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Employees at a Quebec Wal-Mart store that closed after a successful union drive were spied upon by undercover security guards, according to an investigation by Radio-Canada.

Guards told journalists at CBC's French-language service, that Wal-Mart had hired them to spy on employees at the store in Jonquière, 200 kilometres north of Quebec City, early in 2005. It corresponded to the time the world's largest retailer announced the store would close for financial reasons.

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Apparently it's only a crime if you get caught, and if you say you're sorry afterward, no punishment is required.

PBS Frontline - Is Walmart Good for America?

Walmart is pure evil and I refuse to shop there.

edited to add: For the most part, retail workers come under provincial jurisdiction when it comes to labour laws.

IANAL but perhaps at the federal level there could be some Criminal Code amendments to prevent this kind of "industrial spying" on workers...maybe one of the resident babble lawyers might have a comment.

One of the problems is that there are no real consequences for employers who engage in this kind of intimidation...nothing more than a "slap on the wrist".

Perhaps if there were some consequences i.e. Walmart execs ending up in jail things might change.

[ 11 December 2005: Message edited by: radiorahim ]

[ 11 December 2005: Message edited by: Anti-Totalitarian ]

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I've found in my journey through life that most corporations are unethical, selfish, greedy, and corrupt. I hate working for them but sometimes I have little choice in the matter and I grind my teeth for the duration of my employment because the government certainly doesn't care what they do.

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Mind you the ACTU is pretty much a "company union".