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Meunier, Hugo

 
9781773631325: Walmart: Diary of an Associate
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ISBN 10: 1773631322 ISBN 13: 9781773631325
Editorial: Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd, 2019

Sinopsis

In 2012, journalist Hugo Meunier went undercover as a Walmart employee for three months in St. Leonard, Quebec, just north of Montreal.

In great detail, Meunier charts the daily life of an impoverished Walmart worker, referring to his shifts at the box store giant as “somewhere between the army and Walt Disney.” Each shift began with a daily chant before bowing to customer demands and the constant pressure to sell. Meanwhile Meunier and his fellow workers could not afford to shop anywhere else but Walmart, further indenturing them to the multi-billion-dollar corporation.

Beyond his time on the shop floor, Meunier documents the extraordinary efforts that Walmart exerts to block unionization campaigns, including their 2005 decision to close their outlet in Jonquiere, QC, where the United Food and Commercial Workers union had successfully gained certification rights. A decade later he charts the Supreme Court of Canada ruling that exposed the dubious legal ground on which Walmart stood in invoking closure and throwing workers out on the street.

In Walmart: Diary of an Associate, Meunier reveals the truths behind Walmart’s low prices. It will make you think twice before shopping there.

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Acerca del autor

Hugo Meunier is director of digital content for Québecor and has been a journalist at La Presse for more than ten years. He is also the author of Infiltrer Hugo Meunier: Enquête sur la Vie des Vedettes Québécoises [Infiltrator, Hugo Meunier: Investigating the Stars of Québec] and Au Pays des Rêves Brisés [In the Land of Broken Dreams] with Katia Gagnon. He lives in Montreal.

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Editorial
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
Año de publicación
2019
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1773631322
ISBN 13 
9781773631325
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
128
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