Wal-Mart store to get union status

Workers at a Wal-Mart Stores Inc. location in Canada will be represented by a union after more than four years of legal challenges by the retailer, the United Food and Commercial Workers said.

The Saskatchewan Labor Relations Board granted union status to workers at a store in Weyburn, the group said. The application was submitted in April 2004.

Employees at three of the retailer’s locations in Quebec are already represented by the union.

Applications for unionization of two other stores in Saskatchewan are before the labor board.