French Canadians defeat Wal-Mart!

Well, sort of.

Wal-Mart has decided to shut down its store in Quebec that voted last year to unionize. Rather than reach a labor agreement with the union, Wal-Mart closed its doors. It is the only Wal-Mart so far to go union.

Many small towns across America resisted Walmartization but few could prevent it. They tried everything they could think of in terms of legal obstacles. But they never thought of the ONE THING Wal-Mart fears most of all. A union vote.

Now, towns across America that still have the will to fight have a shining example of how to win. All they need to do is have one single vote amongst the employees and Wal-Mart is guaranteed to skeedaddle out of town. It's all so terrifyingly simple. You'd think the towns that fought to protect the small, local business owners would now push hard for Wal-Mart employees to vote union.

We'll have to wait and see. (Not that I think it'll happen. But it might.)