HRM 3422 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Bargaining Unit, Rand Formula, Canadian Auto Workers

• School: York University
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM 3422
• Professor: Indira Somwaru

Document Summary

Master-servant relationship: where employer is the master" made all the rules and the employee is. Employees were often forced to agree to employment terms and conditions because of the imbalance of power. Illegal for workers to quit, bargain collectively or form unions. Common law (today): the law regime for non-union employment; these employees have many more rights than they did before. New model unionism: the movement to trade/craft unions all members performed the same trade/specialty. Apprenticeship: learning a trade under the supervision of a senior tradesperson. Trade union: unions that organize all workers of a trade regardless of their industry or workplace. Nine-hour movement and trade union act (1872): group of workers who fought against reducing number of hours that employees work a day. Toronto printers went on strike the same year which influenced sir john a. macdonald to create. Legislations were introduced allowing employees to join unions but there were jail penalties for striking.