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A10 - The Terrace Standard d, Wedosrdoy, September: 1; 2004.”

Union ‘argues |
_ workers. feared for 3 jobs

_LRB to. rule. on whether Terrace store will be unionized.

By JEFF NAGEL”. ~ and ‘Save-On. Foods stores : on their respoisibilities in
TACTICS used during this - in Terrace and: Kitimat.”
spring’s drivé-to form a. Trigwell ‘estimated the:-
union -at. Terraces “Wal-.. SPURS: conducted” nearly’
Mart store. came. under. 1,500 ‘visits. to homes: of
160: different, Wal- Mart
workers. :

“And: store manager. Tan
“Hall gave testimony that .
contradicted ‘some, of Trig?
~ well's: claims like: the:
difficulty’. ‘of. dealing with |
~high. urnover at the store.
.. Hall “said: ‘just. nihe
workers. deft. the store’ dur.
ing ‘the union drive: and he ;
estimated thé .auimber- of

lions’ Board. hearing’ last:
week, es
‘The: 82-day tinion: orga
nizing’ drive.: wrapped: Up:
June li, when: the ‘United:
Food. and. Commercial’
Workers’ local 1518" Dre.
sented “ehough” ‘signe
union cards: to. justify ~ “a
certification . ote:
The: vote: “was held jiine -
21° but the’ ballot -box has:
been kept. sealed: and: the”.
votes won't: be:’ ‘counted.
until the. decision of. LRB:-
vice-chair. Catherine: Mc-'

agement, .

needéd ‘to persuade. enough : Vancouver’ Sept,
“employees ‘to ‘sigh’ nion..
‘cards, ‘he. said: =): first-time: employees a
2 “At the end: it was: like~ around 14. .
“pulling. teeth, " he» Said: -
“There: were. two times’ we.
“were going to. close’ her’
“down. But we didn’t.” re
-The ‘company’s. lawyer *
questioned | the ‘difficulty.

aoe “ements.” a
“He aid. ‘the company. oA. certification:
sent, out! two letters. to
workers near the: beginning:
and end. of the drive,” *
Also: ‘appearing’ ‘at the.
hearing were ‘several de-
the union iad” here,: point- - partment: ‘Managers “from- a
ing. ‘out organizers didn’t. the: Terrace. store. :
‘use: the- full, ‘three months ‘They were “questioned
Allowed, bos ao :

courts.

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

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THURSDAY

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the store: to ‘determine |

whether “they. ‘should -be: ~
onsidered- employees —.°
whose. votes--would then
count’ — or. exeluded: man :

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lawyers for: both aides dre :
to make their: ‘final Argue.

hiere.
would ‘make ‘Terrace’ the.
second ‘unionized Wal-..
Canada. The ‘first: |
is a “store: ‘in’ -Jonquiere,-

Quebec, ‘but: that certifica-
|-—“granted-in July! = is:
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many. employees and. "Xe
actly which, ones :can be...
part of the. bargaining-unit..
Only. theif. votes: will then."
-be counted. ‘The'storewill’: :-. -
be, unionized. if’ they: add
up to more. than.
cent vote in, favour,
Veteran union organizer
Colin. ‘Trigwell * ‘testified
-workers “here” werd.
reluctant than’ elsewh
~ Sign Up. with. the ‘union be-”
cause of. the -de astatee
northwest: economy, ;
- “There’s one:
down and families, split-t u
all over the place,”-he told.
the hearing: “It's not
". preat., situation in this
climate.” ne
- That: heightened the =:
concerns’ of: -workérs,whio
didn’t ‘want to’ lose: th
jobs and feared being. fired
if. they” signed. a” union

hearing. -

“They! supported the
‘union but just didn't want:
to ‘get involved: because. of
- the fear factar, he' said. °:
_The campaign also:hit

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warkers, “students,”
skilled workers. and eo :
in their first jobs...
“They’ re very: difficult”
to organize,” * Frigwell. ‘said’.
of first-timers.. “They, “just
‘don’t - know. any: - better,
They’ re very” aera

~The union ¢ Also’ argued
Wal-Mart’s : hiring: prac-
tices weed out prospective

unionize, and: ‘the: “family
like. culture of the. chain.

‘union climate.”

Trigwell’s. testimony
underpins the union's :con-
- tention. that ‘the; -Terrace
“Wal-Mart. store “was diff
cult:to organize: for.a va
iety of reasons.

prove it Was: difficult to is
.ganize here,. more: flexible
rules will kick, in ‘making. it
easier for the union. io get
-the ‘definition: it wants, ‘of

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more. likely to: vote against
certification.

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SA lot of the’ part-timers
were in: school,” -h¢e said,
“Tt was very difficult'to get
Te] meel with: them
home.”

Trigwell:, ‘s :
UFCW: had. deployed: six
so-called SPURS .--Spe-
cial. Union Reps, ~ to work
on the campaign. here.
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