on April 17, 2023 in World News
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on June 28, 2014 in World News
Canada’s Supreme Court Penalizes Walmart f
Canada’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that Wal-Mart must compensate former workers at a Quebec store that was closed after they voted to become the first Wal-Mart store in North America to unionize. The high court ruled in 2009 that Wal-Mart was entitled to close the store in Jonquiere in 2005, seven months after workers voted to unionize. But the workers filed a new case that said Wal-Mart contravened a section of Quebec labor law, which says working conditions must not be altered in any way, shape or form during a unionization process. The court ruled in a five-to-two decision that… View Article
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on September 26, 2013 in World News
Walmart Shooter Targeted White Victims
Walmart Shooter Targeted White Victims A North Carolina grand jury found that a man who shot four people at a Walmart in June targeted his victims because they were white. According to WRAL.com, a grand jury indicted Lakim Faust, 23, on Monday on 14 charges, including “four counts of attempted first-degree murder.” The indictments indicated that “Faust, who is black, picked out his victims based on their race,” but the “documents didn’t specify why Faust wanted to shoot white people.” According to WRAL.com, “three of the four people wounded in the… View Article
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