Labor Rights are Human Rights

This essay is an exposé of Canadian labor rights and the failure of the Canadian government to protect collective bargaining as a human right. As one of the largest corporate opponents to union organizing, Wal-Mart is especially vicious in its unionbusting tactics. When the company "hears of any attempt by employees to associate with a view towards negotiating their conditions, the company’s executives typically send in a team of labourbusting experts to pressure them to decide against that course of action." In this essay, Wal-Mart's disdain for collective bargaining, as was demonstrated during the closing of the Jonquiere store, is used as the prime example of one of the many hurdles Canadian labor rights activists face.