Boycott targets anti-union retail giant in Canada
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TORONTO—Support is growing for a major consumer boycott of the department-store giant, the T. Eaton Co.
The campaign was initiated by the Canadian Labour Congress, the central body of the 2-million member, countrywide labor movement, to support members of the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union on strike at six newly-unionized Eaton's stores in Toronto and across southern Ontario. The strike began on Nov. 30.
For 40 years Eaton's has resisted repeated employee attempts to unionize and obtain decent wages and working conditions.
The union breakthrough occurred within the past year and has ‹ captured the imagination of unorganized workers across the country.
Distributors of Socialist Acti in Canada:
Gauche Socialiste C.P. 152, succ. N Montreal H2X 3N4 Socialist Action Collective 96 Maryland Ave.
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3GIK
Socialist Action Collective 1762 East 3rd Ave.
Vancouver, B.C.
Socialist Challenge P.O. Box 69756, Station Edmonton, Atla.
Socialist Workers Collective
412A College St.
Toronto, Ontario MST IT3 But the rich retail giant is out to bust the union through stalling, bad-faith bargaining, and grotesque takebacks. For example, the company refuses to provide benefits that its employees had