Wal-Mart officials are planning to meet with the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada, a union that has been trying to organize Wal-Mart's 241 stores in Canada for the past two years. Wal-Mart has displayed a clear dislike of unions and it is expected that any attempt to organize their workforce will be met with resistance. The union has promised workers improved wages and benefits. However, many workers are concerned that Wal-Mart will shut down stores in response to unionization efforts.
See "A Rarity for Wal-Mart: Talking to a Union", Ian Austen, The New York Times, October 25, 2004