BUSM 1100 Lecture : Union Membership Trends in Canada 1991.docx
Document Summary
% of labour force slowly decreasing since 1980s. Factors include: increase in service sector and white collar jobs, combined decrease in employment opportunities that have traditionally been highly unionized (manufacturing, more effective hr practices in non-unionized firms. Global competition forcing employers to become more militant, unions struggling to maintain their influence at bargaining table. Jobs can be outsourced to lower cost countries: demographics. Aging workforce and pending labour shortage affects union as well as hr managers. Retention concerns may make employers more willing to offer job security in exchange for promises of productivity and flexibility of unions. Benefits and pensions for older workers and retiree has become more of a union priority: white collar workers. Difficulty in solving grievances and lack of job security led increased interest in unionization among white-collar workers. Service sector have been targeted for organizing campaigns.
