There's a reason why the Zellers stores had to sell to Target. Should Target take on the mistakes Zellers made? Those former employees are free to apply for the same positions. They don't like the new terms of employment, they're free to go look for work elsewhere.

Target spent the money and is taking the risk they should make the decisions not the union if Target does not stand strong the will lose money and close the stores so then who wins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Target Stores ,New employer, new rules. Given Walmart's attitude towards unions, I don't think their major competitor will be any more predisposed towards unions than they were.

Good luck unionizing Target. !!

UFCW is a weak union...easily bought off by employers, been there.

How many employees would be jumping through hoops for customers knowing that their jobs were gone? The last time I was in Zellers the harassed clerk was trying her best, everyone complaining about a lack of goods in various departments, duh, they are trying to unload their current stock..how is this an employee's fault?
I support any move by unions to make sure that another Us monster corp doesn't slide in here and exploit workers like MalWarts does. I (and most of the people I know) who are or were union members boycott WalMart for obvious reasons; since Target apparently treats it's employees not that well in the US, not expecting an improvement here...I'll wait and see what Target's worker relations are like before I spend any money there

Find their stores dreary. Find an associate for help? never. Most employees seem aloof & uninterested. If ever a chain needed a boost, it's Zellers. Ex employees should have first shot, but Target will not accept their union.

So, back to square one – union is demanding “job security” based not on performance but on how many years you served.
You know… I do shop occasionally at Zellers; I do see same faces at cash registers and cannot understand how some of these employees keep their jobs for so many years, as there is no reason whatsoever to keep some of them for more than 10 minutes!
Based on this – I wish Target all the best in Canada and to hire people who will work hard to raise the reputation of this brand, and not the people who will continue to discourage shoppers to shop at Zellers / Target as some of them already did for many years!

Oh please do not hire the zellers employes, worst check outs, ever. A sloth would do a better job.

I don't care about a US Retail chain moving to Canada. Many Canadians like me can drive 2-3 hours to US and do their retail shopping if they want. What I care about is US communication company moving to Canada. I'll dump my Rogers (probably the worst company I have known) for any US companies like ATT or Time warner.

I don't think they need to put Zellers employees in line first for the jobs, they should have the freedom to choose their employees from all the applicants. That being said, Target is very anti-union and the employees they hire should have the right without prejudice or threat, to bring in a union if they so choose.

Unions target TARGET.