Eight hundred Canadian Workers employed at a Walmart Distribution Center in Mississauga, Ontario have succeeded where others have not: They are now working under a two-year contract with North America’s largest Logistics Giant. The landmark Collective Bargaining Agreement went into effect on July 1st, nearly two years after Workers won Union representation, joining Unifor Local 252. The Workers were motivated to Go Union by low wages and unsafe working conditions. As punishment two years ago, Walmart bumped the pay of every Logistics Worker in Canada - except those who Unionized. This was an effective maneuver to halt further Union drives. “Walmart gave all the wage increases to all the Non-Union folks and everything fell apart,” said Angela Drew Kimelman, a Unifor Organizer who worked on Organizing Campaigns at multiple warehouses, including one in Cornwall, near Montreal. But now, the new contract prevents Walmart from raising wages at other warehouses without doing the same at this one. The Unionized Workers have received a matching raise and back pay for the months when other Warehouse Workers received raises that they didn’t. Unifor has restarted its organizing efforts at other Ontario warehouses.

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