<![CDATA[Wal-Mart's "Meat Wars" With Union Sizzles On]]>

1.0 link 91757 <![CDATA[Wal-Mart's "Meat Wars" With Union Sizzles On]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/al-norman/walmarts-meat-wars-with-u_b_91757.html The "Meat Wars" between Wal-Mart and the United Food and Commercial Workers was on the front burner this week, as a court ruling gave both sides some fat to chew on.

In February, 2000, workers in the meat department of a Wal-Mart supercenter in Jacksonville, Texas, voted 7 to 3 to join Local 540 of the UFCW, becoming the first U.S. workers to vote in a union at Wal-Mart. "This victory could open the floodgates of pent up worker frustration...

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