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Union Fight Over Domain Names — Wal-Mart and

Union Fight Over Domain Names — Wal-Mart and

Two entities square off in Canada.

Wal-Mart CanadaWal-Mart Canada Corp. is squaring off against a union — in cyberspace. As stated by a story on Dow Jones Newswire, the retailer filed an injunction against United Food and Commercial Workers union (UFCW) to try to stop them from using the domain name walmartworkerscanada.ca.

UFCW Canada national president Wayne Hanley stated the injunction request is an assault on freedom of speech and its ability to communicate with Wal-Mart workers.

Maybe so, but UFCW apparently doesn’t have a problem using the same tactic to squash opposition. In 2005 the union lobbed a lawsuit at four former union members that left and formed a reform group. The reform group used the domain name ufcw.net for its cause, and the union prevailed in its fight.

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