IRE244H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Scientific Management, Canadian Human Rights Act, Labor Rights
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Prior to the passage of the wagner act in the us, unions had little recognition and struggled in their relationship between management and labor. Trade union act of 1872, but canadians still encountered the same hostile environment. The state tried to contain labor conflict with the passage of the 1907 industrial dispute. Investigations, but failed to provide an orderly recognition of unions. Scientific management is the application of engineering principle"s to define specific tasks in the production process therefore removing the autonomy of skilled craft workers (taylor). Relations (wagner act 1935), helped rebuild the economy through legitimatizing industrial unionism. The case of toronto electric power commissioners v. snider was a employer vs employee dispute in 1923. The 1907 industrial dispute investigations act was supposed to mean that the dispute goes to a labor board, but the firm argued that under the british north america act, federal statute did not apply to labor in toronto.