MANA 366 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Event Cinemas, Canadian Union Of Public Employees, Dual Role
7 Dec 2018
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Why study public sector labor relation"s management: a significant industry, highly unionized, different legislative framework, dual role of government. Important part of the labor movement in canada: umpire and employer. Imperfect labor market: monopoly/monopsony, public good, consumption does not reduce amount available, politics and public opinion, pressure vs. private industry union. An economic analysis of union power: greater union power exists because, service disruption presents a danger to public health and safety, demand is relatively inelastic (demand does not change much, affected public can punish only one party. Dispute resolution in the public sector: mechanisms designed to avoid strikes, possible irreparable harm to the public, excessive wage gains in negotiations, canadian patchwork of strike policies, conditional right to strike, interest arbitration, choice of mechanism. Recent development in dispute resolution: unfettered strike model, primary blue collar workers in local government, produces most freely negotiated settlements c, works best when the services are not essential.
