UPDATED May 17, 2005

-On May 7, 2005, the Canadian Labour Congress held a national  "Greet Walmart Customers Event" at 43 Walmart stores across the country. Nationally over 12,000 union members and activists handed out over 150,000 leaflets to Customers entering the targeted Walmart stores.

-On PEI,  the event was held at the Charlottetown Walmart and attracted 52 people. The event organized as a friendly demonstration in support of Walmart employees went very smoothly with alot of pamphelets getting handed out to customers entering the store and no negative incidents.

The main objectives of the event were:

•     To create a Canadian trade union response to Wal-Mart about the Freedom of Association and the Right
       to Bargain Collectively,

•     To build visibility and education about Worker’s Right’s

•     To expose how Wal-Mart operates, and to provide insights on Wal-Mart’s antiworker, anti-Canadian values
      and attitudes,

•     To tackle the myth that unionization will have an impact on Wal-Mart’s prices.

          

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