MHR 522 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ontario Public Service Employees Union, Canada Labour Code, Canadian Labour Congress
7 Mar 2017
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Networks of labour organizations: local unions, parent unions, local/regional labour councils, provincial federations, national federation. Internal structure: (cid:862)f(cid:396)o(cid:374)tli(cid:374)es(cid:863) of the la(cid:271)ou(cid:396) (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, may be made up of one or more certification units, may be independent or established, can vary considerably in size, foundation of union democracy. Participation, elections, representation, according to own internal structure. Other staff, etc: monthly dues, functions: Furthermore, the union support of a particular political party does not preclude individual democratic expression: bill c-377 an act to amend to income tax act (requirements for labour organizations) Require unions to undertake far more detailed and public financial disclosures than those required from businesses (cid:862)parent(cid:863) unions: scope: regional, national or international, executive, staff, convention/congress. Union policy, constitution: finance -portion of dues per own formula, functions. Help in the creation of local unions. Conduct educational programs: largest private sector is youth. Labour councils: cross unions, regional, geographically defined, structure: members, executive, voluntary, functions:
