IRE244H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Canadian Union Of Public Employees, Business Cycle, Time Horizon
11 Dec 2016
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H&b chapter 9 (cid:862) trikes and dispute resolution(cid:863); pages 2(cid:1010)(cid:1009)-283. What are strikes: union initiated: refusal to work by members of the bargaining unit, strikes are carried out by employees with a common understanding and involves refusal to work and restricting/limiting output. What are lockouts: employer initiated: employer refuses to allow bargaining unit members to work. Employer tactic to prevent employees from entering the workplace. Note: 87% of stoppages were strikes (union initiated) and 13% were lockouts (employer initiated) between 2003 and 2005 in canada. Distinction between strikes and lockouts can be ambiguous, lo(cid:272)kouts(cid:863) i(cid:374) this se(cid:272)tion. Strikes with 1 or more ees had significantly more stoppages than strikes with 500 or more ees: almost 1 million more person-days not worked. To place the time lost (in person-days) in context two alternative relative measures of strike activity are often used: time-loss ratio = person-days lost per ee (or 1000 ees)
