LAWS 4402 Lecture 2: Strikes and Interest Arbitration
27 Sep 2016
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Selected benefits and costs of compulsory arbitration by peter feuille. Regulating and resolving public sector disputes in canada by joseph rose. Asymmetrical power and control over decisions during work. Subtle and pervasive conflicts generated by worker"s obligation to treat as a commodity his ability to labour. The sources of peace do not, however, cancel out the underlying sources of conflict but rather stand in a contradictory relation to them. As a result, strikes and industrial conflict in general are endemic to capitalism. (284) A common interest in the survival of the employer (284) Force of habit and social values legitimizing managerial authority (284) Increases in living standard have strengthened the current sources of peace (293) Costs of strike make the less attractive and less pervasive (293) It has been diverted into alternative forms of conflict. The triumph of capitalism, reflecting a lessening of the stock of disconnect or, at least, the will to act on.
