LABRST 2A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Rand Formula, Tim Hortons, Majoritarianism

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Labour Studies
• Course: LABRST 2A03
• Professor: David Goutor

Document Summary

Largest and oldest central is the afl and cio. It was an american based organization and one of the dominant forces in canadian. Represenrts and be the vopice on national issues (trade, immigration, security, environmental) Municipal/regional councils: hamilton district labour council (hdlc) *** he made a diagram to understand ^ The local (uswa 1005) and the parent union uswa join afl-cio (both give $) The local (uswa 1005) and the parent union uswa join clc; only local gives $ Clc and afl-cio has no affiliation or relationship. The local(uswa 1005) and the parent union uswa join ofl. Ofl and clc are connected but very weak connection. Local (uswa 1005) is connected to (hdlc: even small locals have a lot of decisions to make, they have to decide whether or not they want to join the different levels. Context is important because it was during the depression and the encourage unionization was one response to the depression.