COMMERCE 4BC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Labour Council, Labatt Brewing Company, Trade Union Confederation Of The Americas
15 Feb 2017
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Collective bargaining in canada is highly decentralized with negotiations occurring btw a single employer and a single union. Bargaining structure: number and diversity of unions and employers covered by the collective bargaining process. Bargaining structure consists of 3 interrelated components: bargaining unit. Determined by the labour relations board based on various criteria such as the community of interest. It"s a legal (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)ept that i(cid:374)(cid:272)lude group of e(cid:373)ployees who want to form a union: negotiating unit. Often this is the same as the appropriate bargaining unit, but the parties can opt to bargain on a broader basis (e. g. , bargaining for all massive plants the auto industry). Advantage of contract: decreased conflict, less time consuming, everyone is being paid the same, negotiation becomes professional centralized, more efficient: unit of direct impact. Defined as where the bargaining outcomes in one negotiation unit set the pattern for other negotiation units pattern bargaining.
