HRM 2201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Privy Council Of The United Kingdom, National Labor Relations Act, Industrial Unionism
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The great depression (1929-1935) unemployed workers banded together to lobby for improved. Relief payments"; also demanded better conditions in government-run relief-camps". The on to ottawa trek (1935), which ended in violet clash with rcmp in regina. Bloody sunday - the vancouver post office riots (1938) This 1925 ruling by the british privy council settled the question of federal and provincial jurisdiction over labor relations in canada. Determined that federal government"s jurisdiction over labor relations extended only to federally regulated industries. Ruling hampered development of canadian unions because organizing was more difficult under varying laws among the provinces and territories. Canadian labor relations act and ontario labor relation act the federal ones only regulate those industries that are cross province (banking, transportation); and provincially regulated (test) U. s. legislation introduced by president franklin roosevelt guaranteed (3) basic rights to us union members: Creation of a national labor relations board.
