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***** abstract presents a foreshadow for what would be the foundation for a full evaluative report on the retail giant Wal-Mart and the effects recent labor disputes have had on the likes of Canadian labor legislation, local ***** dispute resolutions and ***** intervention on the part of unions to recruit ***** employees. There is no *****tter presentation than one that presents ***** varying opinions in philosophy between unions and employers. In the United States, the retail giant Wal-Mart has been try*****g to fend *****f multiple attacks by organized labor as the retail conglomerate ***** ***** to consistently contend with ***** could be considered an increasingly turbulent work force. In June of 2004 for example, unions in ***** ***** States were making a concerted effort to plan ***** implement a multi-million doll*****r campaign to organize Wal-Mart's existing and potential employees. "Union leaders say their chances for organizing Wal-Mart workers shot up this week when a federal judge in San Francisco said 1.6 million current ***** former employees ***** sue the retailer for sex discrim*****ation in a cl*****ss-action lawsuit." (Ramstack, 2004)

The ***** situation covers a full spectrum of legal concerns such as the acquisition and termination ***** collective re***** of employees, unfair ***** practices and the *****sociated regulations, collective bargaining schemes, the scope of individual's rights for collective ***** and basic constitutional ***** in a labor context. A detailed evaluation ***** ***** exist*****g turbulence at Wal-Mart will present an excellent opportunity for identifying ***** assessing whether existing Canadian labor statutes will be sufficient in meeting the objectives of both ***** and labor factions or if those regulations will need to be reconsidered. ***** addition, ***** case holds legal intrigue which includes acts ***** inclusive destruction, fabrication, and suppression of evidence. *****s both sides are spending small *****tunes on ***** re*****ati***** and lobbying eff*****ts, the labor ********** ***** affect legal precedence for years to come. These proceedings also offer an opportunity to review how the legal situation migrated to this point.

In 2003, Wal-Mart was credited ***** adding nearly ten billion ***** dollars back in***** the economy either directly or **********. At a time when glob*****lization and technological advances have helped Wal-Mart to expand and turn consistent profits, the retailer has been outwardly criticized for *****ing wages and working conditions that ***** far *****o low. The treatment of female employees, turnover policies and other Human Resource ***** such as ***** value job c*****on have all become nightmarish *****cerns ***** the retailer. Wal-Mart's position ***** been quite the opposite. "Wal-Mart Canada employs more than 65,000 Canadians ***** h***** ***** ranked Canada's best retail employer twice during the past three years by international human-resources firm Hewitt Associates and Report on Business Magazine. The company is committed to community involvement and has contributed more ***** $35 million ***** Canadian charities. ***** Canada was established in 1994, is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, and operates 234 Wal-Mart discount stores ***** six SAM'S CLUBS in