair wage is the only fact I need to know.
Do the right thing. Reverse plans to close your store. Negotiate in good faith with Wal-Mart workers.
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