August 04, 2004

Good News From the North and West

First from the West: a judge in Seattle ruled today that the Washington state Defense of Marriage Act (no, I still can't type that with a straight face) is unconstitutional. So equal rights may soon be headed to the other end of I-90 as well.

And up north, the first Wal-Mart in North America is about to unionize in Quebec. You probably know I disdain Walmart (I believe they sell, as they say in La Belle Province, "le crap"), and their rabid antiunion practices have been well-documented. Quebec certainly has much more progressive and worker-friendly laws than are the norm; it will be interesting to see how this plays out nations-wide.

Comments

So that's what Walmart sells in La Belle Province, eh? I didn't know that. Wonder how they advertise ...

Posted by: Vin at August 5, 2004 05:14 PM

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