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Quebec labour relations board will begin hearings today over an application to unionize a Wal-Mart store in the province.

The discount retailer has objected to an application from the United Food and Commercial Workers' union, arguing that organizers gathered union cards from employees no longer at the store and excluded some non-management staff from its proposed bargaining unit.
If successful, the outlet would become Wal-Mart's only unionized location. The labour board hearings end in early March.