Wal-Mart organizing efforts are gaining momentum, in spite of the company’s concerted efforts to thwart union activity. In the United States — where the campaign is led by UFCW International — the growing interest to go union is being fed by a number of factors, including Wal-Mart’s dismal record of worker-exploitation; proposed American legislation that could stop Wal-Mart and other companies from intimidating workers who want to join a union; and concrete proof in Canada that Wal-Mart workers can unionize and get a collective agreement. continue reading