Running scared?

Employer reaction to union organizing efforts can be predictable as is the case with the country's largest private sector employer. That Wal-Mart might shutter a Canadian store rather than go to binding arbitration is not a surprise. What is more surprising is the argument made by some that employees would be better off without unions. Doesn't a successful union organizing drive prove that theory wrong? For a brief news story about the planned Canadian closure, see The New York Times.